Puckapunyal

Puckapunyal
Victoria
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Puckapunyal is located in Shire of Mitchell
Puckapunyal
Puckapunyal
Coordinates37°00′S 145°02′E / 37.000°S 145.033°E / -37.000; 145.033
Population1,108 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3662
LGA(s)Shire of Mitchell
RegionHume
State electorate(s)Euroa
Federal division(s)Nicholls
Localities around Puckapunyal:
Moormbool West Graytown Mitchellstown
Heathcote Puckapunyal Northwood
Tooborac Glenaroua Hilldene
Group of senior military officers on horseback
Senior officers on horseback at Puckapunyal in 1940

Puckapunyal (more formally the Puckapunyal Military Area, but also known as the Puckapunyal Camp or Puckapunyal Army Base, and colloquially as "Pucka") is an Australian Army training facility and base 10 km west of Seymour, in central Victoria, south-eastern Australia.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Puckapunyal (Suburb and Locality)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 July 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Dennis et al. (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, p. 435