Boigbeat, Victoria
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Boigbeat is a locality situated in The Mallee
The Mallee
The Mallee is the most northwesterly district in the state of Victoria, and also encompasses the agricultural district of South Australia. Definitions vary, however all are based on the Victorian distribution of mallee eucalypts...

 region. It is situated about 9 kilometres south east from Sea Lake
Sea Lake, Victoria
Sea Lake is a town in the Mallee district of north-west Victoria, Australia and is situated on the southern shores of Lake Tyrrell. The town is located on the Calder Highway, north-west of Melbourne, and west of Swan Hill. Sea Lake is in the heart of Australia's "wheat belt", and is the main...

 and 11 kilometres north west from Berriwillock.

The place name Boigbeat is derived from the traditional Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 word for the location which was Boigbeal with the word beal meaning "redgum" and referring to the only clump of gum trees for many miles.

Boigbeat Post Office opened on 1 July 1898 and closed in 1970.
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