{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Bullarook | state = vic | image = | caption = | lga = Shire of Moorabool | use_lga_map = yes | postcode = 3352 | est = | pop = 99 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC20381|name=Bullarook (State Suburb)|accessdate=7 July 2017|quick=on}}</ref> | elevation= 563<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weather.mla.com.au/climate-history/vic/bullarook|title=Bullarook climate, averages and extreme weather record - Meat & Livestock Australia|publisher=}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|37.5435|S|143.981|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = 18.1 | mintemp = 7.4 | rainfall = | stategov = Buninyong | fedgov = Ballarat | dist1 = 105 | dir1 = SE | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 17 | dir2 = SE | location2= Creswick | dist3 = 14 | dir3 = W | location3= Ballarat }}
'''Bullarook''' is a locality in the Central Highlands in Victoria, near Ballarat.
Bullarook was home to the William Tell Quartz Mining Co., a gold mining company which was active until 1865.<ref>https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/William_Tell_Quartz_Mining_Co{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
The town had a cricket club which operated during the 1920s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219322881?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F192%2F1921%2F11%2F22%2Fpage%2F21869438%2Farticle%2F219322881|title=22 Nov 1921 - BULLAROOK. - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref> The town had a State school, which operated from the 1860s to at least until the end of the First World War.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203766065?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F189%2F1895%2F11%2F15%2Fpage%2F21287449%2Farticle%2F203766065|title=15 Nov 1895 - BULLAROOK - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154693787?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F191%2F1916%2F12%2F27%2Fpage%2F17839176%2Farticle%2F154693787|title=27 Dec 1916 - BULLAROOK. - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66338830?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F189%2F186%2F1861%2F04%2F26%2Fpage%2F6464517%2Farticle%2F66338830|title=26 Apr 1861 - BULLAROOK SCHOOL. - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref> Bullarook was also serviced by the Sawyers' Arms and the Fellmongers' Arms Hotels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66333218?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F189%2F185%2F1859%2F01%2F07%2Fpage%2F6460812%2Farticle%2F66333218|title=07 Jan 1859 - BULLAROOK RACES. - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref> The town has an Avenue of Honour, which was planted in August 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211915516?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F192%2F1920%2F08%2F14%2Fpage%2F21447303%2Farticle%2F211915516|title=14 Aug 1920 - BULLAROOK. - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref>
==Notable residents== Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16 April 1867<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112874304|title=17 Apr 1867 - THE BULLAROOK MURDER - Trove|work=Trove}}</ref>
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{{Towns in Moorabool Shire}}
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Mining towns in Victoria (state)
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