Porepunkah
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| Coordinates: 36°41′0″S 146°54′0″E / 36.68333°S 146.90000°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 71.4 km2 (27.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,024 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 14.342/km2 (37.14/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3740 | ||||||||||||
| County | Bogong | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 20.7 °C (69.3 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.2 °C (46.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,036.9 mm (40.82 in) | ||||||||||||
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Porepunkah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia on the Great Alpine Road, at the foot of Mount Buffalo 310 kilometres (193 mi) northeast of the state capital, Melbourne and 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Bright. It is part of Alpine Shire local government area and is on the banks of the Ovens River, near the Buckland River junction. At the 2021 census, Porepunkah had a population of 1,024.
The name is from the former Portpunka pastoral run.