Thomastown, Victoria

Thomastown Melbourne, Victoria
Thomastown
Coordinates	37°40′55″S 145°00′50″E / 37.682°S 145.014°E / -37.682; 145.014Coordinates: 37°40′55″S 145°00′50″E / 37.682°S 145.014°E / -37.682; 145.014
Population	20,331 (2011 census)
• Density	1,383/km2 (3,582/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3074
Area	14.7 km2 (5.7 sq mi)
Location	17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Whittlesea
State electorate(s)	Thomastown
Federal Division(s)	Batman Scullin
Suburbs around Thomastown: Campbellfield Lalor Mill Park Campbellfield Thomastown Bundoora Fawkner Reservoir Bundoora

Thomastown is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km and approximately 30 minutes north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2011 census, Thomastown had a population of 20,331.

Thomastown is known for sharing its area with Westgarthtown, a historical settlement.

Thomastown came into existence in 1848 when the John Honniball Thomas and Mary née Hartnell family bought 106 acres, the land north of Melbourne for market gardening. Two years later, William Westgarth bought land north of Thomas' holding, which he made way for German settlers. Thomastown Post Office opened on 9 June 1862. The Thomastown area attracted lots of farmers and horse-racing until World War II. In 1889, the Epping railway line opened and milk production and distribution grew during the 1930s when a German dairying family formed the Pura Dairy, ultimately to expand into Preston and became Metropolitan Dairies Pty. Ltd. In 1947, a housing co-operative was formed 2 km. north in the suburb of Lalor. It wasn't long before residential development began at Thomastown. While German settlers already call this area home, more settlers moved in, mostly Italians, Macedonians and Greek. In 1961 St. Clare's Primary School opened, followed by Thomastown Secondary College and then Thomastown West Primary School.

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