Patchewollock is a town in north-west

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. At the 2021 census, Patchewollock had a population of 149. The name Patchewollock originated from two Aboriginal words: ''putje'', plenty, and ''wallah'', porcupine grass. The town was first established after the

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, when

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blocks were appearing in the area. A post office (originally a receiving office) opened on 27 July 1920. Previous localities of Baring with a post office open from 1926 to 1948, and Dering with a post office open from 1923 to 1949, lie within that part of the Patchewollock locality in the

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. , the township maintained a

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and a post office.

History

Patchewollock is a rural township located within the traditional lands of the

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tribes, whose Aboriginal expression literally means the "place of the plenty porcupine grass". By the end of

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, the town was founded as a

. The town's most notable feature is a giant mural silo portrait, which depicts the life of grazier and grain farmer, Nick "Noodle" Hulland, painted in 2016 by street artist Fintan Magee.

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