Leopold, Victoria

Leopold
Geelong, Victoria
Population: 8746 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 3224
Location:
LGA: City of Greater Geelong
State District: Bellarine
Federal Division: Corangamite
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.5 °C
73 °F		 14.7 °C
58 °F		 601.3 mm
23.7 in
Suburbs around Leopold:
Moolap Drysdale
Whittington Leopold Wallington
St Albans Park Ocean Grove

Leopold is a residential eastern suburb of Geelong and is a gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula.

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History

The area was formerly known as Kensington. The Post Office opened as Kensington on 19 May 1858, and was renamed Kensington Hill in 1882, Leopold Hill in 1884 and Leopold in 1885. [2]

The town today

The Bellarine Rail Trail passes through Leopold. The Gateway Plaza is situated on the corner of the Bellarine Peninsula and Melaluka road, it is home to Coles, Red Rooster, Panache and other shops. Leopold is constructing four new residential developments called the Kensington Estate, the Estuary Estate, the Debionair Heights Estate and the Gateway Estate. Many of the available land has been sold. Houses are either in construction and others near finished.

The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League.

Education

As of 2011, Leopold consists of three sources of education.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Leopold (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25999&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 
Suburbs and localities of Geelong