# Dookie, Victoria

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Town in Victoria, Australia

Town in Victoria, Australia

Dookie Town Entering Dookie Dookie Coordinates: 36°20′0″S 145°42′0″E / 36.33333°S 145.70000°E / -36.33333; 145.70000 Country Australia State Victoria LGA City of Greater Shepparton Location 220 km (140 mi) N of Melbourne 29 km (18 mi) E of Shepparton 42 km (26 mi) W of Benalla Government • State electorate Shepparton • Federal division Nicholls Elevation 189 m (620 ft) Population • Total 333 (2021 census)[2] Postcode 3629 Mean max temp 20.8 °C (69.4 °F) Mean min temp 9.4 °C (48.9 °F) Annual rainfall 551.4 mm (21.71 in)

**Dookie** ([/ˈduːki/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a town in the [Goulburn Valley](/source/Goulburn_Valley) region of [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia). It is situated in a valley between Mount Major and Mount Saddleback. Dookie is a farming community. At the [2021 census](/source/2021_Australian_census), Dookie had a population of 333.

Dookie is five minutes by car from [Dookie College](/source/Dookie_College), jointly managed by the [Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE](/source/Goulburn_Ovens_Institute_of_TAFE) and [University of Melbourne](/source/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 [Greater Shepparton](/source/City_of_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](/source/Dookie_United_Football_Club), an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football) team competing in the [Picola & District Football League](/source/Picola_%26_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).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Dookie (urban centre and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL222020). *Australian Census 2021*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ABS_2-0)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Dookie (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL20777). *2021 Census QuickStats*. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

## Gallery

		- Gladstone Hotel

		- Park in the centre of town

		- Plains to the east of the town

		- St Mary's Roman Catholic church

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Dookie, Victoria](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dookie,_Victoria).

- [Lifestyle Dookie](http://www.lifestyledookie.com.au/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081205022310/http://www.lifestyledookie.com.au/) 5 December 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). Community website. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.

- [Local history of Dookie](https://shawfactor.com/gazetteer/victoria/dookie/)

v t e Localities in the City of Greater Shepparton City Shepparton Town Arcadia Ardmona Bunbartha Congupna Dhurringile Dookie Grahamvale Katandra West Kialla Kialla West Kyabram^ Lancaster^ Lemnos Merrigum Mooroopna Murchison Orrvale Pine Lodge Shepparton East Shepparton North Tallygaroopna Tatura Toolamba Undera Violet Town^ Wyuna^ Locality Boxwood^ Byrneside Caniambo Cooma Coomboona Cosgrove Cosgrove South Dookie College Gillieston Girgarre East Goulburn Weir^ Gowangardie Harston Karramomus Katandra Kialla East Kyabram South Major Plains^ Marionvale Marungi^ Moorilim^ Mooroopna North Mooroopna North West Mount Major Murchison East Murchison North Nalinga^ St Germains Stanhope South Stewarton^ Tamleugh North Tatura East Toolamba West Waranga Zeerust ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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