Rokewood, Victoria

Rokewood Victoria
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Rokewood
Coordinates	37°54′0″S 143°43′0″E / 37.90000°S 143.71667°E / -37.90000; 143.71667
Population	217 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3330
Location	133 km (83 mi) W of Melbourne 69 km (43 mi) NW of Geelong 44 km (27 mi) S of Ballarat
LGA(s)	Golden Plains Shire
State electorate(s)	Polwarth
Federal division(s)	Wannon
Localities around Rokewood: Rokewood Junction Corindhap Dereel Mount Mercer Werneth Rokewood Shelford Cressy Barunah Park Barunah Park

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.^[1]

Rokewood Post Office opened on 1 October 1857.^[2]

McMillans Bridge, which crosses the Woady Yaloak River for the Rokewood-Skipton Road between Rokewood and Werneth, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.^[3]

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

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 ^[4]

Golfers play at the course of the Rokewood Golf Club on Rokewood - Shelford Road.^[5]

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