Greenvale, Victoria
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| Greenvale Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 10,401 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1980s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3059 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 6.7 km² (2.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $437,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Hume | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Yuroke | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Calwell | ||||||||||||
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Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Greenvale had a population of 10,401.
Greenvale is located between Yuroke and Attwood, on Mickleham Road.
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History
Greenvale Post Office originally opened in a rural area on 1 January 1871 and closed in 1969. As the suburb developed the Post Office reopened in 1996. [3]
Greenvale expanded largely in the 1980s and now has 2 shopping centres, 3 primary schools (including the large Greenvale Primary School), a community centre and 2 kindergarten centres. Greenvale has a privately owned school called Aitken College, but residents are pushing for a state government college.
Education
- Greenvale Primary School
- Kolbe Catholic College
- Aitken College
- St. Carlo Borromeo Catholic Primary School
Today
Although positioned only twenty minutes from the CBD and ten minutes from Melbourne Airport, Greenvale has been up until recently known as a semi rural area, categorised by the larger farm holdings to the north of the town centre (past Somerton Rd). Three of these farms (the one bordering Aitken College is known as "Hacienda") are now set for development into a new housing estate, taking advantage of excellent city views to the south and a view of the Greenvale Reservoir to the east. This will continue the trend for Greenvale in undergoing further residential development, with several new estates appearing in the suburb itself and in nearby areas such as Attwood and Roxburgh Park.
Greenvale is home to Living Legends, the International Home of Rest for Champion Horses located in Woodlands Historic Park.
Sport In Greenvale
Greenvale Football Club, an Australian Rules football team, is one of the Essendon District Football League's most successful teams, having won the A Grade premiership twice.[4]
Their coach Steve MacPherson is, of 2009, the longest serving coach of any side in the EDFL.
Greenvale also have a Junior Soccer club, Greenvale United JSC. The Greenvale United Senior Team is now a defunct team and does not participate in any competition.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Greenvale (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21309&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ Greenvale, accessed 8 March 2009
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Full Points Footy, Greenvale, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/greenvale.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15
Coordinates: 37°38′S 144°53′E / 37.633°S 144.883°E
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