Nunawading (Pronounced "Noona-wading") is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... VIC redirects here. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... This article is about the area with the postcodes 3000 and 3004 in Victoria, Australia known as Melbourne. ... 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 Whitehorse 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 Mitcham 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 Deakin is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... This is a list of Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Doncaster East (postcode: 3109) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Blackburn North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Mitcham is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Blackburn is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Vermont is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... VIC redirects here. ... 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 Whitehorse is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

The suburb is centered at the intersection of Whitehorse Road and Springvale Road in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, and features the City of Whitehorses' main offices, as well as large retail (eg. furniture, auto dealerships, hardware, and electrical), and wholesale businesses along Whitehorse Road.

The name Nunawading, thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning battlefield or ceremonial ground, was initially applied to a vast area which now incorporates Box Hill, Blackburn, Mitcham, Forest Hill, and Vermont. For other places with the same name, see Box Hill. ... Blackburn is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Mitcham is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Vermont is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ...

The township of Nunawading began life in the 1870s as a producer of bricks and clay. The name Tunstall, named after the famed pottery producing English town, was given to the area, based at the intersection of Whitehorse Road and Springvale Road. The name is still reflected in Tunstall Park on Luckie Street, Tunstall Avenue off Springvale Road and the Tunstall Square Shopping Centre on Tunstall Road, in nearby Donvale. The opening of Tunstall railway station contributed to the growth of the brick and clay industries. Orchards soon followed. For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see pedestrian street or promenade. ... Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Nunawading Station Nunawading (station code: NWG) is a railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Melbourne, Australia, opened in 1886. ...

Following a series of shire subdivisions throughout the 1920s, the name Nunawading fell from use. The name was reinstated in 1945 when it replaced Tunstall.

The period following World War II saw a housing boom in the area, as residential blocks began to replace orchards. The civic centre was opened in 1968 and became the administrative centre for the City of Nunawading, which was later incorporated into the City of Whitehorse. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Today, Whitehorse Road is the largest retail strip for bulkgoods in Melbourne. The City of Whitehorse has named this strip the Mega Mile in an attempt to provide brand recognition for retailers. Nunawading is home to a large Pacific Brands clothing factory and a brick factory. A large Seventh-day Adventist campus exists on Central Road with a church, church offices, a retail book shop, Corinella Retirement Village, and the coeducational Nunawading Christian College (Primary and Secondary). The head office of Bird Observation & Conservation Australia is in Springvale Road. It was formerly home to the Winlaton Youth Training Centre, Wobbies World amusement park and the Melbourne studios of the Network Ten television network. The soap opera Neighbours is still filmed in this studio, now owned by Global Television. The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[1]) Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath. ... Bird Observation & Conservation Australia was established on 12 April 1905 by members of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in Melbourne, Victoria, as the Bird Observers Club. ... Winlaton Youth Training Centre was a Govemnent owned and run female youth correctional facility located on 18 acres at 186 Springvale Road Nunawading, Victoria, Australia. ... Wobbies World is a defunct amusement park which operated from about 1970 to the late 1990s in the Melbourne suburb of Forest Hill, Australia. ... Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three major commercial television networks. ... This article is about an Australian soap opera. ...

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Coordinates: 37°49′01″S 145°10′37″E / -37.817, 145.177 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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