Porepunkah

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Porepunkah

Total population

771

Coordinates-36.70°, 146.91°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Alice Manfield

Australian mountain guide (1878-1960)

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Artie Bettles

Australian rules footballer

Bert Chandler

Australian footballer (1913-1961)

Daisy Pearce

Australian rules footballer (born 1988)

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Ed Harrison

Australian rules footballer

Harry Bruce

Australian politician

Dick Chandler

Australian rules footballer

Tom McLean

Australian rules footballer (1876-1948)

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Russ Robinson

Australian rules footballer (1928-2004)

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Mary Ellen Roberts

Australian teacher of dressmaking, and lecturer at Sydney Technical College

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Frank Rowe

Australian public servant (1895-1958)

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George Faulkner

Australian rules footballer (1901–1985)

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Bob Murdoch

Australian rules footballer (1909-1965)

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Eric Chatfield

Australian rules footballer (1900–1985)

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George Peters

Australian rules footballer (1912–1988)

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Alec Wallace

Australian rules footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Wandiligong
  6.2 mi away · pop. 362
• Germantown
  6.6 mi away
• Freeburgh
  8.2 mi away
• Buckland
  9.1 mi away
• Ovens
  11.2 mi away
• Smoko
  11.3 mi away
• Harrietville
  15.8 mi away · pop. 354
• Dederang
  16.7 mi away
• Bogong
  18.8 mi away
• Stanley
  22.1 mi away
• Hotham Village
  23.6 mi away · pop. 128
• Edi
  27.2 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

Seen 2026-08-24

alpine Grevillea

Grevillea australis

Seen 2026-08-22

blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Seen 2026-08-21

Ovens wattle

Acacia pravissima

Seen 2026-08-21

small-leaf parrot-pea

Dillwynia phylicoides

Seen 2026-08-21

False Sarsaparilla

Hardenbergia violacea

Seen 2026-08-17

alpine westringia

Westringia senifolia

Seen 2026-08-16

Ivy Goodenia

Goodenia hederacea

Seen 2026-08-16

alpine marsh-marigold

Caltha introloba

Seen 2026-08-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).