Chinkapook, Victoria

Chinkapook Victoria
Public hall
Chinkapook
Coordinates	35°11′S 142°57′E / 35.183°S 142.950°E / -35.183; 142.950Coordinates: 35°11′S 142°57′E / 35.183°S 142.950°E / -35.183; 142.950
Postcode(s)	3546
Location	394 km (245 mi) from Melbourne] 67 km (42 mi) from Swan Hill 73 km (45 mi) from Robinvale 158 km (98 mi) from Mildura
LGA(s)	Rural City of Swan Hill
Federal Division(s)	Mallee
Localities around Chinkapook: Cocamba Cocamba Manangatang Gerahmin Chinkapook Turoar Lake Tyrrell Tyrrell Downs Chillingollah

Chinkapook is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 67 km from Swan Hill, Victoria.

The Post Office opened on 12 September 1910 as Christmas Tank, was renamed Chinkapook in 1914 and closed in 1974.

Many of Australian poet John Shaw Neilson's notebooks were destroyed or severely damaged in a mouse plague at Chinkapook.Douglas Stewart's poem "The Mice of Chinkapook" refers to this event.

The former CBA Bank.

Entering Chinkapook

Uniting Church.

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