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Viewbank, Victoria
Viewbank is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 14 km north-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Viewbank recorded a population of 7,030 at the . The area now known as Viewbank is on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people. The Birrarung (Yarra River) and large tracts of the Yarra Valley Parkland run along one border of the suburb. The Plenty River (Victoria), Plenty River forms Viewbank's eastern boundary, whilst its northern boundary is defined by Lower Plenty Road (a main road linking Heidelberg, Victoria, Heidelberg and Eltham, Victoria, Eltham). Although mainly a residential area, there is a small commercial strip on Martins Lane adjacent to Viewbank Primary School. Past and present Wurrundjeri are the traditional owners of the land The traditional owners of the land where Viewbank is are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Ivanhoe (Victoria)
The electoral district of Ivanhoe is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and includes the suburbs of Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Rosanna and Macleod. Formed in 1945 the seat had usually been fairly safe for the Liberal Party having only been won by Labor at its 1952 and 1982 landslides before the 1990s. However a redistribution prior to the 1992 election made the seat notionally Labor. Liberal candidate Vin Heffernan was able to win at that election, only to be one of just three sitting Liberals defeated at the 1996 election. Labor's Craig Langdon held the seat comfortably until he resigned from the parliament on 25 August 2010, citing family and personal reasons, as well as "disloyalty and betrayal" from several of his colleagues. Langdon had failed to gain pre-selection for the 2010 state election, and there was speculation that his early resignation would trigger a by-election in Ivanhoe. In fact, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
