Broadmeadows Melbourne, Victoria
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Population:	9985 (2006) [1]
Established:	1850s
Postcode:	3047
Area:	8.4 km² (3.2 sq mi)
Property Value:	AUD $210,000 [2]
Location:	17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Hume
State District:	Broadmeadows
Federal Division:	Calwell
Suburbs around Broadmeadows: Westmeadows Dallas Campbellfield Westmeadows Broadmeadows Campbellfield Jacana Glenroy Fawkner

Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km from Melbourne's central business district. It is a regional centre within the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and is often used as a reference for the suburbs around it, although this may be due to its former status as a municipality. Recently Broadmeadows has experienced significant development and has encountered a degree of gentrification. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1574x1332, 196 KB) 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly created in 1952. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Calwell is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... This is a list of Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Westmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Dallas is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Campbellfield is a northern suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Westmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Campbellfield is a northern suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Jacana is a small suburb of less than 13 000 people in Melbourne, Australia, situated north of the Western Ring Road,south of Johnstone Street and between the Broadmeadows railway line and Moonee Ponds Creek. ... Glenroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fawkner is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... “km” redirects here. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

History

The Broadmeadows area, home to the Wurundjeri Aboriginal tribe prior to European settlement, was settled by pastoralists in the 1840s. The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ... Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous...

The original Broadmeadows is now known as Westmeadows which lies to the west of the present Broadmeadows. The first Broadmeadows township was laid out by a Government survey in 1850. Ardlie Street was its commercial centre with a hotel (the Broadmeadows Hotel, now Westmeadows Tavern), the police station and the shire office (the District Roads Board Building, opened in 1866). Westmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Broadmeadows' centre was altered when the railway line and station were opened two kilometres to the original centre's east in 1872. Shire loyalties clung to the old township until new civic offices were built near the railway station in 1928.

The Housing Commission began the building of a 2,226 ha. estate in the Broadmeadows area in 1949. Not until 1975 did it begin building in the vicinity of the old township, which it called Westmeadows Heights. Between 1975 and 1979 it built over 900 houses in the area.

Famous Residents

• Former residents
  • Eddie McGuire
  • John Ilhan (of "Crazy Johns")
  • Bruce Doull (Carlton FC)
  • Rod Austin (Carlton FC)

Effie This article does not cite any references or sources. ... John Ilhan is an Australian Muslim of Turkish descent. ... Bruce Doull (born September 11, 1950 in Victoria, Australia) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club. ... Rod Austin (born January 26, 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Blues from 1972 until 1985. ...

References

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External links

Coordinates: 37°41′06″S 144°55′30″E / -37.685, 144.925 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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  • Satellite image from Google Maps and WikiMapia.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Australian Places - Broadmeadows
• City of Hume