| Rosanna Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 7,439 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3084 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 12 km (7 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Banyule | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Ivanhoe | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Jagajaga | ||||||||||||
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Rosanna is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. Leafy Rosanna is on the fringe of the Yarra Valley green belt.[2]
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In 1838, the farm land that eventually became Rosanna was initially named Rosa Anna, after property owner James Watson's wife, Elizabeth Anna Rose. In the 1890's, Watson subdivided and sold lots from the Rosanna Estate. In 1902, the train line which initially stopped at Heidelberg was extended to run through Rosanna, through to Eltham.[3]
The Rosanna Post Office opened on 12 March 1914, closed in 1917 and reopened in 1926.[4]
In The Age's Liveable Melbourne report in 2005, Rosanna was ranked as Melbourne's 150th most liveable of 314 suburbs.[5] At the 2006 Census, Rosanna had a population of 7,439.
Rosanna's main arterial roads are Lower Plenty Road and Rosanna Road.
The suburb is served by the Rosanna railway station on the Hurstbridge railway line.
Rosanna includes the following schools:
In 1984 Tony Mokbel bought the Rosanna Milk Bar as his first business
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