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Coolaroo, Victoria
Coolaroo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Coolaroo recorded a population of 3,193 at the 2021 census. History Coolaroo is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'brown snake'. The area was acquired by the Housing Commission of Victoria in 1951 for housing estates, with construction not commencing until 1966. Until the late 1990s, Coolaroo's boundaries extended past the railway line and Pascoe Vale Road into the area that is now known as Meadow Heights. Population In the , there were 3,191 people in Coolaroo. 51.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Iraq 9.2%, Turkey 5.5% and Lebanon 3.8%. 37.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 14.4%, Turkish 11.8% and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 8.1%, The most common responses for religion were Islam 28.8%, Catholic 23.2% a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolaroo Railway Station
Coolaroo railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo, and it opened on 6 June 2010.Coolaroo Vicsig History Originally scheduled for completion by the 1980s, under the '''', the set aside $38 million for the construction of the station in the 2007/2008 State Budget.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housing Commission Of Victoria
The Housing Commission of Victoria (often shortened to Housing Commission, especially colloquially) was a Victorian State Government body responsible for public housing in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1938, and was abolished in 1984. The main activity of the commission was the construction tens of thousands of houses and flats in Melbourne and many country towns between the late 1940s and the early 70s, providing low rent housing for low income families. The most visible legacy of the commission is the 47 or so high-rise apartment towers in inner Melbourne, all built using the same pre-cast concrete panel technology. History Establishment Through the 1920s and early 1930s, a campaign highlighting the dreadful conditions and moral dangers of the 'slums' of inner city Melbourne was led by social reformer Oswald Barnett. During the depression Oswald Barnett wrote a first major broadside entitled "The unsuspected slums, an illustrated summary of a thesis submitted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport , colloquially known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is the main international airport of the four airports serving the Melbourne metropolitan area, the other international airport being Avalon Airport. The airport comprises four terminals: one international terminal, two domestic terminals and one budget domestic terminal. It is northwest of the city centre, adjacent to the suburb of Tullamarine. The airport has its own suburb and postcode—Melbourne Airport, Victoria ( postcode 3045). In 2016–17 around 25 million domestic passengers and 10 million international passengers used the airport. The airport features direct flights to 33 domestic destinations and to destinations in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, North America and South America. Melbourne Airport is the number one arrival/departure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankston Railway Station
Frankston railway station, in Victoria, Australia, is the terminus of the suburban electrified Frankston line and diesel-hauled services on the Stony Point line. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Frankston, and opened on 1 August 1882.Frankston Vicsig History Frankston station opened on 1 August 1882, when the line was extended from .Frankston LineVicsig On 1 October 1888, the line was extended to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenroy, Victoria
Glenroy is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Glenroy recorded a population of 23,792 at the 2021 census. Glenroy is located in the northwest of the City of Merri-bek, and is bounded by the Western Ring Road in the north, the Moonee Ponds Creek in the west, New Road, Victoria Street and Rhodes Parade in the south and West Street, Hilton Street, Box Forest Road and the Upfield railway line in the east. Prominent features include the private Northern Golf Club, a major retail district centred on the Glenroy railway station and the Northern Memorial Park extension to the Fawkner General Cemetery. History The area was originally home to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, before British colonisation and settlement of the Melbourne area started in 1835. The Glenroy Estate bounded by the Moonee Ponds Creek, Camp Road, the Northern Golf Club (inclusively) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascoe Vale Railway Station
Pascoe Vale railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Pascoe Vale, and opened on 10 November 1885.Pascoe Vale Vicsig History The railway past the site of Pascoe Vale station was originally opened in 1872, as part of the to School House Lane. The station, like the suburb itself, was named after "Pascoeville", a property owned by |
Roxburgh Park Railway Station
Roxburgh Park railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Roxburgh Park, and opened on 21 September 2007.Roxburgh Park Vicsig It was built just north of the site of the former Somerton station, which was closed to passengers in 1960. However, the adjacent and retain the Somerton name. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysons
Dysons is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia. History Dysons was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of routes and businesses were purchased both within Melbourne and in regional Victoria: * Nathalia to Melbourne from HE Taylor in August 1957The Dyson Story ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6 * Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959 * a 50% shareholding in Northcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982Victorian Buses in the Eighties ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 6/2 September 1990 page 11 * Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison, Echuca in 1968 * Barham and Moama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama * Dyson's entered a joint venture with Reservoir Bus Company to form East West Bus Company to operate route 560 Broadmeadows station to Greensborough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadmeadows Bus Service
Broadmeadows Bus Service is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates eight routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is owned by Northern Transit Holdings, which also operates Kastoria Bus Lines, Nationwide Tours and Seymour Bus Lines. History Broadmeadows Bus Service was formed in 1947 when J Loughnan purchased a service between Broadmeadows and North Coburg Tram Terminus from P Thorne. In the early 1950 coach charter operations commenced. In 1974 services were extended to Campbellfield and in 1985 from Upfield and North Coburg to Craigieburn. In 1990, it commenced operating coach services under contract to V/Line from Melbourne to Mildura. In July 2007, the Wright family, proprietors of Moreland Buslines, acquired a 50% share of Broadmeadows Bus Service. Both the Loughnan and Wright families sold out to Dom Sita of Kastoria Bus Lines Kastoria Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates five routes under c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upfield Railway Station
Upfield railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Campbellfield, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as North Campbellfield. It closed on 13 July 1903, reopened on 5 March 1928, closed again on 5 May 1956, and was reopened again on 17 August 1959 as Upfield.Upfield Vicsig History Upfield station originally opened on 8 October 1889, when the line from was extended to . It opened in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadmeadows Railway Station, Melbourne
Broadmeadows railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows, and opened on 1 February 1873.Broadmeadows Vicsig The Melbourne–Sydney standard gauge line runs to the east of the station, and south of the station, towards Flinders Street, the Albion–Jacana freight line branches westward from the main line, providing an alternative route into Melbourne to the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craigieburn Railway Station
Craigieburn railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn, and opened on 22 July 1872.Craigieburn Vicsig History The railway through Craigieburn opened in 1872, as part of the to School House Lane. When the station opened, there was a small timber station building, which was replaced by a larger building in 1878, having the same design as other small stations on the line. The station opened to goods traffic in 1874. In 1 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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