Bolinda, Victoria
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| Postcode: | 3432 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 37°26′00″S 144°45′00″E / 37.4333°S 144.75°ECoordinates: 37°26′00″S 144°45′00″E / 37.4333°S 144.75°E | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 385 m (1,263 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Macedon Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Macedon | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Bolinda (
/bəˈlɪndə/) is a small town and locality north of Melbourne, Australia, located on the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. Bolinda lies within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.
John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale[1]. However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name.
Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.[2]
The community today is centred around the primary school (established 1870), community hall and recreation reserve.
Bolinda was an intermediate stopping point on the Clarkefield-Lancefield railway which operated between 1881 and 1956.
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- ^ Mitchell, Peter; Alan Jackson, Carol Moore, Gavin Smith (2004). Romsey: A Veritable Garden of Eden. Romsey: West Bourke Books Inc. ISBN 0-646-43570-1.
- ^ 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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