Jagajaga Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Jagajaga in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
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Created | 1984 |
MP | Jenny Macklin |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Three Wurundjeri Aborigines |
Electors | 103,112 (2016) |
Area | 128 km2 (49.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Jagajaga is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and lies north of the Yarra River. It covers an area of approximately 128 square kilometres and comprises the suburbs of Ivanhoe, Eaglemont, Bellfield, Heidelberg, Rosanna, Viewbank, Lower Plenty, Macleod, Yallambie, Eltham, Watsonia, Bundoora, Greensborough, Montmorency, Briar Hill, St Helena, Research, North Warrandyte and Kangaroo Ground.
The area is predominantly residential and light industrial, and includes the Australian Army's Simpson Barracks, the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, the Mercy Hospital for Women and the Austin Hospital. The Olympic Village in Heidelberg West housed the thousands of athletes who participated in the 1956 Olympic Games.