Kingsbury, Victoria
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Kingsbury Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°42′54″S 145°02′02″E / 37.715°S 145.034°ECoordinates: 37°42′54″S 145°02′02″E / 37.715°S 145.034°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,362 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,590/km2 (6,700/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3083 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Darebin | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bundoora | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Batman | ||||||||||||||
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Kingsbury is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Darebin. At the 2011 Census, Kingsbury had a population of 3,362.
The suburb was named after Bruce Kingsbury VC, who died in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War.
Kingsbury is an established suburb with the majority of homes established in the 1960s from either weatherboard or brick. Recently there has been an increased number of new housing developments in the area with Kingsbury following close trend from neighbouring suburbs Reservoir and Preston largely due to the large block land size and close proximity to public transport and Melbourne CBD. The suburb of Kingsbury previously had a golf course running through it before being built over in the 1960s for new housing developments. One side of Kingsbury's street names are made up of golfing terms; Green Avenue, Eagle Avenue, Flag Street, Bunker Avenue, Club Avenue, Golf Avenue, and The Fairway. The other half of Kingsbury's street names reference famous poets from across the world; Lowell Avenue, Whittier Street, Scott Grove, Bradshaw Street, and Keats Avenue.
Settlement of the area dates from the late 1830s, with land used mainly for farming. Growth took place from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. Significant development did not occur until the post-war years, particularly from the 1960s, spurred by the opening of La Trobe University in 1967. Kingsbury had a golf course and that stretched along the western side of the Darebin Creek in Creek Valley which has now been built over with housing estate The Kingsbury Bowls club located at Arch Gibson Reserve was formed in 1978. The club has a bronze statue of Kingsbury, one of only three which was presented by the 2nd and 14th battalion to Kingsbury Bowls Club and is a symbol of the clubs link to the war hero
The nearest train station is the Reservoir railway station, on the South Morang railway line. The suburb is also served by the 561 bus route from Macleod railway station on the Hurstbridge railway line, and tram route 86 which runs down Plenty Road between Docklands and Bundoora RMIT, which touches Kingsbury between Stops 56-60.
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