Avoca
Avoca is a town in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 71 kilometres north west of Ballarat. It is one of two main towns in the Pyrenees Shire, the other being Beaufort to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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.
Lamplough
Locality
Lamplough is a locality near Avoca, Victoria in Australia. 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. Lamplough is situated 6 km southeast of Avoca.
Bung Bong
Locality
Bung Bong is a locality in Victoria between the towns of Avoca and Maryborough. The locality is divided, with the Western section in the Pyrenees Shire and the Eastern section in Shire of Central Goldfields. Bung Bong is situated 9 km east of Avoca.
Avoca
- Category: locality
- Location: Shire of Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.08893° or 37° 5′ 20″ southLongitude
143.47375° or 143° 28′ 26″ eastPopulation
1,130Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)Open location code
4RJ5WF6F+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 190049723OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2177454Wikidata ID
Q791235
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