Mernda, Victoria
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Mernda Victoria |
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Bridge Inn Hotel, built in 1891
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 Mernda
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| Coordinates | 37°36′32″S 145°05′35″E / 37.609°S 145.093°ECoordinates: 37°36′32″S 145°05′35″E / 37.609°S 145.093°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 6,508 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3754 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Whittlesea | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Yan Yean | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Mernda is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2011 Census, Mernda had a population of 6,508.
The area was known as Morang and Yan Yean until 1893, when it was renamed Yan Yean South. It was in 1913 that the locality was renamed Mernda, which was derived from an Wurundjeri word meaning earth. In 1913, Mernda contained a school, a Methodist church, a bakery/store, a railway station and a mechanics' institute, as well as the Bridge Inn Hotel. The Post Office opened on 19 February 1875 as Yan Yean and was renamed Yan Yean South in 1892 and Mernda in 1913.
Mernda is named as one of the fastest growing suburbs in Victoria. The area is now being suburbanised with several new estates under construction. The suburb of Mernda consists of a number of new and developing housing subdivisions offering in the new communities of Mernda Villages, Everton Gardens, Bridge Inn Rise, Berry Lane, Mernda Ridge, Woodland Waters, Hawkstowe, Riverdale and Renaissance Rise.
A strategic transport plan developed by the Victorian State Government has earmarked Mernda to be 're-connected' to the rail system by 2027, however the 'South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance' are seeking an earlier completion date of 2014 due to rising population and congestion in the area. In 2004, residents formed the Mernda and District Residents Association to lobby for the town to be connected to the natural gas pipeline about to be laid in the area. The group was successful and residents now enjoy this essential service.
Mernda is located 15 minutes' drive to RMIT University Bundoora Campus & approximately 30 minutes to La Trobe University. Mernda has two primary schools; Mernda Primary School and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. The two higher secondary colleges Gilson College, Mernda campus and Ivanhoe Grammar School plenty campus co-educational from Prep to Year 12 are located in Bridge Inn Road in Mernda. Plenty Valley Christian College is also a Prep to year 12 co-educational private school located 5 minutes drive from Mernda. In December 2015 construction of two new government schools began. Mernda Central P-12 College located on Breadalbane Avenue and Mernda South Primary School located on Riverdale Boulevard are slated to open in January 2017.
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