Patchewollock, Victoria

Patchewollock Victoria
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Patchewollock
Coordinates	35°23′0″S 142°12′0″E / 35.38333°S 142.20000°E / -35.38333; 142.20000Coordinates: 35°23′0″S 142°12′0″E / 35.38333°S 142.20000°E / -35.38333; 142.20000
Population	322 (2006 census)
Postcode(s)	3491
Location	429 km (267 mi) NW of Melbourne 149 km (93 mi) S of Mildura 47 km (29 mi) S of Ouyen
LGA(s)	Shire of Yarriambiack Rural City of Mildura
State electorate(s)	Mildura
Federal Division(s)	Mallee
Localities around Patchewollock: Torrita Walpeup, Ouyen Tempy Big Desert Patchewollock Speed, Turriff Yaapeet Hopetoun Lascelles

Patchewollock is a town in north-west Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Patchewollock and the surrounding area had a population of 322.

The name Patchewollock originated from two Aboriginal words: putje, plenty, and wallah, porcupine grass.

The town was first established after the First World War when soldier settlement blocks were appearing in the area. A Post Office (originally a Receiving Office) opened on 27 July 1920. Previous localities of Baring 35°24′S 142°04′E / 35.400°S 142.067°E / -35.400; 142.067 (Baring) with a post office open from 1926 to 1948, and Dering 35°22′S 142°19′E / 35.367°S 142.317°E / -35.367; 142.317 (Dering) with a post office open from 1923 to 1949, lie within that part of the Patchewollock locality in the Rural City of Mildura.

As at 2011, the township maintained a pub and a post office.