Briar Hill is a suburb of

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, 18 km north-east from Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Briar Hill recorded a population of 3,220 at the 2021 census.

History

Briar Hill Post Office opened on 1 September 1924. Briar Hill primary school was opened

Education

There is a school in the area called Briar Hill Primary School, which was first established in 1927.Briar Hill Primary School
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Facilities

Public library service is provided by

Yarra Plenty Regional Library Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) provides a public library service to the local government municipalities of the City of Banyule, Shire of Nillumbik and City of Whittlesea in the northeast of Melbourne Australia and located on the lands of ...

. The nearest libraries are at Greensborough, Watsonia and Eltham.

Notable people

Melbourne-based metal band

Twelve Foot Ninja Twelve Foot Ninja are an Australian heavy metal band from Melbourne, Victoria. They released their debut album ''Silent Machine'' in 2012. The band consists of Kin (vocals), Russ (drums), Stevic (lead guitar), and Rohan (rhythm guitar). They w ...

come from Briar Hill.Twelve Foot Ninja
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