Rokewood

Rokewood
Rokewood
Town
	General store
	Rokewood
	Coordinates: 37°54′0″S 143°43′0″E / 37.90000°S 143.71667°E
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	Golden Plains Shire;
Location	133 km (83 mi) W of Melbourne ; 69 km (43 mi) NW of Geelong ; 44 km (27 mi) S of Ballarat ;
Government
• State electorate	Polwarth;
• Federal division	Ballarat;
Population
• Total	217 (2016 census)
Postcode	3330
	Localities around Rokewood

Rokewood is a town in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia located 133 kilometres (83 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Rokewood and the surrounding area had a population of 217.^[2]

History

Rokewood Post Office opened on 1 October 1857.^[3]

The closed Rokewood Uniting Church (formerly Presbyterian Church) was constructed between 1865-1866 to designs of Alexander Davidson, and is heritage-listed.^[4]

McMillans Bridge, which crosses the Woady Yaloak River for the Rokewood-Skipton Road between Rokewood and Werneth, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.^[5]

Attractions

Rokewood Swimming Lagoon is an unusual community-run public waterhole in the centre of Rokewood. It is open from December to March each year.

Sport

In conjunction with its neighbouring township Corindhap, Rokewood has an Australian Rules football and netball team, Rokewood-Corindhap. It previously competed in the Lexton Plains Football League, but the league folded at the end of the 2010 season. The team now play in the Central Highlands Football League.^[6]

Golfers play at the course of the Rokewood Golf Club on Rokewood–Shelford Road.^[7]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rokewood (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rokewood (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 3 April 2021
^ "Rokewood Presbyterian Church Complex". Victorian Heritage Database. Victorian Heritage Database. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "McMillans Bridge (H1847)". Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
^ Full Points Footy, Rokewood-Corindhap, archived from the original on 3 May 2008, retrieved 15 April 2009
^ Golf Select, Rokewood, retrieved 11 May 2009

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rokewood (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[ABS-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rokewood (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[a-3] Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 3 April 2021

[Rokewood_Presbyterian_Church_Complex-4] "Rokewood Presbyterian Church Complex". Victorian Heritage Database. Victorian Heritage Database. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[5] "McMillans Bridge (H1847)". Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

[d-6] Full Points Footy, Rokewood-Corindhap, archived from the original on 3 May 2008, retrieved 15 April 2009

[golf-7] Golf Select, Rokewood, retrieved 11 May 2009

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Town	Anakie^ Bannockburn Batesford^ Cambrian Hill Dereel Durham Lead^ Enfield Haddon Inverleigh^ Lethbridge Linton^ Maude Meredith^ Napoleons Rokewood Ross Creek Scarsdale Shelford Smythes Creek^ Smythesdale^ Teesdale
Locality	Bamganie Barunah Park Berringa Berrybank^ Cape Clear Corindhap Cressy^ Durdidwarrah Garibaldi Gheringhap Glengower^ Grenville^ Happy Valley Hesse Illabarook Mannibadar Morrisons^ Mount Bute^ Mount Cameron^ Mount Mercer Murgheboluc Newtown Nintingbool Piggoreet Pitfield Pittong^ Rokewood Junction Russells Bridge She Oaks Springdallah Staffordshire Reef Steiglitz Stonehaven Stony Creek Sutherlands Creek Wallinduc Werneth^ Willowvale Wingeel^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA