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Burnside Heights, Victoria
Burnside Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area. Burnside Heights recorded a population of 6,377 at the 2021 census. Burnside Heights is separated from the suburb of Burnside to the south by Kororoit Creek and Caroline Springs. Burnside Heights, although a young suburb, is well established, with nearby schools, medical centres, a kindergarten, a gymnasium and an AFL and cricket oval. Burnside Heights has several large shopping centres in close proximity, including Watergardens and Brimbank Central. Its major draw card is its close proximity (500m) to the Caroline Springs town square, which is a major activity centre for the area. In December 2010 the Watervale Shopping Centre was established within the suburb. Burnside Heights was developed from the creations of three developers under the names of VicUrban (Tenterfield), Triton Property Group (Taylor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Kororoit
The electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale, Victoria, Albanvale, Caroline Springs, Victoria, Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park, Victoria, Deer Park and St Albans, Victoria, St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne. The seat was created prior to the 2002 Victorian state election, 2002 election and with the same redistribution turning Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party powerbroker and Minister (government), cabinet minister Andre Haermeyer's seat of Electoral district of Yan Yean, Yan Yean into a marginal Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal seat, Haermeyer decided to contest Kororoit. He won the seat with a margin of 27.1% making it the fourth-safest Labor seat in the state. The seat is currently held by Luba Grigorovitch, who was elected at the 2022 Victorian state election following the retirement of Marlene Kairouz. Members for Kororoit Election r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Australian Census
The 2021 Australian census, simply called the 2021 Census, was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 25,422,788 – an increase of 8.6 per cent or 2,020,896 people over the previous 2016 census. Results from the 2021 census were released to the public on 28 June 2022 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. A small amount of additional 2021 census data will be released in October 2022 and in 2023. Australia's next census is scheduled to take place in 2026. Overview In Australia, completing the census is compulsory for all people in Australia on census night, only excluding foreign diplomats and their families. Census data is used to "help governments, businesses, not for profit and community organisations across the country make informed decisions", including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kororoit Creek Trail
__NOTOC__ The Kororoit Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Kororoit Creek in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The interrupted upper section is located in Burnside and Deer Park, the uninterrupted middle section starts in Ardeer and proceeds to Brooklyn, while the lower section is located in Altona. Following the trail Upper section (interrupted) The trail starts in Caroline Springs, on to Burnside continuing through to Albanvale and then Deer Park (approx 10 km). The trail starts as a concrete path in Caroline Springs, where Caroline Springs Boulevarde crosses the creek. Some 2 km later use the road section from Westwood Drive to Bilungah Place. This leads to a gravel section and a ford to access the east side of the creek. A 1 km concrete path leads to a small footbridge near the Deer Park Secondary College at Deer Park. If the ford is flooded, a nearby road route can be used to ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballarat V/Line Rail Service
The Ballarat V/Line rail service is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between state capital Melbourne and the regional city of Ballarat. Beyond Ballarat, it changes name to the Ararat railway line and the Maryborough railway line. The Ballarat service is the second busiest service in Victoria (behind Geelong), carrying 3.17 million passengers in the 12 months ended 30 June 2014. History V/Line once operated services to Horsham and Dimboola. Several rail stations such as Gordon and Warrenheip were closed in October 1981 as part of the New Deal timetable. All services beyond Ballarat were withdrawn on 27 May 1994, and in 1995 the One Nation Program regauged the line beyond Ararat. The broad-gauge line between Ballarat and Ararat was closed to all traffic, with the broad-gauge passenger service from Ballarat to Ararat not reinstated until 2004 under the Linking Victoria program. In November 2004, Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Springs Railway Station
Caroline Springs railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Ravenhall, and opened on 28 January 2017. History The ''Victorian Transport Plan'', released in 2008, proposed the progressive upgrade of the Melton line, to support future urban development in the corridor. Construction of the station was to have commenced in 2010, and be completed in 2012. After the 2010 State Election, the Baillieu Government put further construction on hold, with an access road to the site having been partially constructed. Construction of a bridge over the railway line had to be completed, to serve the nearby Boral quarry, which otherwise would have been isolated by the new Regional Rail Link line that runs north-south across it. In May 2014, in the run-up to the 2014 State Election, the Napthine Government announced that construction would commence in 2014, with a scheduled 2016 completion date. Construction commen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunbury Railway Line
The Sunbury railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. It has 15 stations, in Myki ticketing Zones 1 and 2. It is the electrified section of the Bendigo railway within metropolitan Melbourne. Prior to the line extension to Sunbury, the line was known as the Sydenham railway line, and prior to the extension of electrification to Sydenham, the line was known as the St Albans railway line. Description The Sunbury line generally traverses flat country and thus has no major earthworks, except on the west bank of the Maribyrnong River where it requires some moderately heavy earthworks. It has eight level crossings and several bridges under or over roads. Infrastructure The line is quadrupled to South Kensington railway station, then is double track for the rest of the line, although from South Kensington to Footscray, it runs alongside the Werribee line, effectively extending the quadruple track to there. The line is also paralleled by a double tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydenham Railway Station, Melbourne
Watergardens railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Sydenham, and it opened on 26 January 2002.Watergardens (Sydenham) Vicsig History Sydenham Sydenham originally opened on 1 March 1859, shortly after the line was extended from to Sunbury.Sydenham ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keilor Plains Railway Station
Keilor Plains railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of St Albans, and opened on 27 January 2002. History Keilor Plains station opened on 27 January 2002, as part of the extension of the electrified network from St Albans to Sydenham. In 1986, boom barriers were installed at the former Taylors Road level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station. In 1994, a rail-road roundabout was provided at the level crossing. In April 2007, construction commenced on a grade separation project, which involved lowering the road underneath the railway line. By September 2008, the level crossing was abolished and the project completed. Platforms and services Keilor Plains has two side platforms. It is served by Sunbury line trains. Platform 1: * all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Watergardens and Sunbury By late 2025, it is planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Places Victoria
Places Victoria, was the Victorian Government's property development agency delivering urban renewal. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Places Victoria developed surplus government land. In April 2017, Places Victoria combined with Major Projects Victoria to form Development Victoria. Places Victoria attracted private sector investment to revitalise neighbourhoods and was responsible for delivering projects in Melbourne and regional Victoria, including: Melbourne DocklandsRevitalising Central DandenongJunction Place, WodongaPlaces Victoria has a long history of urban revitalisation and land development in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Governance Places Victoria was governed by a Board of Directors, chaired by Tony DeDomencio. Places Victoria's CEO was Gregory Anderson. History Places Victoria was born from two government land organisations - the Urban and Regional Land Corporation, which played a key role in the development of Melbourne's growth corridors, and the Docklan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brimbank Central Shopping Centre
This is a list of notable shopping centres in Australia. It does not include street shopping strips such as Chapel Street, Melbourne or Oxford Street, Sydney which were prevalent in Australian cities until the 1960s. Australian Capital Territory * Canberra Centre, City * Erindale Centre, Wanniassa * Kippax Fair, Holt * Majura Park Shopping Centre, Majura Park * South.Point Tuggeranong, Greenway * Westfield Belconnen, Belconnen * Westfield Woden (formerly Woden Plaza and Woden Shopping Square), Phillip New South Wales Sydney City * Broadway Shopping Centre, Sydney CBD * Central Park Mall, Sydney CBD * The Galeries, Sydney CBD * Glasshouse, Sydney CBD * Harbourside, Sydney CBD * Market City, Sydney CBD * MidCity, Sydney CBD * Queen Victoria Building, Sydney CBD * The Strand Arcade, Sydney CBD * Westfield Sydney, Sydney CBD * World Square, Sydney CBD * 25 Martin Place, Sydney CBD Greater Sydney * Ashfield Mall, Ashfield * Bankstown Central, Bankstown * Bass Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watergardens Town Centre
Watergardens Town Centre is a super regional shopping centre located in Taylors Lakes, 24 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Victoria. It opened in 1997, and is owned by the Queensland Investment Corporation. History The site was purchased by the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) in February 1995, with construction commencing in October 1996. The initial proposal for the site included of retail space at the cost of , with anchor tenants Bi-Lo, Hoyts, Safeway and Target. The centre opened as Watergardens Shopping Centre on 29 September 1997 with 100 speciality stores: the name Watergardens was reportedly chosen in homage of the adjacent Taylors Creek. The adjacent Watergardens Town Centre Homemaker Centre opened in 2001, expanding to of retail space in 2002. Watergardens railway station was also opened in 2002 following the extension of M-Train St Albans services to Sydenham, with QIC purchasing the naming rights to the station. A further expansion to the centre was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, aiming to become a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and changed its name to the AFL in 1990. The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all states, plus the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, as well as in New Zealand and China to expand the league's audience. The AFL season currently consists of a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
