Kangaroo Ground is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. The City of Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Shire of Nillumbik is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

It is the site of the Australian campus of SIL International and the Australian headquarters of Wycliffe Bible Translators. Kangaroo Ground also contains the Kangaroo Ground Primary School, a tennis club, a general store, post office, a pony club, a fire station and Wellers Restaurant. Its post office is reputed to be the only one in Australia which is also a winery. Kangaroo Ground is sited within a Green_Belt. SIL International is a worldwide non-profit Christian organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of expanding linguistic knowledge, promoting world literacy and aiding minority language development. ... Wycliffe Bible Translators is an international, interdenominational or parachurch organization with U.S. headquarters in Orlando, Florida. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

The Kangaroo Ground memorial tower is one of the highest places in Melbourne. Originally built as a World War 1 memorial, it is presently used to monitor bushfires during the bushfire season. Backburning in Townsville, Australia to prevent bushfires. ...