Yambuk
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Yambuk is a town in Victoria, Australia. The Yambuk township was established in the 1850s, and the Post Office opened on 1 March 1859. Yambuk is sited where the Princes Highway crosses the Shaw River. At the , the town and surrounding area had a population of 540. The recorded a population of 267.
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Yambuk is a town in Victoria, Australia. The Yambuk township was established in the 1850s, and the Post Office opened on 1 March 1859. Yambuk is sited where the Princes Highway crosses the Shaw River. At the , the town and surrounding area had a population of 540. The recorded a population of 267.
The name Yambuk is an word from the language of the local indigenous inhabitants, thought to mean "red kangaroo", "full moon" or "big water".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yambuk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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