Racing: Margaret Tung Memorial [Rupanyup]
June 28 @ 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Rupanyup is a town in rural Victoria, Australia.
As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 536.[1]
The name Rupanyup is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘branch hanging over water’.[2]
The Post Office opened on 22 February 1875 as Karkarooc and was renamed Rupanyup in 1876.[3]
The town used to be in the Shire of Dunmunkle but was allocated to the Shire of Yarriambiack when Victoria’s municipalities were re-organized in the 1990s.
The Bolangum railway line included a station at Rupanyup from 1887 in Gibson Street, until the line closed in 1983.
The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Horsham & District Football League.[4]
Golfers play at the course of the Rupanyup Golf Club on Frayne Avenue.[5]
The town has art in the Silo Art Trail which also includes Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebury, Lascelles and Patchewollock.
References
[edit]
- ^ Jump up to:a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). “Rupanyup (State Suburb)”. 2016 Census QuickStats.
- ^ Rupanyup – Yarriambiack Shire Council
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ Full Points Footy, Horsham_District, archived from the original on 10 May 2008, retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Golf Select, Rupanyup, retrieved 11 May 2009
