Tullamarine, Victoria
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Tullamarine Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°42′04″S 144°52′34″E / 37.701°S 144.876°ECoordinates: 37°42′04″S 144°52′34″E / 37.701°S 144.876°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 6,271 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 909/km2 (2,354/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3043 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Sunbury | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Calwell | ||||||||||||
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Tullamarine is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district. It is split between three local government areas—the cities of Brimbank, Hume and Moreland. At the 2011 census, Tullamarine had a population of 6,271.
The suburb is a collection of recent housing estates and light industry. Generally flat and exposed to the hot northerly winds of Melbourne's summer, as well as cold southerly winds in winter, its most notable feature is the nearby Melbourne Airport. Tullamarine's residential area is contained in a circular loop of the Moonee Ponds Creek, and its western boundary is the Melbourne Airport. Tullamarine contains the smaller residential area of Gladstone Park.
The Albion-Jacana railway line separates Tullamarine from Airport West to the south.
The name is thought to derive from Tullamareena, a young member of the Wurundjeri (who later in 1838 escaped from the first Melbourne Gaol, burning it down in the process) according to Reverend Langhorne, an advisor to the first government surveyor, Robert Hoddle. Forty years ago the area was named as Toolimerin.
Tullamarine Village was on Bulla or Lancefield Road, which is now Melrose Drive. It was positioned at the intersection of three municipal boundaries (Broadmeadows, Bulla and Keilor), which came together at Victoria Street and Melrose Drive. The primary school was on land now in the airport (south of Victoria Street) and the post office was near the present day Tullamarine Reserve. Originally Tullamarine extended westwards to the Organ Pipes National Park, and the nearby area bounded by the Maribyrnong River, Jacksons Creek and Deep Creek was called Tullamarine Island because of the difficulties faced by inhabitants in getting across the watercourses during wet weather.
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