Avoca

Avoca is a town in the Central Highlands of Victoria, , 71 kilometres north west of Ballarat. It is one of two main towns in the Pyrenees Shire, the other being to the south.
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  • Type: Town with 1,130 residents
  • Description: town in Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Avoca, Victoria” and “Avoca, Victoria, Australia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamplough and Bung Bong.

Locality
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is a locality near Avoca, Victoria in . It was the site of a gold rush from November 1859 and up to 16,000 people were on the site. The lead was worked for a distance of nearly 3 miles to the point where it ran into the water and was abandoned. is situated 6 km southeast of Avoca.

Locality
is a locality in Victoria between the towns of Avoca and . The locality is divided, with the Western section in the Pyrenees Shire and the Eastern section in . is situated 9 km east of Avoca.

Avoca

Latitude
-37.08893° or 37° 5′ 20″ south
Longitude
143.47375° or 143° 28′ 26″ east
Population
1,130
Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)
Open location code
4RJ5WF6F+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 190049723
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2177454
Wiki­data ID
Q791235
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Avoca” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Avoca”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাভোকা”
  • Cebuano: “Avoca”
  • Dutch: “Avoca”
  • French: “Avoca”
  • German: “Avoca”
  • Persian: “آووکا، ویکتوریا”
  • Persian: “آووکا”
  • Polish: “Avoca (Australia)”
  • Polish: “Avoca”
  • Russian: “Авока”
  • Spanish: “Avoca”
  • Swedish: “Avoca, Victoria”
  • Swedish: “Avoca”
  • Urdu: “ایوکا، وکٹوریہ”

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