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Bullarook is a locality in the Central Highlands in
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Ballarat Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria. Within mo ...
. Bullarook was home to the William Tell Quartz Mining Co., a gold mining company which was active until 1865. The town had a cricket club which operated during the 1920s. The town had a State school, which operated from the 1860s to at least until the end of the First World War. Bullarook was also serviced by the Sawyers' Arms and the Fellmongers' Arms Hotels. The town has an Avenue of Honour, which was planted in August 1920.


Notable residents

Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16 April 1867


References

Towns in Victoria (state) Mining towns in Victoria (state) {{Australia-geo-stub