Burnside, Victoria

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Burnside
MelbourneVictoria

Kororoit Creek
Population: 5792 (2006)[1]
Established: 1990s
Postcode: 3023
Area: 4.4 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $285,000 [2]
Location: 22 km (14 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: Shire of Melton
State District: Kororoit
Federal Division: Gorton
Suburbs around Burnside:
Caroline Springs Taylors Hill Kings Park
Caroline Springs Burnside Albanvale
Ravenhall Ravenhall Deer Park

Burnside is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that first developed in the 1990s. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton.

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Burnside is located beside the upper end of the Kororoit Creek which is famous for still having healthy populations of native reptiles, including Tiger snake, Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard, Common snakeneck turtle and Eastern brown snake.

Kororoit Creek is also home to the Eastern Banjo Frog, Common Eastern Froglet and even the endangered Growling Grass Frog and Striped Legless Lizard.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Burnside (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
  2. ^ Burnside, accessed 27 November 2006

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