Chinkapook
Town in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Town in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Chinkapook Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°11′S 142°57′E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 17 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3546 | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Rural City of Swan Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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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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