Bangholme, Victoria
| Bangholme Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing Eummemmering Creek in Bangholme |
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| Population: | 556 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1925 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3175 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 38°02′56″S 145°09′58″E / 38.049°S 145.166°ECoordinates: 38°02′56″S 145°09′58″E / 38.049°S 145.166°E | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 30 km² (11.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Greater Dandenong | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Lyndhurst | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Isaacs | ||||||||||||
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Bangholme is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district and adjacent to the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong. At the 2006 Census, Bangholme had a population of 556.
The area is semi-rural and is part of the Melbourne South Eastern green wedge, with much of the land used by the Melbourne Water Eastern Sewage Treatment Plant,[2] and the remainder being mostly small land holdings, with some used for horse acreage.
Bangholme Post Office opened on 15 June 1925, and closed in 1943.[3]
The EastLink tollway passes through the area.[1]
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[edit] Demographics
Bangholme has a SEIFA score of 744, indicating a high level of disadvantage — it is in the bottom percentile nationally and has the lowest score of any Melbourne suburb.[4]
[edit] Sport
The National Water Sports Centre is located in Bangholme adjacent to the Patterson River.[5]
Golfers play at the course of the Eastern Sward Golf Club on Thompson Road, Bangholme.[6]
Horse riding lessons are conducted at BlinkBonnie Equestrian Centre on Pillars Road.
Horse agistment (paddocks for hire) is also available at various properties on and near Pillars Road.
[edit] See also
- City of Springvale - the former local government area of which Bangholme was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bangholme (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21053&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ Melbourne Water : Sewerage : Eastern Treatment Plant
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 March 2009). "2033.0.55.001 - Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia - Data only, 2006". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2033.0.55.001/. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ Sport & Recreation Victoria
- ^ Golf Select, Eastern Sward, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=656, retrieved 2009-05-11
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