Bolinda
Victoria
The Bolinda community hall
Bolinda is located in Shire of Macedon Ranges
Bolinda
Bolinda
Coordinates37°26′S 144°45′E / 37.433°S 144.750°E / -37.433; 144.750
Population197 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3432
Elevation385 m (1,263 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Macedon Ranges
State electorate(s)Macedon
Federal division(s)McEwen
Localities around Bolinda:
Kerrie Monegeetta Springfield
Riddells Creek Bolinda Darraweit Guim
Riddells Creek Clarkefield Clarkefield

Bolinda /bəˈlɪndə/ is a locality north of Melbourne, Australia on the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. It is 6 km. south of Romsey, within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale.[2] However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name. Rupert Clarke owned a property named Bolinda Vale, near Romsey[3] which had been in his family, as squatters, from 1860 or earlier.[4]

Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.[5]

The community today is centred on the primary school (established 1870), community hall and recreation reserve.

Bolinda was an intermediate stopping point on the Clarkefield-Lancefield railway which operated between 1881 and 1956.

The Bolinda Bridge, between Bolinda and Clarkefield

References

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  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bolinda (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Peter; Alan Jackson; Carol Moore; Gavin Smith (2004). Romsey: A Veritable Garden of Eden. Romsey: West Bourke Books Inc. ISBN 0-646-43570-1.
  3. ↑ "Fires in Victoria". The West Australian. Vol. XXI, no. 5, 866. Western Australia. 3 January 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne Memoranda". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. Vol. I, no. 37. New South Wales, Australia. 7 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 5 April 2021.


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