Type: | town |
Yuroke | |
City: | Melbourne |
State: | vic |
Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in metropolitan Melbourne |
Coordinates: | -37.6°N 144.88°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Lga: | City of Hume |
Postcode: | 3063 |
Pop: | 123 |
Elevation: | 240 |
Stategov: | Kalkallo |
Fedgov: | Calwell |
Dist1: | 26 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 6 |
Dir2: | W |
Location2: | Craigieburn |
Near-Nw: | Oaklands Junction |
Near-N: | Mickleham |
Near-Ne: | Mickleham |
Near-W: | Oaklands Junction |
Near-E: | Craigieburn Mickleham |
Near-Sw: | Oaklands Junction |
Near-S: | Greenvale |
Near-Se: | Greenvale |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 12 |
Yuroke is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 26km (16miles) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Yuroke recorded a population of 123 at the .
Yuroke is located adjacent to the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, beyond the Urban Growth Boundary.[1] It is located between Mickleham and Greenvale, on Mickleham Road.
Yuroke gets its name from an Indigenous word, "Eurok Iguana", the meaning of which remains unclear.[2] [3]
Yuroke Post Office opened around 1902 and closed in 1975.
Yuroke was the filming location for Melbourne band Painters & Dockers' single Nude School.