NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Boinka, Victoria

Boinka is a locality situated on the Mallee Highway in the Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. The place by road is situated about 4 kilometres east from Tutye and 8 kilometres west from Linga. It has a population within a 7-kilometre radius of approximately 28 people.^[2] Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... km redirects here. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... km redirects here. ... Mildura is a locality in northwestern Victoria, Australia. ... km redirects here. ... km redirects here. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... The Rural City of Mildura is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The Mallee Highway (route B12) runs east from Tailem Bend in South Australia through cereal-growing farmland to Pinnaroo near the border with Victoria, where it crosses route B57 from Bordertown to Loxton. ... Sunraysia is an area of Northern Victoria (Australia) known for its sunshine and grape-growing. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... km redirects here. ...

The name Boinka is likely to come from nearby indigenous people of Lake Hindmarsh to whom the word Boinka meant in their language "flat black beetle".^[3] Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ...

The location has a rich history of settlement and is the subject of a photograph collection within the archives of the Museum of Victoria. The Boinka State School (No 3800) is listed as a part of Heritage Victoria, owned by the Crown Reserve and managed by Rural City Council of Mildura.^[4]

Boinka is the easternmost border point of the Murrayville Landcare Group area of concern, which in total takes in 319,175 hectares including 985 kilometres of roadside in the central west of the Mallee Region.^[5] A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ...

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Boinka is listed within the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 as being one of only two places where Pale Myoporum (Myoporum brevipes Benth.), a decumbent or erect shrub of up to 2 metres in height (widespread in South Australia), is known to grow indigenously outside of that location.^[6] Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 11 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $59,819 (5th) - Product per capita $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 1,558,200 (5th) - Density 1. ...

Boinka is at the furthermost southern edge of the Rural City of Mildura Local Government area and as such it indicates the point where, unlike other Local Government areas outside of Melbourne, employees actually gain the full public holiday known as Melbourne Cup Day which occurs on the first Tuesday each November.^[7] The Rural City of Mildura is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The Melbourne Cup is an annual thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and over, and is run over a distance of 3,200 metres, held on the first Tuesday in November since 1861 in Melbourne, Australia. ...

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The word 'Boinka', as a part of the English vocabulary, is humorously defined in The Meaning of Liff as "The noise through the wall which tells you that the people next door enjoy a better sex life than you do." The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A vocabulary is a set of words known to a person or other entity, or that are part of a specific language. ... Front cover of the US hardcover edition of The Meaning of Liff, 1984. ...

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Coordinates: 35°12′14″S, 141°36′38″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Cities and towns in The Mallee and Sunraysia regions of Australia

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