Melton, Victoria
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| Melton Victoria |
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 The 2005 Djerriwarrh Festival Street parade. High St, Melton |
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| Population: | 32,007 |
| Established: | 1862 |
| Postcode: | 3337 |
| Area: | 25.2 km² |
| Location: | 40 km from Melbourne |
| LGA: | Shire of Melton |
| State District: | Melton |
| Federal Division: | Lalor |
- For other uses of the term Melton, see Melton (disambiguation).
Melton is a satellite town outside Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Melton Township is located near the western boundary of the Shire of Melton. The municipality extends from Melton itself, eastwards across to the outskirts of Metropolitan Melbourne.
Melton is located approximately 40km west of the Melbourne central business district along the Western Freeway. It is located some 60km east of Ballarat. Rural land to the east of the township experienced rapid growth in the decade since the mid-1990s resulting in the establishment of new suburbs such as Caroline Springs. The township of Melton consists of several areas: Brookfield, Melton, Melton South and West Melton. The Melton railway station is located in Melton South.
The town is named after Melton Mowbray in the United Kingdom.[1] During its early history the town benefited from traffic passing through it on the way to the Ballarat gold fields during the 1850s gold rush. The town was declared a satellite town in 1974 and a green belt existed between it and the urban area of Melbourne until the late 1990s.
The first school in Melton was Melton State School now known as Melton Primary School.[citation needed]
Melton has two local newspapers - The Melton Leader and The Melton Express Telegraph.
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[edit] Suburbs of Melton
- Brookfield
- Kurunjang
- Melton
- Melton South
- Melton West
- Toolern (A Future Town which is planning to be built)
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Melton Shire Council. Melton History. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
[edit] External links
[edit] Gallery
 Melton is promoted as the Heart of Thoroughbred Country and is home to many Harness Racing trainers. The statues are designed to represent this connection. |
 A new estate in the Kurunjang area of Melton. |
 Shire of Melton offices. |
 Hannah Watts Park, Melton |
 High St, Melton. Taken near Ollie's Chicken. |
 Shopping Strip, Exford Road, Melton South |
 The Melton campus of Victoria University. |
| Suburbs of the Shire of Melton | |
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Brookfield | Burnside | Caroline Springs | Diggers Rest | Exford | Hillside | Kurunjang | Melton | Melton South | Melton West | Mount Cottrell | Plumpton | Ravenhall | Rockbank | Taylors Hill | Toolern Vale | Truganina | |
