Bolinda, Victoria

Bolinda
Victoria

The Bolinda community hall
Bolinda
Postcode: 3432
Elevation: 385 m (1,263 ft)
Location:
LGA: Shire of Macedon Ranges
State District: Macedon
Federal Division: McEwen
Localities around Bolinda:
Kerrie Monegeetta Springfield
Riddells Creek Bolinda Darraweit Guim
Riddells Creek Clarkefield Clarkefield

Bolinda ( /bəˈlɪndə/) is a small town and locality north of Melbourne, Australia, located on the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. Bolinda lies within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale[1]. However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name.

Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.[2]

The community today is centred around the primary school (established 1870), community hall and recreation reserve.

Bolinda was an intermediate stopping point on the Clarkefield-Lancefield railway which operated between 1881 and 1956.

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Peter; Alan Jackson, Carol Moore, Gavin Smith (2004). Romsey: A Veritable Garden of Eden. Romsey: West Bourke Books Inc. ISBN 0-646-43570-1. 
  2. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=. Retrieved 2008-04-11. 

Towns and localities in the Shire of Macedon Ranges

(major towns in bold)