Kangaroo Ground, Victoria
| Kangaroo Ground Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Population | 1,015 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3097 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Nillumbik | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Yan Yean | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Jagajaga | ||||||||||||
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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
- Shire of Eltham - the former local government area of which Kangaroo Ground was a part
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kangaroo Ground (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ 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