Smoko, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
36°49′36″S 147°04′07″E / 36.82667°S 147.06861°E / -36.82667; 147.06861- 337 km (209 mi) NE of Melbourne
- 95 km (59 mi) SE of Wangaratta
- 8 km (5 mi) N of Harrietville
Smoko is a locality in north east Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Alpine Shire local government area, 337 kilometres (209 mi) north east of the state capital, Melbourne. The town "gained its name in the 1850s because gold seekers regularly stopped here for a smoke and a rest on their way to and from the goldfields".[2] At the 2016 census, Smoko had a population of 46.[1]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Smoko". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Weird place names". The Age.
External links
Media related to Smoko, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
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Localities in the Alpine Shire
- Bright
- Buffalo River
- Eurobin
- Falls Creek^
- Gundowring^
- Harrietville
- Mount Beauty
- Myrtleford
- Porepunkah
- Tawonga
- Tawonga South
- Wandiligong
- Abbeyard
- Barwidgee
- Bogong
- Buckland
- Cobungra^
- Coral Bank
- Dandongadale
- Dargo^
- Dederang
- Dinner Plain
- Freeburgh
- Gapsted
- Germantown
- Glen Creek
- Havilah
- Hotham Heights^
- Kancoona
- Kergunyah South
- Merriang
- Merriang South
- Mongans Bridge
- Mount Buffalo
- Mudgegonga
- Nug Nug
- Ovens
- Rosewhite
- Running Creek
- Selwyn
- Smoko
- Upper Gundowring
- Wongungarra^
- Wonnangatta
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
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