Patchewollock
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| Coordinates: 35°22′58″S 142°11′24″E / 35.38278°S 142.19000°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 149 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3491 | ||||||||||||
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Patchewollock is a town in north-west Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Patchewollock had a population of 149.
The name Patchewollock originated from two Aboriginal words: putje, plenty, and wallah, porcupine grass. The town was first established after the First World War, when soldier settlement blocks were appearing in the area. A post office (originally a receiving office) opened on 27 July 1920.
Previous localities of Baring 35°24′S 142°04′E / 35.400°S 142.067°E with a post office open from 1926 to 1948, and Dering 35°22′S 142°19′E / 35.367°S 142.317°E with a post office open from 1923 to 1949, lie within that part of the Patchewollock locality in the Rural City of Mildura.
As of 2011, the township maintained a pub and a post office.