Alfredton, Victoria

Alfredton
Ballarat, Victoria

Victory Arch at the entrance to the Avenue of Honour, Ballarat
Alfredton
Population: 5,796[1]
Postcode: 3350
Location: 4 km (2 mi) from Ballarat Central
LGA: City of Ballarat
State District: Ballarat West
Federal Division: Ballarat
Suburbs around Alfredton:
Cardigan Lake Gardens Lake Wendouree
Cardigan Alfredton Newington
Delacombe Delacombe Delacombe

Alfredton is a rural-urban fringe suburb west of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2006 census was 5,796[1] making it the fourth most populated in the Ballarat urban area.

Alfredton is located west of Lake Wendouree along Sturt Street. The suburb has some of Ballarat's best known landmarks including the Arch of Victory, a World War I memorial which once marked the entrance to Ballarat and the start of Ballarat's Avenue of Honour, the longest war memorial roadside plantation in Australia, which extends 18 km to the Western Freeway.

The Alfredton area is central to Western Ballarat's growth corridor, an area where suburban development is encouraged by the City of Ballarat and State Government of Victoria. Most of urban Ballarat's subdivision for new housing estates is happening in Greenfield land to the south, north and west of the Avenue of Honour. Large estates include The Chase[2] and Insignia[3].

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History

The Post Office opened on 1 August 1868.[4]

Urban form and housing

While a small section of the original township and main roads are grid plan, the majority of Alfredton's residential areas have been developed under the concepts of street hierarchy with looped streets and cul-de-sacs and almost all single-family detached homes. As a result while the suburban streets are quiet the main roads around Alfredton are particularly busy.

Transport

The main form of transport in Alfredton is the private motor car and Alfredton can be classed as a car dependent suburb. The suburb is serviced by Ballarat taxis.

There is a bus service which runs regularly to the city.

A long disused freight railway loop bisects the suburb. The nearest railway station is Wendouree 3 km to the north.

Parks and open space

Golfers play at the course of the Ballarat Golf Club on Sturt Street in the suburb.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Alfredton (L) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC23006&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
  2. ^ http://www.thechasealfredton.com.au/
  3. ^ http://www.insigniaballarat.com.au
  4. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 
  5. ^ Golf Select, Ballarat, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=258, retrieved 2009-05-11 
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