Glenroy, Victoria
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Glenroy Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°42′22″S 144°55′26″E / 37.706°S 144.924°ECoordinates: 37°42′22″S 144°55′26″E / 37.706°S 144.924°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 19,664 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,161/km2 (5,597/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1880s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3046 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 13 km (8 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Moreland | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wills | ||||||||||||
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Glenroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moreland. At the 2011 Census, Glenroy had a population of 19,664.
Glenroy is located in the northwest of the City of Moreland, and is bounded by the Western Ring Road in the north, the Moonee Ponds Creek in the west, New Road, Victoria Street and Rhodes Parade in the south and West Street, Hilton Street, Box Forest Road and the Upfield railway line in the east.
Prominent features include the private Northern Golf Club, a major retail district centred on the Glenroy railway station and the Northern Memorial Park extension to the Fawkner General Cemetery .
The area was originally home to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, before British colonisation and settlement of the Melbourne area started in 1835.
The Glenroy Estate bounded by the Moonee Ponds Creek, Camp Rd, the Northern Golf Club (inclusively) and Rhodes Parade, was purchased in Sydney in 1838 by speculators, Hughes and Hosking. The Camerons may have owned it as part of a Run before survey or just leased it from the speculators, and are credited with giving Glenroy its name,however Donald Angus Kennedy who bought the estate in the mid 1840s according to BROADMEADOWS A FORGOTTEN HISTORY bestowed the name according to his 1864 obituary in The Argus. Kennedy's mother was Grace (née Cameron.) (SOURCE:http://www.familytreecircles.com/a-lot-of-bull-about-glenroy-melbourne-victoria-australia-62285.html)
Initial development in the area started with a small settlement around the North East railway line at the end of the 19th Century, with the Glenroy Post Office opening on 22 October 1888.
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