Bulleen, Victoria

Bulleen Melbourne, Victoria
Yarra Valley Boulevard estate
Bulleen
Coordinates	37°46′S 145°05′E / 37.77°S 145.09°E / -37.77; 145.09Coordinates: 37°46′S 145°05′E / 37.77°S 145.09°E / -37.77; 145.09
Population	10,868 (2011)
• Density	1,622/km2 (4,201/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3105
Area	6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Location	13 km (8 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Manningham
State electorate(s)	Bulleen
Federal Division(s)	Menzies
Suburbs around Bulleen: Heidelberg Viewbank Templestowe Lower Ivanhoe East Bulleen Templestowe Lower Kew East Balwyn North Doncaster

Bulleen is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Manningham. At the 2011 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,868.

The name Bulleen originates from the nearby Bolin Bolin Billabong. Buln-Buln translates to lyrebird, which is generally accepted to be the suburb's name meaning.

Temperatures in Bulleen are known to fluctuate. During the 2009 Southeastern Australia heat wave the suburb was reportedly around one degree cooler (at 43°C) than in the city, but during a heat wave just the next month it peaked at a record 49°C, on 7 February — compared to 46°C in the city.

The Bulleen billabongs were an important territory for the Manna Gum people for approximately 5,000 years. Generations had lived on the river flats when wild fish and ducks were abundant. Bolin was the largest lake/billabong in the area and was a significant ritual meeting place for the aborigines, where numerous corroborees were held either by the billabong or on the hills. But by 1841, manager and protector of the aborigines William Thomas received different orders.

In 1841 Frederic Unwin, a Sydney solicitor, purchased 5,120 acres, or eight square miles of land, including all of the present suburb of Bulleen. The land was purchased from the Crown for one pound an acre under the terms of the short-lived Special Survey regulations. The area was sometimes known as Unwin's Special Survey.

The first Bulleen Post Office opened on 1 April 1952, was renamed Bulleen West in 1960 and closed in 1976. Bulleen South office opened in 1959, was renamed Bulleen in 1960 and again named Bulleen South in 1969 when the current Bulleen office opened.