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Dookie, Victoria

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Population
  
286 (2006 census)

State electorate(s)
  
Shepparton

Elevation
  
189 m

Local time
  
Friday 10:42 PM

Postcode(s)
  
3646

Mean max temp
  
Mean min temp

Postal code
  
3646

Federal division
  
Division of Murray

Dookie, Victoria

Location
  
220 km (137 mi) N of Melbourne 29 km (18 mi) E of Shepparton 42 km (26 mi) W of Benalla

LGA(s)
  
City of Greater Shepparton

Weather
  
22°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 45% Humidity

Dookie /ˈdki/ is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is situated in a valley between Mount Major and Mount Saddleback. Dookie is a farming community. At the 2006 census, Dookie had a population of 286.

Map of Dookie VIC 3646, Australia

Dookie is five minutes by car from Dookie College, jointly managed by the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE and University of Melbourne since 2005. Dookie has many sporting and community groups.

The Post Office opened around February 1878, was replaced by Dookie Railway Station office in 1888 when the railway arrived, which was then renamed Dookie in 1901.

The town has an Australian rules football team Dookie United competing in the Picola & District Football League.

References

Dookie, Victoria Wikipedia