Type: | town |
Rokewood | |
State: | vic |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -37.9°N 143.7167°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Lga: | Golden Plains Shire |
Postcode: | 3330 |
Pop: | 217 |
Stategov: | Polwarth |
Fedgov: | Wannon |
Dist1: | 133 |
Dir1: | W |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist3: | 44 |
Dir3: | S |
Location3: | Ballarat |
Dist2: | 69 |
Dir2: | NW |
Location2: | Geelong |
Near-Nw: | Rokewood Junction |
Near-N: | Corindhap Dereel |
Near-Ne: | Mount Mercer |
Near-W: | Werneth |
Near-E: | Shelford |
Near-Sw: | Cressy |
Near-S: | Barunah Park |
Near-Se: | Barunah Park |
Rokewood is a small rural township in Victoria, Australia in the Golden Plains Shire, 133km (83miles) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the, Rokewood and the surrounding area had a population of 217.
Rokewood Post Office opened on 1 October 1857.
McMillans Bridge, which crosses the Woady Yaloak River for the Rokewood-Skipton Road between Rokewood and Werneth, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]
Rokewood Swimming Lagoon is an unusual community-run public waterhole in the centre of Rokewood. It is open from December to March each year.
Golfers play at the course of the Rokewood Golf Club on Rokewood - Shelford Road.