One in a series of caches to highlight the many towns, villages, hamlets, localities and crossroads around Victoria, based on a series of caches in South Australia initiated by local SA cacher Adelaideram. Adelaideram was contacted and is happy with the series spreading its wings into Victoria.
Goroke is a town in the Shire of the West Wimmera, 370 kilometres north west of Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Goroke recorded a population of 299.
Goroke is the indigenous term for the Australian Magpie and was established in 1882 as a supply centre for local farmers and by 1884 had a population of 50. Goroke Post Office opened on 1 July 1884.
Three years later, facilities in Goroke included a flour mill, two stores, a school, a mechanics' hall, a hotel and a blacksmith's. Originally connected to Kaniva and Nhill by a track through the Little Desert and was connect by the railroad in 1894The railroad closed in 1986.
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