Broadmeadows, Victoria

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Broadmeadows
Melbourne, Victoria

Hume Global Learning Centre
Population: 9985 (2006) [1]
Established: 1850s
Postcode: 3047
Area: 8.4 km² (3.2 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $210,000 [2]
Location: 17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: City of Hume
State District: Broadmeadows
Federal Division: Calwell
Suburbs around Broadmeadows:
Meadow Heights Meadow Heights Dallas
Westmeadows Broadmeadows Campbellfield
Jacana Glenroy Fawkner

Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km from Melbourne's central business district. It is a sub - regional centre within the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and is often used as a reference for the suburbs around it, although this may be due to its former status as a municipality. Recently Broadmeadows has experienced significant development and has encountered a degree of gentrification.

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[edit] History

The Broadmeadows area, home to the Wurundjeri Aboriginal tribe prior to European settlement, was settled by pastoralists in the 1840s.

The original Broadmeadows is now known as Westmeadows which lies to the west of the present Broadmeadows. The first Broadmeadows township was laid out by a Government survey in 1850. Ardlie Street was its commercial centre with a hotel (the Broadmeadows Hotel, now Westmeadows Tavern), the police station and the shire office (the District Roads Board Building, opened in 1866).

Broadmeadows' centre was altered when the railway line and station were opened two kilometres to the original centre's east in 1872. Shire loyalties clung to the old township until new civic offices were built near the railway station in 1928.

The Housing Commission began the building of a 2,226 ha. estate in the Broadmeadows area in 1949. Not until 1975 did it begin building in the vicinity of the old township, which it called Westmeadows Heights. Between 1975 and 1979 it built over 900 houses in the area.


[edit] Schools

  • Meadowbank Primary School
  • Campmeadows Primary School
  • Meadowfair North Primary School
  • Broadmeadows Primary School
  • Broadmeadows West Primary School
  • St. Dominics Primary School

[edit] Demographics

Broadmeadows is a multi cultural diverse community. Just over half (55.2%) of Broadmeadows' population was born in Australia and 37.1% were born overseas. Around one third (33.0%) were born overseas in a non-English speaking country. The most common overseas countries of birth of Broadmeadows residents are Turkey[1], Iraq and Lebanon. Growing communities in Broadmeadows include residents born in Iraq, Lebanon and the Philippines. The most common languages spoken at home, other than English, for residents in Broadmeadows are Arabic and Turkish. Assyrian, Vietnamese and Italian are the next most common languages. Christian religions remain the most common in Broadmeadows with 57.9% of the population of Christian faith. Non-Christian religions however, are also common, at 21.8% (compared to 14.6% for Hume City).

[edit] Transport

Broadmeadows is serviced by the Melbourne metropolitan railway service as well as the Victorian regional railway service. Broadmeadows railway station is located between Pascoe Vale Road and Railway Cresent. It is on the Craigieburn railway line in Metcard Zone 2. It is also on the Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton railway lines. Broadmeadows is also major terminus for the following bus routes: 477, 484, 500, 532, 538, 540, 541, 542, 544 & 560. These bus routes all extend to the suburbs surrounding Broadmeadows.


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Broadmeadows (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
  2. ^ Broadmeadows, accessed 22 September 2007

[edit] External links

  • [2] Hume City Broncos Basketball - Big V 2004 Champions
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