Yambuk
Yambuk | |
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Yambuk Hotel | |
Yambuk | |
| Coordinates: 38°18′0″S 142°03′0″E / 38.30000°S 142.05000°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 267 (2016 census) |
| Postcode | 3285 |
Yambuk /ˈjæmbʌk/ is a town in Victoria, Australia. The Yambuk township was established in the 1850s, and the Post Office opened on 1 March 1859. Yambuk is sited where the Princes Highway crosses the Shaw River. At the 2006 census, the town and surrounding area had a population of 540. The 2016 census recorded a population of 267.
The name Yambuk is an word from the language of the local indigenous inhabitants, thought to mean "red kangaroo", "full moon" or "big water".
Shell middens in the limestone cliffs to the east of the town indicate that Aboriginal people had lived in the area for at least 2300 years.