Tecoma, Victoria
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| Tecoma Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 2189 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3160 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.8 km² (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $292,625 [2] | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Monbulk | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | La Trobe | ||||||||||||
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Tecoma is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Tecoma is a small town, nestled between Belgrave and Upwey and running up to its favourite and most popular asset, Sherbrooke Forest. Named Tecoma after the shrub that grew in the area when the need for a railway station was identified for the timber mill that occupied the site where Tecoma Primary School now stands.
Tecoma is mainly a small suburb; a licenced milk bar called Bon Ton, video outlet called DVD Destination, fish'n'chip shop, a bakery, a second hand clothes shop and a handful of art and craft shops along the main road, Burwood Highway, which leads straight up from Melbourne. Tecoma Primary School is located across the road from the strip of shops. Tecoma station is the second last railway station on the Belgrave line, and is one of a relatively few stations in Melbourne's metropolitan electric rail network to have only one platform.
The homes in Tecoma are mainly in residential bushland, which attracts numerous native birds of many kinds.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Tecoma (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Tecoma, accessed 27 November 2006
[edit] External links
- Tecoma, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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