Koroit
Koroit | |
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Koroit Hotel. The signpost at the right of the picture gives distances to faraway towns in Ireland. | |
Koroit | |
| Coordinates: 38°17′0″S 142°22′0″E / 38.28333°S 142.36667°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Established | 1857 |
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| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,184 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 3282 |
Koroit /kəˈrɔɪt/ is a small rural town in western Victoria, Australia a few kilometres north of the Princes Highway, 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Warrnambool and 272 kilometres (169 mi) west of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area located amidst rolling green pastures on the north rim of Tower Hill. At the 2021 census, Koroit had a population of 2,184. The town borrows its name from the Koroitch Gundidj people who occupied the area prior to European colonisation.