Melton, Victoria

Melton is a satellite city^[2]^[3] 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 40 km west of the Melbourne central business district along the Western Freeway and is about 60 km 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, Kurunjang, 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, a place famous for hunting and coursing. Several early settlers ran hounds on their properties, which were also venues for hunt clubs.^[4]

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 city in 1974 and a green belt existed between it and the urban area of Melbourne until the late 1990s.

Many shops, sporting organisations and community groups in Melton use the designation "Satellite City" in their name.

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.

1 Suburbs of Melton
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
5 Gallery

[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] References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Melton (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
^ Melton, Victoria. Travel. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
^ History & Heritage. Melton Shire Council. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
^ LocalHero. Local history of Melton.

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Melton, Victoria

[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

v • d • e Suburbs of the Shire of Melton

Brookfield · Burnside · Caroline Springs · Diggers Rest · Exford · Hillside · Kurunjang · Melton · Melton South · Melton West · Mount Cottrell · Plumpton · Ravenhall · Rockbank · Taylors Hill · Toolern Vale · Truganina