Ardeer is a suburb in

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, west of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Ardeer recorded a population of 3,170 at the . Ardeer has a

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on the Melton greater-metropolitan line.

History

Ardeer Post Office opened on 1 December 1953 as suburban development took place and closed in 1979. Ardeer today is a small suburb split into two enclaves by

Kororoit Creek The Kororoit Creek is a perennial stream, watercourse of the Port Phillip catchment, rising in the outer north western suburbs of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Location and features The Kororoit Creek r ...

. The area south of Forrest Street, previously known as Ardeer, was rezoned in the late 1990s to be incorporated into

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Facilities

Education

Ardeer Primary School

Mother of God School

Religion

Bao Vuong Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple, is located in the suburb.

Kororoit Creek

A section of the

runs along the north and west border of Ardeer. The

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 Dee ...

contains wide open park space and native vegetation rarely seen so close to the

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. In October 2007,

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announced that funding would be provided to link the Kororoit Creek Trail to the

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, joining two western suburb bike paths.

Notable residents

* Brian Barnett OAM, herpetologist

References

Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Brimbank {{melbourne-geo-stub