Diggers Rest is a town northwest of Melbourne Airport near Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, along the Calder Freeway. It is part of the Local Government Areas of Shire of Melton and City of Hume. 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  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... km redirects here. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Sunbury is a town in located in Victoria, Australia. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Lalor is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. ... Melbourne Airport (also known as Tullamarine Airport) (IATA: MEL, ICAO: YMML) is to the north of the city, adjacent to the suburb of Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ... 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 Melton is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

History

Diggers Rest began life as a stopping place on the road to the Bendigo goldfields. Caroline Chisholm started a women's shelter in the area. The town grew in the 1870s and 1880s and became a postal village with a general store, post office, weighbridge, mechanics' institute and a chaff mill. For the English bare-knuckle fighter,Abednego,Bendigo, see William Thompson (boxer). ... Caroline Chisholm (1808 - March 25, 1877) was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian and philanthropist known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. ...

It is famed for being the location of the first controlled powered flight of an aeroplane undertaken in Australia. The flight was performed by Harry Houdini in 1910.^[1] Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), born Erich Weisz, was a Hungarian-American magician, escapologist, stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, and an amateur aviator. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Present day

Diggers Rest contains a general store, a primary school and a CFA fire station, along with three large recreation reserves.^[2] Sporting groups in Diggers Rest include Diggers Rest Football Club who play in the Riddell District Football League. The Country Fire Authority, or CFA, is the name of the fire service that provides fire fighting and other emergency services to all of the country areas and regional townships within the state of Victoria, Australia, as well as large portions of the outer suburban areas and growth corridors of... The Diggers Rest Football Club, nicknamed the Burras, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Riddell District Football League. ... The Riddell District Football League is a semi-professional Australian rules football league affiliated with Football Victoria. ...

Other facilities in the Diggers Rest area include the Holden Flora and Fauna Reserve, Animal Land Childrens Farm [1] and SPSK Jadran, a Slovenian social club which services nearby St Albans and Keilor. St Albans is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Keilor is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Transport

Diggers Rest has a railway station on the Sunbury line, connecting the town with Melbourne's CBD. Diggers Rest is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Diggers Rest, on the Sunbury railway line. ... The Sunbury railway line is a greater-metropolitan subsection of the Bendigo line in Victoria, Australia. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The 483 bus route operated by Sunbury Bus Service services the town, connecting with both suburban Melbourne and with nearby Sunbury, which contains a Victoria University campus.^[3] Sunbury Bus Service is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Sunbury is a town in located in Victoria, Australia. ... Victoria University, located in Melbourne, Australia, is recognised as one of Australias most innovative universities[]. One of five dual-sector universities, it offers a broad range of teaching and research programs across its three Higher Education Faculties - (Arts, Education & Human Development; Business & Law; and Health, Engineering & Science); and four...

References

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External links

Coordinates: 37°37′41″S 144°43′16″E / -37.628, 144.721 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Diggers Rest (Australian Gazetteer)