Woori Yallock is a town in
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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,
Australia, east of
Melbourne's central business district, located within the
Shire of Yarra Ranges
The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an ...
local government area. Woori Yallock recorded a population of 2,964 at the .
[
The Post Office opened on 1 July 1886 as Woori Yalloak, changing its name to the current spelling around 1911.]Yarra Valley FM
Yarra Valley FM (call sign: 3VYV) is the local community radio station broadcasting to the Yarra Valley area of Victoria, Australia. It can be heard throughout the Shires of Yarra Ranges, Cardinia and Murrindindi, as well as many eastern Melb ...
), and is passed by the Warburton Trail
The Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail (also known as the Warburton Trail) is a walking, cycling and horse-riding track in eastern Victoria, Australia. It runs a distance of 38 km between Lilydale and Warburton, along the former Warburton r ...
, a walk and cycle track along the dismantled former Warburton railway line
The Warburton railway line
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.
The town has an Australian Rules football team, the Woori Tigers, competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League
The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Footba ...
.
During the 90s Christie Lowe and her sister Kerryn worked at the Foodworks Deli.
See also
* Woori Yallock railway station
Woori Yallock was a railway station on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia
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References
External links
Woori Yallock Precinct Brochure
(Shire of Yarra Ranges)
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Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Yarra Valley
Yarra Ranges