Kangaroo Ground, Victoria

Kangaroo Ground
Victoria

General store
Population 1,015 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3097
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Nillumbik
State electorate(s) Yan Yean
Federal Division(s) Jagajaga
Suburbs around Kangaroo Ground:
Wattle Glen Panton Hill Christmas Hills
Diamond Creek Kangaroo Ground Watsons Creek
Research Warrandyte North Wonga Park

Kangaroo Ground is a town in Victoria, Australia, 26 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2011 Census, Kangaroo Ground had a population of 1,015.

History

Kangaroo Ground Post Office opened on 4 October 1854.[2]

Today

Kangaroo Ground 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.

The Memorial Tower in the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park is one of the highest places in Melbourne. It was built as a World War I memorial, and is now used to monitor bushfires during the bushfire season. The grounds around the tower feature a pine sapling planted on 11 November 2005; it was taken from the original Lone Pine growing on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey.

See also

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kangaroo Ground (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11

Coordinates: 37°41′10″S 145°12′58″E / 37.686°S 145.216°E / -37.686; 145.216


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