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Taylors Lakes, Victoria
Taylors Lakes is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Taylors Lakes recorded a population of 16,910 at the . Taylors Lakes is bounded by the Calder Freeway in the north, Overnewton Road and Taylors Creek in the east, Lady Nelson Way in the south and the Bendigo railway line in the west. The suburb is mostly composed of recent developments dating from the 1990s, with Taylors Lakes Post Office opening on 18 August 1994. One of Keilor's earliest settlers was the Scotsman William Taylor, who built the Overnewton homestead in 1849. Taylors Creek was named after him, which in turn gives the name of the suburb. There are many available facilities in Taylors Lakes, such as shopping centres, cinemas, bowling alley, schools, a railway station, bus routes, parks and gardens, sports grounds, roads, houses and kindergartens. It also has the largest rate of Southern/East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendigo Railway Line
The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Bendigo railway line or the Echuca railway line) is a broad-gauge railway line serving north-western Victoria, Australia. The line runs from the New South Wales town of Deniliquin into Bendigo, before turning south-south-east towards Melbourne, terminating in Docklands near the central business district. It is a major trunk line both for passenger and freight trains, with many lines branching off from it. History The Company Construction of the line was begun by the Melbourne, Mount Alexander & Murray River Railway Company, which was incorporated in 1852. The first thirteen sections of the line were constructed by contractors Cornish & Bruce, who gained a reputation for trying to reduce costs by taking shortcuts on materials and reducing worker's wages. The company made almost no progress on the construction of the railway due to an inability to raise sufficient funds, and in 1856 it was purchased by the Victorian Government. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Albans, Victoria
St Albans () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. In the 2021 census, St Albans recorded a population of 38,042. St Albans' main commercial and shopping precinct is located on Main Road West, Main Road East, Alfrieda Street, the railway station and East Esplanade. The postcode is 3021. History St Albans was first established as a township in 1887 and originally subdivided by the Cosmopolitan Land and Banking Company, who had acquired in the hope of a quick financial gain during that period's land boom. Manager Alfred Padley made an arrangement with Victorian Railways to build the railway station, which he insisted be named St Albans after his maternal ancestors' association with St Albans Cathedral, England. Padley built and resided in Kieglo, which later became the Presbytery of the Sacred Heart . The company was later liquidated in 1903. St Albans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powercor
Powercor Australia is an Australian electricity distribution company that operates throughout western Victoria, and the western suburbs of Melbourne. The company owns and maintains power lines, substations and street lights and also manages the largest electricity distribution network in Victoria. Powercor is 51% owned by the Cheung Kong Holdings and 49% by Spark Infrastructure which also own Citipower, which maintains the city of Melbourne's CBD network, and SA Power Networks, which maintains the South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...n network. Network statistics As of September 2011: * Total line length: 84,026 km * Area covered: 150,000 km2 * Customers: 730,273 * Zone substations 70 * Zone substation transformers (66 kV to 22 kV): 137 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telstra
Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 stock index, and is Australia's largest telecommunications company by market share. Telstra has a long history in Australia, originating together with Australia Post as the Postmaster-General's Department upon Federation of Australia, federation in 1901. Telstra had transitioned from a state-owned enterprise to a fully Privatization, privatised company by 2006. History Australia's telecommunications services were originally controlled by the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG), formed in 1901 as a result of Australian Federation. Prior to 1901, telecommunications were administered by each colony. On 1 July 1975, separate commissions were established by statute to replace the PMG. Responsibility for postal services was transferred to the Australian Postal Commission (Australia Pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolworths (supermarket)
Woolworths (colloquially known as "Woolies") is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Group. Founded in 1924, Woolworths is currently Australia's largest supermarket chain with a market share of 32.5% as of 2023. Woolworths specialises in groceries (vegetables, fruit, meat, packaged foods, etc.), but also sells magazines, DVDs, health and beauty products, household products, pet and baby supplies, and stationery. As of June 2023, there were 995 Woolworths supermarkets and 90 Woolworths Metro convenience stores. Woolworths Online (formerly HomeShop) is a click and collect, and home delivery service for Woolworths supermarkets. Woolworths also own liquor brands such as BWS and Dan Murphys. History Woolworths Limited (now Woolworths Group) was first registered on 22 September 1924 by five Australian entrepreneursPercy Christmas, Stanley Chatterton, Cecil Scott Waine, George Creed and Ernest Williams. The first store was opened on 5 December 1924 in Pitt Street o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watergardens Town Centre
Watergardens Town Centre is a super regional shopping centre located in Taylors Lakes, 24 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1997, and is owned by the Queensland Investment Corporation. History The site was purchased by the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) in February 1995, with construction commencing in October 1996. The initial proposal for the site included of retail space at the cost of , with anchor tenants Bi-Lo, Hoyts, Woolworths and Target. The centre opened as Watergardens Shopping Centre on 29 September 1997 with 100 speciality stores: the name Watergardens was reportedly chosen in homage of the adjacent Taylors Creek. The adjacent Watergardens Town Centre Homemaker Centre opened in 2001, expanding to of retail space in 2002. Watergardens railway station was also opened in 2002 following the extension of M>Train's St Albans services to Sydenham, with QIC purchasing the naming rights to the station. A further expansion t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Infrastructure (Victoria)
The Department of Infrastructure (DOI) was a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. Created in significant changes to the public service enacted by Jeff Kennett after he was returned as Premier of Victoria at the 1996 state election, the DOI oversaw a variety of functions until its abolition in 2008. It was responsible for transport policy during its entire existence, and consequently played a major role in the related reforms and projects initiated by Kennett and his successors. At different times, it also had responsibility for planning, major projects, local government, energy, communications, and mining. Kennett government The Department was created in machinery of government changes following the re-election of the Kennett government in 1996. As well as absorbing all the functions of the Department of Planning and Development and the Department of Transport, the DOI also assumed responsibility for local government. The Kennett government's program of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunbury Railway Line
The Sunbury line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's fifth longest metropolitan railway line at . The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Sunbury station in the city's north-west, serving 18 stations via North Melbourne, Sunshine, St Albans, and Watergardens. The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day (from approximately 5:00 am to around 12:00 am) with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hour, headways of up to 5 minutes are operated with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours. Train sets typically used on the Sunbury line are the Comeng and Siemens Nexas trainsets and, for two morning peak services, the High Capacity Metro Train. The Victorian Railways began services in February 1859 on the line originally built to serve the town of Bendigo by the Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essendon District Football League
The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a semi-professional Australian rules football league competition based in Essendon, Victoria, consisting of teams based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne. Founded in 1930, the men's competition consists of three leagues: Premier Division, Division 1 and Division 2, with 10 clubs in the Premier Division, 11 clubs in Division 1 and 9 clubs in Division 2. Ahead of the 2025 competition, two teams will be relegated from Division 1 to Division 2 to ensure that there are 10 teams across each of the top three divisions. Promotion and relegation between these divisions occurs, with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier Division and Division 1 being relegated at the end of each season replaced in their respective divisions by the winners of Division 1 and Division 2 premierships respectively Each men's team also fields a reserves side and an under-18 side that play fixtures mirroring that of the senior side. Since 2017, the League h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylors Lakes Football Club
The Taylors Lakes Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or colloquially the Lakers, is an Australian rules football club located in Taylors Lakes, Victoria, north west of Melbourne. The club originated in 1989 with the intention to field junior sides, and in 1991 affiliated with the Essendon District Football League at a senior level. The club has competed in the league since 1993, and today fields teams in Division 1 and Division 1 Reserves, as well as a number of junior squads. The club's home games are held at Lionheart Reserves, which also houses the club's administrative headquarters. History The Lions reached their first grand final in 2008, with a reserves team securing the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) B Grade Reserves premiership. In 2010, the club's senior and reserve teams qualified for their respective grand finals, with the senior team defeating 16.14 (110) to 10.12 (72). This saw the side promoted from B Grade to A Grade for the 2011 season, but would ult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bus Routes In Melbourne
Melbourne's bus network is a major transportation system in Australia, comprising around 400 bus routes. The bus network is run by private companies under contract to Public Transport Victoria. Buses in Melbourne use the Myki ticketing system, with the exception of SkyBus (airport bus), SkyBus services. Kinetic Melbourne operate approximately 30% of the bus network, signing contracts in 2021 as part of the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise. The remaining 70% of the network is operated under 23 contracts with other Buses in Melbourne#Bus operators, bus operators, all of these contracts were entered into in mid-2018 and will expire in 2025 or 2028. All bus routes are allocated a number from 150-999, with the exception of SkyBus services. Route numbers below 150 are used by trams. The numbering of a route can tell a bit about the geographical location served, the route's history, or the route's type of operation; for example, routes from the 900 series were historically used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
