Keilor East or East Keilor is a

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, north-west of Melbourne's

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, located within the Cities of Brimbank and Moonee Valley

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s. Keilor East recorded a population of 15,073 at the 2021 census. Keilor East is bounded in the west by the

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in the City of Brimbank, in the north by the

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, in the east by Hoffmans Road, and in the south by Buckley Street, Steele Creek and Rosehill Road.

History

Keilor East Post Office opened on 1 July 1947. This was renamed Niddrie in 1956, and a new Keilor East office opened in November 1957. Lincolnville Post Office on McFarlane Street opened in 1964 and closed in 1988. Keilor East was previously located in the former

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, though now sits partially in the City of Brimbank (west of the Albion-Jacana railway line) and the remainder in the City of Moonee Valley (east of the Albion-Jacana railway line).

Commerce

Keilor East contains the Milleara Shopping Centre (previously named and still commonly known as Milleara Mall), on the corner of Milleara Road and Buckley Street, as well as the small Centreway Shopping Centre and Dinah Parade shopping strip.

Transport

East Keilor is served by five

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: *406: to Footscray, operated by

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*407: Highpoint Shopping Centre –

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, operated by CDC Melbourne *465: Essendon station – Keilor Park, operated by Ryan Brothers Bus Service *469: to

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, operated by Kastoria Bus Lines *

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and the

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. Large parts of the suburb are under the flight path of the nearby Melbourne Airport which is curfew-free.

Education

Keilor East has a public primary school, Keilor Heights Primary School, St. Peters School, a private primary school, a campus of the public secondary school Essendon Keilor College, and the senior campus of the private

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school

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. Keilor East had many more schools in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Lincolnville Primary School, Keilor South Primary School and Overland Primary School. Lincolnville and Keilor South merged in 1988 to form Rosehill Park Primary School (on the former Keilor South Primary School site). At the end of 1993, Rosehill Park and Overland were forced to close down by the State

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, with Keilor Heights absorbing most of their students.

Notable people from Keilor East

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– singer *

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– of the movie

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and television shows Kenny's World and co-host of

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John Barbuto – founder of

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* Damien Peverill – footballer *

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- chef

Sporting facilities

* East Keilor Football Club, an

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football team, competes in the

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. * East Keilor Cricket Club * East Keilor Leisure Centre * East Keilor Tennis Club.

References

{{City of Moonee Valley suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Moonee Valley Suburbs of the City of Brimbank