Chinkapook is a locality in
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
,
Australia
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, located approximately 67 km from
Swan Hill
Swan Hill is a List of cities in Australia, city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River, Victoria, Loddon River. At the , ...
. It is on the
Robinvale railway line
The Robinvale railway line is a freight only country railway line in north-western Victoria, Australia. The line branches from the Mildura line at Dunolly, and at Inglewood the Eaglehawk – Inglewood line connects with the Piangil line out ...
, 70 km south of the terminus at
Robinvale
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.
The Post Office opened on 12 September 1910 as Christmas Tank, was renamed Chinkapook in 1914 and closed in 1974.
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.
Douglas Stewart Douglas Stewart may refer to:
*Douglas Stewart (poet) (1913–1985), Australian poet
* Edward Askew Sothern (1826–1881), English actor who was sometimes known as Douglas Stewart
* Douglas Stewart (equestrian) (1913–1991), British Olympic equestr ...
's poem "The Mice of Chinkapook" refers to this event.
Gallery
File:Chinkapook Building.JPG, The former CBA Bank.
File:Chinkapook Town Entry Sign.JPG, Entering Chinkapook
File:Chinkapook Church.JPG, Uniting Church.
References
External links
Towns in Victoria (state)
Rural City of Swan Hill
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