This article is about Craigieburn in Melbourne, Australia. For Craigieburn in New Zealand's South Island, see Craigieburn, New Zealand.

Craigieburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. Craigieburn is always under constant development, be that of Delfin or Stockland, or even the council. Craigieburn ranges from halfway down Bridgewater Road to up on Mt Ridley. It is slowly becoming more and more urbanised, and is slowly making its way further north. Most of the area is more than 200 metres above sea level (with Mount Ridley being the northernmost hill in northwestern metropolitan Melbourne), giving it clear views of Melbourne's central business district 25 km away. 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. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... km redirects here. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... 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 Yuroke is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... 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 suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Yuroke is a suburb in Victoria, Australia. ... Mickleham is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Wollert is a rural locality 6 km north of Epping, an outer northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Yuroke is a suburb in Victoria, Australia. ... Epping is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Roxburgh Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Somerton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The South Island The South Island is one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... This article is about Craigieburn in New Zealand. ... 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. ... The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Lend Lease Corporation Limited is an Australian-based multinational property management and investment company. ... Stockland is a diversified Australian property development company. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

History

Craigieburn’s first people were the Wurundjeri Indigenous people. The first non-indigenous settlers were mostly Scottish. Nowadays it is a multicultural melting-pot. The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ... Indigenous Australians or Aborigines[1][2] are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...

Craigieburn takes its name after an old bluestone inn that catered for travellers along the Old Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne. The Old Hume Highway still exists, albeit in a state of disrepair, and nowadays is a continuation of Mickleham Road.

Facilities

The suburb includes a gym complete with a swimming pool, as well as basketball and squash courts. Tennis courts, football and cricket grounds are located nearby. There is an 18 hole public golf course which is overlooked by the Craigieburn Sporting Club.

Craigieburn Shopping Plaza is located on Craigieburn Road West. There is also the North Pole Christmas Tree Farm and the Reserve Bank Note Printing Works. Nearby is a cheese factory, and a nursery known as the Shady Gum Nursery. A new bike store called the Bike Shed can be found on Hamilton Road in Craigieburn.

Craigieburn is home to the Craigieburn Grasslands, and the countryside is generally open fields and meadows dotted with Gum Trees. Giant River Red Gums flourish along the banks of the two Creeks, The Aitken and The Malcolm that flow through Craigieburn into the Merri Creek. Recently, yellow breasted rosellas and cockatoos have moved in to the area. Binomial name Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. ...

During the month of March, A Noodle Hut was opened near the Craigieburn Plaza. On the main road of Craigieburn, going near Donnybrook is a McDonalds which was made late 2006. There is also a betting store, TAB which is located near the Craigieburn Plaza Pharmacy and where the old Target Country store used to be. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Donnybrook has several other meanings, see Donnybrook (disambiguation). ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Tab (also spelled TaB) is a diet cola. ... For other uses, see Pharmacy (disambiguation). ...

Residential areas

Highlands Craigieburn, a residential area by Stockland, has been growing. Formally known as Mickleham Grand, it used to range from Mt Ridley Road to Crestmont Terrace, but now is connected to the urbanised areas of Craigieburn. It is soon to have an addition of schools and many more parks. Other estates include Fairways Village, Creekwood Estate, Hamilton Park and Woodland Grove.

Education

Our Lady's Primary School, Malcolm Creek Learning Centre, Craigieburn Secondary College, Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE, Craigieburn South Primary School, Craigieburn Primary School.

Places of Worship

Sikh Temple

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Transport

The railway line to Craigieburn is being electrified in 2007 from the previous terminus of Broadmeadows. Platform 2 Craigieburn is a railway station, located in the suburb of Craigieburn, 26km from Melbourne on the Craigieburn railway line. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Broadmeadows is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Broadmeadows, on the Broadmeadows railway line. ...

External links

Coordinates: 37°35′38″S 144°56′02″E / -37.594, 144.934 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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