Lake Buloke is a

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in the

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region of north-western Victoria, Australia. The lake is fed by the Richardson River and is located adjacent to the township of . Lake Buloke is also one of the most popular duck shooting lakes in Victoria. The Lake Buloke area comprises wetland habitat of high significance for waterbirds, particularly

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and

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s. The bull oak casuarina is found in the Shire and around Lake Buloke. In the Aboriginal Jardwadjali language, the river is named ''Banyenong'', with ''banye'' meaning the "burning of roots and stumps" and ''nong'' meaning "the past", and also ''Buluk'', meaning "lake". In the 1870s, the lake was known as Lake Banyenong, as ''buloke'' was a word meaning lake. The

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derives its name from the lake.

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Victorian Places Buloke Shire
Lakes of Victoria (state) North-Central catchment Rivers of Loddon Mallee (region) Wimmera {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub

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