# Tallarook

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Town in Victoria, Australia

Town in Victoria, Australia

Tallarook Town Main street of Tallarook with the Tallarook Hotel on the left Tallarook Coordinates: 37°06′0″S 145°06′0″E / 37.10000°S 145.10000°E / -37.10000; 145.10000 Country Australia State Victoria LGA Shire of Mitchell Location 88 km (55 mi) N of Melbourne 91 km (57 mi) S of Shepparton 13 km (8.1 mi) SW of Seymour Government • State electorate Euroa • Federal division Nicholls Population • Total 736 (2016 census)[2] Postcode 3659 Localities around Tallarook Hilldene Seymour Whiteheads Creek Sugarloaf Creek Tallarook Whiteheads Creek Broadford Broadford Strath Creek

**Tallarook** [/tæləˈrʊk/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)[3] is a town the [Shire of Mitchell](/source/Shire_of_Mitchell) [local government area](/source/Local_government_in_Australia) in central [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia. The town is in on the [Hume Highway](/source/Hume_Highway), 88 kilometres (55 mi) north of the state capital, [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). At the [2011 census](/source/2011_Australian_census), Tallarook had a population of 789.[2]

Tallarook Post Office opened on 1 April 1861.[4]

The town is known in Australia for the [colloquialism](/source/Colloquialism), "Things are crook in Tallarook", believed to date to the [Great Depression](/source/Great_Depression) and unemployed travellers seeking work.[5] The phrase became the basis of a song composed by [Jack O'Hagan](/source/Jack_O'Hagan)—*Things Is Crook in Tallarook*.[6][7] It also features in a song written by [Garth Porter](/source/Garth_Porter) and [Lee Kernaghan](/source/Lee_Kernaghan), "Tallarook", released on [The Outback Club](/source/The_Outback_Club).

The main [North East railway](/source/North_East_railway_line) opened through the town in 1872 along with the [local railway station](/source/Tallarook_railway_station), and a [branch railway to Mansfield](/source/Mansfield_railway_line) was started in 1883, extended to [Mansfield](/source/Mansfield%2C_Victoria) in 1891, and [Alexandra](/source/Alexandra%2C_Victoria) in 1909, before being closed on 18 November 1978.[8]

Tallarook came to public attention in 1880 with the discovery of a recluse living in the ranges nearby. Dubbed *A Wildman at Tallarook*,[9] emigrant Henricke Nelsen was arrested and jailed, causing quite a sensation in the region. He is the subject of a 2008 book[10] by [Robert Hollingworth](/source/Robert_Hollingworth). While this book fictionalises Nelsen's life, much of the region's early history is also detailed.

The town is home to a cricket club competing in the Seymour District Cricket Association.

The industrialist [Essington Lewis](/source/Essington_Lewis) settled near Tallarook on his property, *Landscape* in his later years until his death in 1961.[11]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Tallarook (urban centre and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL222089). *Australian Census 2021*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ABS_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ABS_2-1) [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (31 October 2012). ["Tallarook (L) (State Suburb)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/SSC21299). *2011 Census QuickStats*. Retrieved 25 October 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *[Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition](/source/Macquarie_Dictionary)* (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-876429-14-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-876429-14-3)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-a_4-0)** Phoenix Auctions History. ["Post Office List"](http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Tallarook*). Retrieved 24 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Crook_5-0)** Moore, Bruce. ["From The Centre - October 2003"](http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/ozwords/October_2003/ftc.html). The Australian National Dictionary Centre. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Song1_6-0)** ["Jack O'Hagan"](http://www.davidspicer.com.au/author/jack-ohagan). David Spicer Productions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Things is crook, in Tallarook"](http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1336258). National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-newsrail-line_8-0)** Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". *Newsrail*. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** The Argus 03/08/1880 p. 6

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** *They Called Me The Wildman* 2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lewis_11-0)** [Blainey, Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_Blainey); Smith, Ann G. ["Lewis, Essington (1881–1961)"](https://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100084b.htm). *[Australian Dictionary of Biography](/source/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography)*. National Centre of Biography, [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-522-84459-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-522-84459-7). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1833-7538](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1833-7538). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [70677943](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/70677943). Retrieved 21 May 2007.

## External links

Media related to [Tallarook, Victoria](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tallarook,_Victoria) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Community website](http://www.visittallarook.com.au/)

- [Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail](http://www.railtrails.org.au/trail?view=trail&id=90)

v t e Localities in the Shire of Mitchell Town Avenel^ Beveridge^ Broadford Flowerdale^ Heathcote Junction Kilmore Puckapunyal Pyalong Seymour Tallarook Tooborac Wallan Wandong Locality Bylands^ Clonbinane Forbes Glenaroua Glenhope Glenhope East Heathcote South High Camp Highlands^ Hilldene Kilmore East Mangalore^ Moranding Mia Mia^ Northwood Nulla Vale Reedy Creek Sugarloaf Creek Sunday Creek Tarcombe^ Trawool^ Tyaak Upper Plenty Waterford Park Whiteheads Creek Willowmavin ^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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