Oaklands Junction
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Wildwood Vineyards, Oaklands Junction | |||||||||||||
Oaklands Junction Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°37′48″S 144°50′13″E / 37.6300°S 144.837°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 439 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3063 | ||||||||||||
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Oaklands Junction is a bounded locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Oaklands Junction recorded a population of 439 at the 2021 census.[2]
Oaklands Junction is located beyond the Melbourne metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary.[3]
History
Oaklands Junction appears to get its name from the Oaklands Hunt Club, which was established in 1888.[4]
Oaklands Junction Post Office opened on 1 January 1865 and closed in 1971.[5]
Oaklands Park, a housing estate located on Konagaderra Road in the north-east corner of the suburb, was constructed in 1997.[6]
See also
- Shire of Bulla – Oaklands Junction was previously within this former local government area.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Oaklands Junction (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Oaklands Junction (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Urban Growth Boundary map Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Oaklands Junction". eMelbourne. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 15 February 2021
- ^ Ryan, Denise (30 March 1997). "The country life". The Age. p. 19.