Hallam, Victoria
| Hallam Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 9,652 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3803 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 7.9 km² (3.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Casey | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Narre Warren South, Narre Warren North | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Holt | ||||||||||||
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Hallam is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Hallam had a population of 9652.
The suburb has its own railway station.
Hallam is bounded by the South Gippsland Freeway in the west, Eumemmerring Creek and Hallam North Road in the north, a drain easement in the east, and Centre Road in the south.[2]
In a 2011 liveability ranking published by The Age, Hallam was deemed the least liveable suburb in Melbourne.[3]
[edit] History
The post office opened on 1 May 1889. It closed in 1981, but reopened in 1994.[4]
The Railway station opened as Hallam's Road Railway Station. It was renamed Hallam's about 1910 and Hallam about 1925.
[edit] Places of interest
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hallam (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21313&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, Locality Names and Boundaries - City of Casey, http://www.land.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/86882BEC602CCBCDCA2574BB00039A4A/$File/Casey+V44.pdf, retrieved 2008-10-30
- ^ The Age, Is this really Melbourne's least liveable suburb?, http://theage.domain.com.au/greater-melbourne/is-this-really-melbournes-least-liveable-suburb-20111122-1nroc.html, retrieved 2011-11-24
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
Coordinates: 38°00′32″S 145°16′05″E / 38.009°S 145.268°E
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