Smoko is a locality in north east

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, Australia. The locality is in the

Alpine Shire The Alpine Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2022 had a population of 13,235. It includes the towns of Bright, Dinner Plain, Mou ...

local government area, north east of the state capital,

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. The town "gained its name in the 1850s because gold seekers regularly stopped here for a smoke and a rest on their way to and from the goldfields". At the , Smoko had a population of 46.

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Towns in Victoria (Australia) Towns in Central Hume Alpine Shire {{Hume-geo-stub