Oaklands Junction, Victoria

Oaklands Junction
Melbourne, Victoria
Oaklands Junction
Coordinates 37°37′48″S 144°50′13″E / 37.63°S 144.837°E / -37.63; 144.837Coordinates: 37°37′48″S 144°50′13″E / 37.63°S 144.837°E / -37.63; 144.837
Population 295 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3063
Location 23 km (14 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s) City of Hume
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s) McEwen
Suburbs around Oaklands Junction:
Wildwood Yuroke Yuroke
Bulla Oaklands Junction Greenvale
Bulla Greenvale Greenvale

Oaklands Junction is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north of Melbourne's central business district, beyond the Melbourne metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary.[2] Its local government area is the City of Hume. At the 2011 Census, Oaklands Junction had a population of 295.

History

Oaklands Junction Post Office opened on 1 January 1865 and closed in 1971.[3]

See also

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Oaklands Junction (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. Urban Growth Boundary map
  3. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008


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