Rupanyup
Rupanyup (/rəˈpænjəp/ rə-PAN-yəp) is a town in rural Victoria, Australia. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 536.[1] The name Rupanyup is an Aboriginal word meaning 'branch hanging over water'.[2] The Post Office opened on 22 February 1875 as Karkarooc and was renamed Rupanyup in 1876.[3] The town used to be in the Shire of Dunmunkle but was allocated to the Shire of Yarriambiack when Victoria's municipalities were re-organized in the 1990s. The Bolangum railway line included a station at Rupanyup from 1887 in Gibson Street, until the line closed in 1983. The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Horsham & District Football League.[4] Golfers play at the course of the Rupanyup Golf Club on Frayne Avenue.[5] The town has art in the Silo Art Trail which also includes Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebury, Lascelles and Patchewollock. References
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