Dallas is a suburb in

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, north of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Dallas recorded a population of 6,762 at the 2021 census. Dallas is bounded by Barry Road in the north, the

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in the east, Geach Street, Terang Street, Tempy Court, Dallas Drive and Riggall Street in the south, and the Craigieburn/ North East railway line in the west.

History

Dallas was named after the

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, General Sir Reginald Dallas Brooks. The

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built many of the houses in the Dallas area between 1961 and 1970. The Dallas Primary School was built in 1963. Dallas North Primary opened in 1965. Dallas Post Office opened on 21 February 1966, but from 1968 to 1995 was known as Broadmeadows before reverting to Dallas. Prior to the construction of the suburb, the Dallas area was primarily used for agriculture. In 1924, the

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built a reservoir for reticulating water for the

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area.

Population

At the 2016 census, Dallas had a population of 6,810. The most common ancestries were Turkish 20.0%, Australian 10.0%, Lebanese 9.1%, English 8.1% and Iraqi 2.8%. 43.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Turkey 11.3%, Iraq 5.9%, Lebanon 4.0%, Pakistan 2.5% and India 1.8%. 22.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Turkish 23.1%, Arabic 17.4%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 3.1%, Urdu 3.0% and Vietnamese 2.3%. The most common responses for religion were Islam 49.3% and Catholic 15.6%. Dallas has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in Australia, at 49% of the population. The Broadmeadows Mosque is located on King Street.

Education

Hume Central Secondary College Hume Central Secondary College is a co-educational public school located in Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia. Hume Central was founded in the mid 2000s by the merger of underperforming Erinbank, Broadmeadows and Hillcrest Secondary Colleges. ...

* Holy Child Catholic Primary School * Dallas Brooks Community Primary School * Ilim College Girls and Primary * Ilim College Boys * Hume Valley School Narrun Campus

Transport

Bus

Two

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service Dallas: * : Craigieburn station – Broadmeadows station via Upfield station. Operated by

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 Tour ...

.532 Craigieburn Station - Broadmeadows Station via Upfield Station
Public Transport Victoria * : Upfield station – Broadmeadows station via

Coolaroo 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 th ...

. Operated by

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.540 Upfield - Broadmeadows via Coolaroo
Public Transport Victoria

Train

The nearest railway stations to Dallas are

and

stations, both on the Craigieburn line, and Upfield station, on the Upfield line.

Food and nightlife

There are a number of takeaway stores in the Dallas Shopping Strip. There are many

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stores as well as

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, charcoal chicken and

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. There is also the Coolaroo Hotel on Barry Road, which has a drive through bottle shop and is open until late.

References

External links

Australian Places – Dallas
{{City of Hume suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Hume