Yuroke, Victoria
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Yuroke is a bounded rural locality within Greater Melbourne in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is adjacent to the Melbourne metropolitan area beyond the Urban Growth Boundary and 29 km north from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...

. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume
City of Hume
The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre....

.

Yuroke is located between Mickleham
Mickleham, Victoria
Mickleham is a locality within Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 32 km north from Melbourne's central business district beyond the Urban Growth Boundary. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...

 and Greenvale
Greenvale, Victoria
Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...

, on Mickleham Road.

Yuroke Post Office opened around 1902 and closed in 1975.

Yuroke was the filming location for Melbourne band Painters & Dockers
Painters and Dockers
Painters and Dockers are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1982. Their best performed album, Kiss My Art, peaked in the top 30 of the Australian Recording Industry Association albums charts in 1988. The album included two top 50 singles, "Nude School" and "Die Yuppie Die"...

' single Nude School.

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