Oaklands Junction is a bounded locality in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
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, north-west of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Hume
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local government area
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. Oaklands Junction recorded a population of 439 at the
2021 census.
[
Oaklands Junction is located beyond the Melbourne metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary.
]
History
Oaklands Junction appears to get its name from the Oaklands Hunt Club, which was established in 1888.
Oaklands Junction Post Office opened on 1 January 1865 and closed in 1971.
See also
* Shire of Bulla
The Shire of Bulla was a Local government in Australia, local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.
Histor ...
– Oaklands Junction was previously within this former local government area.
References
Towns in Victoria (state)
City of Hume
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