Ardeer, Victoria
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Ardeer is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 16 km west from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank
. At the 2006 Census, Ardeer had a population of 2582.
It has a railway station on the Melton greater-metropolitan line.
runs along the north and west border of Ardeer. The Kororoit Creek Trail
contains wide open park space and native vegetation rarely seen so close to the Melbourne CBD.
On October 2007 John Brumby
announced that funding would be provided to link the Kororoit Creek Trail
to the Federation Trail
joining together two western suburb bike paths.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 16 km west from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank
City of Brimbank
The City of Brimbank is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the western suburbs between 10 and 20 km west and northwest from the Melbourne city centre.It has an area of 123 km²...
. At the 2006 Census, Ardeer had a population of 2582.
It has a railway station on the Melton greater-metropolitan line.
History
Ardeer Post Office opened on 1 December 1953 as suburban development took place and closed in 1979.Kororoit Creek
A section of the Kororoit CreekKororoit Creek
Kororoit Creek is a major waterway of over 80 km in length in the north-west and western parts of Melbourne. Its headwaters are north of Sunbury at 400m above sea level in ordovician geology...
runs along the north and west border of Ardeer. The Kororoit Creek Trail
Kororoit Creek Trail
The Kororoit Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Kororoit Creek in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
contains wide open park space and native vegetation rarely seen so close to the Melbourne CBD.
On October 2007 John Brumby
John Brumby
John Mansfield Brumby , is an Australian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became Premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election...
announced that funding would be provided to link the Kororoit Creek Trail
Kororoit Creek Trail
The Kororoit Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Kororoit Creek in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
to the Federation Trail
Federation Trail
The Federation Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which mainly follows the old "Outfall Sewer" through the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
joining together two western suburb bike paths.