Patchewollock Explained

Type:town
Patchewollock
State:vic
Lga:Shire of Yarriambiack
Lga2:Rural City of Mildura
Postcode:3491
Pop:149
Use Lga Map:yes
Coordinates:-35.3828°N 142.19°W
Stategov:Mildura
Fedgov:Mallee
Dist1:429
Dir1:NW
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:149
Dir2:S
Location2:Mildura
Dist3:47
Dir3:S
Location3:Ouyen
Near-Nw:Torrita
Near-N:Walpeup, Ouyen
Near-Ne:Tempy
Near-W:Big Desert
Near-E:Speed, Turriff
Near-Sw:Yaapeet
Near-S:Hopetoun
Near-Se:Lascelles

Patchewollock is a town in north-west Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Patchewollock had a population of 149.[1]

The name Patchewollock originated from two Aboriginal words: putje, plenty, and wallah, porcupine grass.[2] The town was first established after the First World War, when soldier settlement blocks were appearing in the area. A post office (originally a receiving office) opened on 27 July 1920.

Previous localities of Baring -35.4°N 146°W with a post office open from 1926 to 1948, and Dering -35.3667°N 161°W with a post office open from 1923 to 1949, lie within that part of the Patchewollock locality in the Rural City of Mildura.

, the township maintained a pub and a post office.[3]

History

Patchewollock is a rural township located within the traditional lands of the Wergaia tribes, whose Aboriginal expression literally means the "place of the plenty porcupine grass". By the end of World War I, the town was founded as a soldier settlement.

The town's most notable feature is a giant mural silo portrait, which depicts the life of grazier and grain farmer, Nick "Noodle" Hulland, painted in 2016 by street artist Fintan Magee.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Bureau of Statistics . Patchewollock 2021 Census All persons QuickStats . 29 July 2022 . 29 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629235253/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL22045 . live .
  2. Web site: Patchewollock . Yarriambiack Shire Council . 1 September 2012 . 17 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317175351/http://www.yarriambiack.vic.gov.au/tourism/patchewollock/ . live .
  3. Web site: The Patche . 2023-08-08 . The Patche . en-AU.