Boigbeat, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
35°34′0″S 142°55′0″E / 35.56667°S 142.91667°E / -35.56667; 142.91667- 343 km (213 mi) from Melbourne
- 74 km (46 mi) from Swan Hill
- 11 km (7 mi) from Berriwillock
- 9 km (6 mi) from Sea Lake[2]
Localities around Boigbeat: | ||
Sea Lake | Sea Lake | Springfield |
Banyan | Boigbeat | Springfield |
Banyan | Berriwillock | Berriwillock |
Boigbeat is a locality situated in The Mallee region. It is situated about 9 kilometres south east of Sea Lake and 11 kilometres north west of Berriwillock.
The place name Boigbeat is derived from the traditional Aboriginal word for the location which was Boigbeal with the word beal meaning "redgum" and referring to the only clump of gum trees for many miles.[3]
Boigbeat Post Office opened on 1 July 1898 and closed in 1970.[4]
Notes and references
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boigbeat(State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- ^ Aboriginal Placenames of Victoria Archived 8 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 28 February 2021
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Localities in the Shire of Buloke
- Ballapur
- Banyan
- Barrakee
- Berriwillock
- Bimbourie
- Birchip West
- Boigbeat
- Buckrabanyule^
- Bunguluke
- Carron
- Chirrip
- Cokum
- Coonooer Bridge^
- Cope Cope^
- Corack
- Corack East
- Culgoa
- Curyo
- Dooboobetic
- Dumosa
- Gil Gil
- Glenloth
- Glenloth East^
- Granite Flat
- Jeffcott
- Jeffcott North
- Jeruk
- Jil Jil
- Kalpienung
- Karyrie
- Kinnabulla
- Laen^
- Laen East
- Laen North
- Lake Marmal^
- Lake Tyrrell
- Lawler^
- Litchfield
- Marlbed
- Massey
- Morton Plains
- Myall
- Nandaly
- Nareewillock
- Narraport
- Ninda
- Nine Mile^
- Nullawil
- Nyarrin
- Pier Milan
- Reedy Dam
- Rich Avon
- Richmond Plains^
- Springfield
- Straten
- Sutton
- Teddywaddy
- Teddywaddy West
- Terrappee^
- Thalia
- Tittybong^
- Towaninny^
- Towaninny South
- Turriff East
- Tyenna
- Tyrrell^
- Tyrrell Downs
- Wangie
- Warmur
- Warne
- Watchem
- Watchem West^
- Watchupga
- Whirily
- Wilkur^
- Willangie
- Wooroonook
- Woosang^
- Wycheproof South
- Yawong Hills
- Yeungroon
- Yeungroon East^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
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