Coldstream is a small town just outside eastern suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Yarra Ranges, 6 km to the east of Lilydale. Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... km redirects here. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... km redirects here. ... Lilydale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 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 Shire of Yarra Ranges is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Evelyn is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the urban fringe north east of Melbourne. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Casey is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Yering is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Yarra Glen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Location of Healesville in Victoria (red) Healesville is an outer-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 52km from the Melbourne centre and situated on the Watts river, a tributary of the Yarra River. ... Bend of Islands is a locality north-east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, and is located on the north bank of the Yarra River near the town of Yarra Glen. ... Gruyere is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Chirnside Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Lilydale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Wandin North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The Shire of Yarra Ranges is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Lilydale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

In 1909, Dame Nellie Melba bought a cottage at Coldstream. The cottage is located at the current juncture of Maroondah Highway and Melba Highway (named in her honour). Melbourne's CBD is 49 kilometres to the west, along the Maroondah highway and then the Eastern Freeway. Dame Nellie Melba, GBE (19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian opera soprano, the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form. ...

Coldstream has a local primary school, a community centre, garbage dump and several farms. It had a railway station that was used for freight purposes up until the 1990s, but it has since been closed and the buildings demolished. The airstrip, Coldstream Airfield, is home to a flying school operated by the Royal Victorian Aero Club. Community centres are public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. ... Albury landfill, Surrey, England A landfill, also known as a dump, is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

On clear winter mornings Coldstream is the coldest if not one of the coldest places around Melbourne, with the temperature dropping below 0°C (32°F) on several mornings each year (it very rarely drops below 2°C in the centre of Melbourne). Overall, the daily minimum temperatures are even lower than nearby Mount Dandenong despite being much closer to sea level. Mount Dandenong is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

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Coordinates: 37°44′02″S 145°22′59″E / -37.734, 145.383 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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• Coldstream Primary School
• Royal Victorian Aero Club, Coldstream.
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