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Avondale Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. It is located on a plateau bounded by a large bend of the Maribyrnong River to the east, south, and west, and to the north by Buckley street. City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 km² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/km² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 km² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321 Density 462. ...
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The City of Moonee Valley is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...
Maribyrnong river at West Essendon The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia), near Mount Macedon. ...
The suburb derives its name from the Avondale Estate. Originally known as Maribyrnong West, when the Council undertook to change the name, postal authorities drew attention to the existence of Avondale in Queensland. The suburb was therefore called Avondale Heights to distinguish it from the Queensland town. Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ...
There is only one main road - Military Road which runs from Canning Street and Maribyrnong Road, then becomes Milleara Road. There are about 60 shops at the Canning Street end (including Raglan street) and 30 at the other end.
Avondale Heights is famous for Matthew Lloyd, amongst others, who plays for the Essendon Football Club. Matthew Lloyd (born April 16, 1978) is an Australian Rules footballer who plays for and is captain of the Essendon Bombers. ...
Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ...
History
Prior to European colonisation of Melbourne, Aboriginal occupation of the area was by the Wurundjeri tribe of the Kulin nation. Evidence has been found of human occupation for at least 18,000 years. On the 10th October 1940, Mr. James White dug up an ancient human skull, (now known as the Keilor Cranium) on the banks of the Maribyrnong River. This skull has been found to be more than 8,000 years and less than 15,800 years old. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 356 KB)Cycling beside the Maribyrnong River at Avondale Heights. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 356 KB)Cycling beside the Maribyrnong River at Avondale Heights. ...
Maribyrnong river at West Essendon The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia), near Mount Macedon. ...
The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ...
This article is about an Australian Aboriginal nation. ...
(Redirected from 10th October) October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1803 Charles Grimes, the New South Wales Surveyor General, sailed up the Yarra River in the Buffalo and sent a rowing boat to explore the 'Saltwater River', as the Maribyrnong was then called. The rowing boat reached a place now known as Solomon's Ford, and could go no further. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Charles Grimes (February 24, 1772 - February 19, 1858) was an English surveyor of Australia. ...
The Yarras lower reaches travel through central Melbourne. ...
In 1835 with the initial settlement of Melbourne, Edmund Davis Fergusson and Michael Solomon established a pastoral holding in the Avondale Sunshine area. On Solomon's sheep station the ford now near the west end of Canning Street soon became known as Soloman's Ford. This was the lowest crossing point on the Saltwater (Maribyrnong) River, and was for many years the only way from Melbourne to Geelong and further west. 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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During World War I the Canning Street bridge was known as Cordite Bridge as it lead to the Department of Defence Explosives Factory. A password was necessary to cross the bridge during the war. During World War II a night curfew was imposed on the river and a boom was put into place to hinder access. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ...
During the 1930s the district was subdivided into small dairy and cattle farms, with some poultry farming. Even into the 1960s market gardens and small dairy farms operated in the area. It was only with the late 1960s that housing development changed the area into a residential suburb with some superb views of Melbourne city from the plateau. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 km² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/km² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 km² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321 Density 462. ...
Transport Three bus routes service the suburb: Recreational and commuter cyclists have easy access to the Maribyrnong River Trail along the Maribyrnong River. Keilor East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Footscray is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Keilor Park is a small but cosy suburb in the city of Brimbank. ...
Essendon is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Cycling beside the Maribyrnong River at Avondale Heights. ...
Maribyrnong river at West Essendon The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia), near Mount Macedon. ...
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