Chinkapook

Chinkapook
Victoria
Chinkapook; Victoria
	Public hall
	Chinkapook
Coordinates	35°11′S 142°57′E / 35.183°S 142.950°E
Population	17 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	3546
Location	394 km (245 mi) northwest of Melbourne ; 67 km (42 mi) northwest of Swan Hill ; 73 km (45 mi) south of Robinvale ; 158 km (98 mi) southeast of Mildura ;
LGA(s)	Rural City of Swan Hill
Federal division(s)	Mallee
	Localities around Chinkapook:

Chinkapook is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 67 km from Swan Hill. It is on the Robinvale railway line, 70 km south of the terminus at Robinvale.

The Post Office opened on 12 September 1910 as Christmas Tank, was renamed Chinkapook in 1914 and closed in 1974.^[3]

In 1990, popular youth ABC TV music program, Countdown Revolution hosted a live event at Chinkapook, which featured the band Roxus on stage.

Many of Australian poet John Shaw Neilson's notebooks were destroyed or severely damaged in a mouse plague at Chinkapook.^[4] Douglas Stewart's poem "The Mice of Chinkapook" refers to this event.^[5]^[6]

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The former CBA Bank.
Entering Chinkapook
Uniting Church.

References[edit]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chinkapook (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}
^ Phoenix AuctionsHistory, Post Office List, retrieved 27 March 2021
^ Nancy Keesing (1978). "Introduction to The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson" (PDF). The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson. National Library of Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^ Pierce, Peter (28 May 2011). "Tidy poetry of the parochial". The Australian. News Corporation. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^ "The Mice of Chinkapook". Australian Poetry Library. University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

External links[edit]

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[abs-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chinkapook (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[2] Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}

[a-3] Phoenix AuctionsHistory, Post Office List, retrieved 27 March 2021

[NLA_-_1978_-_Introduction_to_The_Autobiography_of_John_Shaw_Neilson-4] Nancy Keesing (1978). "Introduction to The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson" (PDF). The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson. National Library of Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[The_Australian_-_28May2011_-_Tidy_poetry_of_the_parochial-5] Pierce, Peter (28 May 2011). "Tidy poetry of the parochial". The Australian. News Corporation. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[USyd_-_Australian_Poetry_Library_-_The_Mice_of_Chinkapook-6] "The Mice of Chinkapook". Australian Poetry Library. University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

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v t e Localities in the Rural City of Swan Hill
City	Swan Hill
Town	Beverford Lake Boga Manangatang Nyah Nyah West Piangil Robinvale Tyntynder South Woorinen Woorinen South
Locality	Annuello Bannerton Beauchamp^ Bolton Boundary Bend Bulga Castle Donnington Chillingollah Chinangin Chinkapook Cocamba Fish Point Gerahmin Goschen Gowanford Happy Valley Kenley Kooloonong Kunat Lake Powell Liparoo Meatian^ Miralie Murnungin Murrawee Murraydale Narrung Natya Nowie Nyrraby Pental Island Pira Polisbet Speewa Swan Hill West Tol Tol Towan Tresco Tresco West Turoar Tyntynder Tyrrell^ Ultima Ultima East Vinifera Waitchie Wandown Wemen Winlaton Winnambool Wood Wood Woorinen North
^ - Territory divided with another LGA