Black Hill, Victoria
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| Black Hill Ballarat, Victoria |
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 Corner of Napier and Peel Street. The Post Office is on the left and the Black Hill Hotel on the right. |
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 Black Hill
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| Population: | 2,127[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3350 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 2 km (1 mi) from Ballarat Central | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Ballarat West | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Ballarat | ||||||||||||
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Black Hill is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in the northeast of the city. The population at the 2006 census was 2,127.[1]
It is bordered to the south and east by the Yarrowee River and to the north by Howitt Street, Walker Street and Boronia/Haimes Road and Reid Street to the west by Havelock and Rowe Streets.
Black Hill is a former mining area notable for its famous lookout from where most of Ballarat can be seen which is included on the Ballarat Treasures Register.
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[edit] History
Black Hill was a gold mining and brick making area.
Black Hill Post Office opened on 7 June 1864. [2]
[edit] Parks and open space
Black Hill has several large parks and also has a public swimming pool.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Black Hill (L) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC23031&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
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