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History

The suburb was originally named Kororoit Creek, after the creek running through the suburb but was renamed after the Melbourne Hunt Club used the area to house their stock of game deer. The original Hunt Club building still stands on the Western Highway, next to the Deer Park sports oval and is now a community centre. Map of Kororoit Creek, Victoria. ... This is a page about the highway in Belize. ...

Following the discovery of gold in Ballarat and Bendigo, to the west, there became a great demand for explosives. Deer Park was chosen as the site of Melbourne's first explosives factory, the Albion Explosives Factory, in the 1870s. Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ... Bendigo is a large regional town in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ...

The site was chosen for its isolation, as it was several miles from the outskirts of Melbourne. The availability of water in Kororoit Creek was also a factor.

In the 1920s suburban sprawl threatened the isolation of the factory but before a move was necessary, the sprawl was halted by the depression of the 1930s.

A fatal accident at the factory in 1923 led to production of Black powder being stopped. Black powder was the original gunpowder and practically the only known propellant and explosive until the middle of the 19th century. ...

In 1928, Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand (ICI) took control of the factory.

A new Black Powder factory was built in Deer Park in 1936 and enlarged during World War II. Charcoal from Australian timbers also began to be manufactured.

With labour shortages and a large demand for products during the post-war boom, ICI commenced housing development in Deer Park to attract workers to the area and many of the surrounding streets are named for localities in the UK, where ICI had operations.

Transport

The suburb is serviced by a railway station on the Melton greater-metropolitan line. This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ... The Melton line is a greater-metropolitan subsection of the Ballarat line in Victoria, Australia. ...

The main road through Deer Park is the Western Highway, which carries traffic between Melbourne and Ballarat, Victoria's third largest city. Station Road intersects North-South with the Western Highway and is a major local route. Due to be completed in 2009, the Deer Park Bypass will allow motorists to avoid the suburban streets of Deer Park on their journey from Melbourne to Caroline Springs, Ballarat and beyond. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ...

Education

Currently Deer Park has one secondary college which is Deer Park Secondary College. It has three primary schools which are Deer Park North, Deer Park and Deer Park West.

Flora and Fauna

Kororoit Creek is located on the northern boundary of the suburb. This area (particularly in the West) used to have large healthy populations of native reptiles, including Tiger snake, Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard and Eastern brown snake. Unfortunately due to development these species are now rarely seen in the area. Map of Kororoit Creek, Victoria. ... Species Notechis scutatus Notechis ater The tiger snakes are two species of highly venomous snake found in Australia. ... Binomial name The Eastern Blue-tongued lizard (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides) is a variety of large skink which is common throughout Australia, often found in bushland and suburban areas where conditions are suitable. ... Binomial name Pseudonaja peregrinus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 The Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis), sometimes referred to as the Common Brown Snake, is an elapid snake native to Australia and parts of New Guinea. ...

Due to development of the Cairnlea estate and improved vegetation on the banks of Kororoit Creek, native species of frogs have taken advantage and have taken up residents in the new wetlands and lakes. The Common Eastern Froglet and even the now endangered Growling Grass Frog have been seen and heard in the new wetlands and around Kororoit Creek. Cairnlea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Binomial name Crinia signifera Girard, 1853 Common Eastern Froglet range. ... Binomial name Litoria raniformis Keferstein, 1867 The Growling Grass Frog (Litoria raniformis), also commonly known as the Southern Bell Frog, Warty Swamp Frog and erroneously as the Golden Bell Frog is a species of ground dwelling tree frog is native to South eastern Australia; ranging from southern South Australia along... Map of Kororoit Creek, Victoria. ...

• Kororoit Creek Trail

// The Kororoit Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Kororoit Creek in the inner western suburbs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Modern Deer Park

On the southern outskirts of the suburb there are large farm properties which are now being developed for housing under the development names Brimbank Gardens and St Andrews Field. This area surrounds Mt Derrimut, which will be the location of the newly relocated Sunshine Golf Club.

Deer Park is home to a local football club, cricket club and tennis club.

Victoria's main maximum security female prison, the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre is located in Deer Park. Dame Phyllis Frost Centre is a maximum security womens prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. ...

Deer Park has also gained a slightly tarnished reputation, due to the maximum security prison that is located there. This myth was the subject of an advertisement by the radio station Nova 100, in which comedian Dave Hughes claimed that he had seen a car on fire on a Deer Park street. In a letter they received from a resident, they came to the said residents house and then, whilst talking to her, the car they had arrived in was attacked by several men and a woman, though this was staged for the commercial. Nova 100 (often known locally as just Nova) is a commercial radio station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, broadcasting on 100. ... David William Hughesy Hughes (born 26 November 1970 in Warrnambool, Victoria) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio and television presenter. ...

Famous Residents

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External links

Coordinates: 37°45′47″S 144°46′01″E / -37.763, 144.767 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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