{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Dookie | state = vic | image = DookieMaryStreet.JPG | caption = Entering Dookie | image_alt = | use_lga_map = yes | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|36|20|0|S|145|42|0|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = left | map_alt = | pop = 333 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS">{{Census 2021 AUS |id=SAL20777 |name=Dookie (L) (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=27 April 2010 |quick=on}}</ref> | poprank = | density = | density_footnotes = | established = | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = 3629 | elevation = 189 | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | dist1 = 220 | dir1 = N | location1 = [[Melbourne]] | dist2 = 29 | dir2 = E | location2 = [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]] | dist3 = 42 | dir3 = W | location3 = [[Benalla, Victoria|Benalla]] | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | seat = | region = | county = | division = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_footnotes = | managing_authorities = | url = | maxtemp = 20.8 | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = 9.4 | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = 551.4 | rainfall_footnotes = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = | near = | footnotes = }} '''Dookie''' ([[Help:IPA/English|/ˈduːki/]]) is a town in the [[Goulburn Valley]] region of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It is situated in a valley between Mount Major and Mount Saddleback. Dookie is a farming community. At the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]], Dookie had a population of 333.
Dookie is five minutes by car from [[Dookie College]], jointly managed by the [[Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE]] and [[University of Melbourne]] since 2005. Dookie has many sporting and community groups as well as a cycling track, the Dookie rail trail. The rail trail was opened by the mayor of [[City of Greater Shepparton|Greater Shepparton]], Michael Polan, in 2012.
The post office opened around February 1878, was replaced by Dookie Railway Station office in 1888 when the railway arrived, which was then renamed Dookie in 1901.
[[Dookie United Football Club]], an [[Australian rules football]] team competing in the [[Picola & District Football League]], is based in the town.
The town also has a film society of 75 members who meet monthly at the Dookie Memorial Hall. The film society is a member of the FVFS (Federation of Victorian Film Societies).
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==Gallery== <gallery> File:DookieGladstoneHotel2010.JPG|Gladstone Hotel File:DookiePark.JPG|Park in the centre of town File:DookiePlains.JPG|Plains to the east of the town File:DookieRomanCatholicChurch2010.JPG|St Mary's Roman Catholic church </gallery>
==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.lifestyledookie.com.au/ Lifestyle Dookie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205022310/http://www.lifestyledookie.com.au/ |date=5 December 2008 }}. Community website. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. <!-- Information acquired with direct permission from site contact whose e-mail can be found on this page http://www.humehealth.com.au/lifestyledookie/ --> *[http://shawfactor.com/gazetteer/victoria/dookie/ Local history of Dookie]
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