Diggers Rest, Victoria
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| Diggers Rest Victoria |
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| Population: | 2381 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1874 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3427 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 153 m (502 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Melton, City of Hume | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Macedon | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Lalor | ||||||||||||
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Diggers Rest is a town northwest of Melbourne Airport near Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, along the Calder Freeway. It is part of the Local Government Areas of Shire of Melton and City of Hume. At the 2006 census, Diggers Rest had a population of 2381.
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[edit] History
Diggers Rest began life as a stopping place on the road to the Bendigo goldfields. Caroline Chisholm started a women's shelter in the area. The town grew in the 1870s and 1880s and became a postal village with a general store, post office, weighbridge, mechanics' institute and a chaff mill.
It is famed for being the location of the first controlled powered flight of an aeroplane undertaken in Australia. The flight was performed by Harry Houdini in 1910.[2]
[edit] Present day
Diggers Rest contains a general store, a primary school and a CFA fire station, along with three large recreation reserves.[3] Sporting groups in Diggers Rest include Diggers Rest Football Club who play in the Riddell District Football League.
Other facilities in the Diggers Rest area include the Holden Flora and Fauna Reserve, Animal Land Children's Farm [1] and SPSK Jadran, a Slovenian social club which services nearby St Albans and Keilor.
Diggers Rest also has a Scout Group containing Cub Scouts and Scouts, they meet at the Diggers Rest Reserve behind the Tennis Club rooms.
[edit] Transport
Diggers Rest has a railway station on the Sunbury line, connecting the town with Melbourne's CBD.
The 483 bus route operated by Sunbury Bus Service services the town, connecting with both suburban Melbourne and with nearby Sunbury, which contains a Victoria University campus.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Diggers Rest (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ Hargrave Pioneers: Harry Houdini
- ^ Map 351-352, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
- ^ Sunbury Bus Service website, accessed 25 November 2006
[edit] External links
- Diggers Rest, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Diggers Rest (Australian Gazetteer)
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