Rupanyup

Rupanyup
Victoria
Cromie St, the main street of Rupanyup
Rupanyup is located in Shire of Yarriambiack
Rupanyup
Rupanyup
Coordinates36°37′S 142°37′E / 36.617°S 142.617°E / -36.617; 142.617
Population536 (2016 census)[1]
Established1873
Postcode(s)3388
Elevation67 m (220 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yarriambiack
State electorate(s)Lowan
Federal division(s)Mallee
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21 °C
70 °F
3 °C
37 °F
200 mm
7.9 in

Rupanyup (/rəˈpænjəp/ rə-PAN-yəp) is a town in rural Victoria, Australia. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 536.[1] The name Rupanyup is an Aboriginal word meaning 'branch hanging over water'.[2]

The Post Office opened on 22 February 1875 as Karkarooc and was renamed Rupanyup in 1876.[3]

The town used to be in the Shire of Dunmunkle but was allocated to the Shire of Yarriambiack when Victoria's municipalities were re-organized in the 1990s.

The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Horsham & District Football League.[4]

Golfers play at the course of the Rupanyup Golf Club on Frayne Avenue.[5]

The town has art in the Silo Art Trail which also includes Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebury, Lascelles and Patchewollock.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rupanyup (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ RupanyupYarriambiack Shire Council
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 12 March 2021
  4. ^ Full Points Footy, Horsham_District, archived from the original on 10 May 2008, retrieved 25 July 2008
  5. ^ Golf Select, Rupanyup, retrieved 11 May 2009