Thornhill Park is a suburb in
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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, west of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Melton local government area
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. Thornhill Park recorded a population of 3,066 at the
2021 census.
The suburb was gazetted by the Office of Geographic Names on 9 February 2017, following a proposal for eleven new suburbs by the City of Melton. The new name officially came into effect in mid-2017.
Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was mostly part of
Rockbank, with a small section previously part of
Mount Cottrell, in the south.
Recreation
Thornhill Park is currently home to Wiltshire Boulevard Reserve, which contains open space, community facilities and a playground. There are also wetlands in the north, in between Exmouth Street and the
Western Highway.
Development Critisim
Residents of Thornhill Park have criticized developers Wel.Co and the
Victorian State Government for failing to provide adequate transport connections to the suburb. Masterplan images released by Wel.Co advertised a railway station located in the center of the suburb and an overpass on Mount Cottrell Rd allowing traffic to travel in both directions on the
Western Highway. Neither the train station nor the overpass have been built forcing residents to make a detour to the next highway overpass at Ferris Rd to access shops, schools, and the Melbourne
Central Business District
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
.
References
External links
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Melton
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