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Maribyrnong Polonia
Western Eagles FC is an Australian football (association football, soccer) club based in the List of Melbourne suburbs, western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club's foundation meeting was held on 13 August 1950, at 93 Brighton Road, St. Kilda Victoria. The meeting decided that the club would be known as "Polonia Soccer Club". KS Polonia was one of the powerhouses of Victorian and Australian soccer in the 1950s and 1960s, before making a brief revival in the 1980s. The club has since fallen to the lower reaches of the Victorian system, and currently participates in the Victorian State League Division 3 North – West. Club history Foundation With the conclusion of the World War II, Second World War, many Polish people, Poles were unable to, or did not want to return to their homeland for various reasons and as such made the decision to Emigration, emigrate to Australia and begin a new life for themselves and their families. They were ex-servicem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albion, Victoria
Albion is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Albion recorded a population of 4,334 at the . Albion is bordered on the north by Ballarat Road, the south by Forrest Street, the west by Kororoit Creek and the east by Anderson Road. The suburb is completely surrounded by other parts of Sunshine except for Ardeer, which lies to Albion's due west across Kororoit Creek. History The area was originally called Darlington, from at least 1860 to about 1890. The area originally known as Albion was directly west of Duke Street, as can be noted by the many streets there named after English counties and placenames – Albion being an ancient name for the island of Great Britain. Albion station opened on 5 January 1860 as ''Albion and Darlington'' but closed a year later. It was not until 1919 that a new station was opened on the same site with the name ''Albion'' station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
