Broadmeadows, Victoria
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Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
, 16 km north from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume
. At the 2006 Census, Broadmeadows had a population of 9985.
Broadmeadows is a sub - regional centre within the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and is often used as a reference for the suburbs around it, although this may be due to its former status as a municipality.
Aboriginal
tribe prior to European settlement, was settled by pastoralists in the 1840s.
The original Broadmeadows is now known as Westmeadows
, which lies to the west of the present Broadmeadows. The first Broadmeadows township was laid out by a Government survey in 1850. Ardlie Street was its commercial centre with a hotel (the Broadmeadows Hotel, now Westmeadows Tavern), the police station and the shire office (the District Roads Board Building, opened in 1866).
Broadmeadows' centre was altered when the railway line and station were opened two kilometres to the original centre's east in 1872. Shire loyalties clung to the old township until new civic offices were built near the railway station in 1928.
Broadmeadows was the site of the main camp for the reception and training of recruits for the AIF from Victoria early in the First World War. Broadmeadows had been identified as a possible site for military training in 1913, but no facilities had been established. The camp was established in August 1914 at "Mornington Park", a property loaned to the government by Mr R.G. Wilson. Early on, Broadmeadows was predominantly a tented camp and conditions were quite spartan. These facilities, combined with wet weather and poor drainage resulted in a rapid increase in sickness among recruits in autumn 1915. Public concern, fuelled by sensationalist press coverage, resulted in a decision in May 1915 to re-establish the main Victorian training camp at Seymour, approximately 100 kilometres north of Melbourne. Broadmeadows Camp remained in use throughout the war, however, with facilities being progressively improved.
The Housing Commission of Victoria
began the building of a 2,226 ha. estate in the Broadmeadows area in 1949. Not until 1975 did it begin building in the vicinity of the old township, which it called Westmeadows Heights. Between 1975 and 1979 it built over 900 houses in the area.
The first Broadmeadows Post Office (near Mickleham Road
in today's Westmeadows) opened on January 1, 1855, was renamed Broadmeadows West in 1955, Westmeadows in 1963 before closing in 1973. The second Broadmeadows Post Office was renamed in 1956 from Broadmeadows East (from 1923 the successor to Broadmeadows Railway Station Post Office open since 1902). It closed in 1968 the day Dallas
(located centrally and open since 1966) became the third Broadmeadows Post Office.
This office reverted to Dallas in 1995, when Broadmeadows Square Post Office, on Pascoe Vale Road
north of the station (previously named Meadow Fair from 1965 having replaced Jacana
Post Office, to the south, open since 1961) was renamed and became the fourth distinct location of the Broadmeadows Post Office.
A later Broadmeadows East office, near Widford Street to the southeast of the station, opened in 1961, was renamed Broadmeadows South in 1969, and also remains open.
The city hosted the road cycling
event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
.
industry, including a large Ford factory.
, Iraq
and Lebanon
.
Growing communities in Broadmeadows include residents born in the Philippines
. The most common languages spoken at home, other than English, for residents in Broadmeadows are Arabic and Turkish. Syriac-Aramaic (Assyrian)
, Vietnam
ese and Italian
are the next most common languages. Christian religions remain the most common in Broadmeadows with 57.9% of the population of Christian faith. Non-Christian religions however, are also common, at 21.8% (compared to 14.6% for Hume City).
as well as the Victorian regional railway services
from Broadmeadows railway station
, located between Pascoe Vale Road and Railway Crescent, which is served by regular trains on the Craigieburn railway line. Broadmeadows is also the terminus for area bus routes.
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 north from Melbourne's central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume
City of Hume
The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre....
. At the 2006 Census, Broadmeadows had a population of 9985.
Broadmeadows is a sub - regional centre within the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and is often used as a reference for the suburbs around it, although this may be due to its former status as a municipality.
History
The Broadmeadows area, home to the WurundjeriWurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance, who occupy the Birrarung Valley, its tributaries and the present location of Melbourne, Australia...
Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
tribe prior to European settlement, was settled by pastoralists in the 1840s.
The original Broadmeadows is now known as Westmeadows
Westmeadows, Victoria
Westmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Westmeadows had a population of 5,857....
, which lies to the west of the present Broadmeadows. The first Broadmeadows township was laid out by a Government survey in 1850. Ardlie Street was its commercial centre with a hotel (the Broadmeadows Hotel, now Westmeadows Tavern), the police station and the shire office (the District Roads Board Building, opened in 1866).
Broadmeadows' centre was altered when the railway line and station were opened two kilometres to the original centre's east in 1872. Shire loyalties clung to the old township until new civic offices were built near the railway station in 1928.
Broadmeadows was the site of the main camp for the reception and training of recruits for the AIF from Victoria early in the First World War. Broadmeadows had been identified as a possible site for military training in 1913, but no facilities had been established. The camp was established in August 1914 at "Mornington Park", a property loaned to the government by Mr R.G. Wilson. Early on, Broadmeadows was predominantly a tented camp and conditions were quite spartan. These facilities, combined with wet weather and poor drainage resulted in a rapid increase in sickness among recruits in autumn 1915. Public concern, fuelled by sensationalist press coverage, resulted in a decision in May 1915 to re-establish the main Victorian training camp at Seymour, approximately 100 kilometres north of Melbourne. Broadmeadows Camp remained in use throughout the war, however, with facilities being progressively improved.
The Housing Commission of Victoria
Housing Commission of Victoria
The Housing Commission of Victoria was a State Government body responsible for public housing in Victoria, Australia...
began the building of a 2,226 ha. estate in the Broadmeadows area in 1949. Not until 1975 did it begin building in the vicinity of the old township, which it called Westmeadows Heights. Between 1975 and 1979 it built over 900 houses in the area.
The first Broadmeadows Post Office (near Mickleham Road
Mickleham Road, Melbourne
Mickleham Road is a secondary road located in Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne.-Route:Mickleham Road begins at an intersection with Melrose Drive and Broadmeadows Road in Tullamarine, and continues north through the suburbs of Gladstone Park, Westmeadows, Attwood, Greenvale, Yuroke and...
in today's Westmeadows) opened on January 1, 1855, was renamed Broadmeadows West in 1955, Westmeadows in 1963 before closing in 1973. The second Broadmeadows Post Office was renamed in 1956 from Broadmeadows East (from 1923 the successor to Broadmeadows Railway Station Post Office open since 1902). It closed in 1968 the day Dallas
Dallas, Victoria
Dallas is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Dallas had a population of 5,847....
(located centrally and open since 1966) became the third Broadmeadows Post Office.
This office reverted to Dallas in 1995, when Broadmeadows Square Post Office, on Pascoe Vale Road
Pascoe Vale Road, Melbourne
Pascoe Vale Road is a major thoroughfare through the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne continuing to the outer northern suburbs. It runs in the South from its junction with Mount Alexander Road at Moonee Ponds Junction and continues North through the suburbs of Moonee Ponds, Essendon, Strathmore,...
north of the station (previously named Meadow Fair from 1965 having replaced Jacana
Jacana, Victoria
Jacana is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...
Post Office, to the south, open since 1961) was renamed and became the fourth distinct location of the Broadmeadows Post Office.
A later Broadmeadows East office, near Widford Street to the southeast of the station, opened in 1961, was renamed Broadmeadows South in 1969, and also remains open.
The city hosted the road cycling
Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:...
event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
.
Industry
Broadmeadows has a strong manufacturingManufacturing in Australia
Although primary production is the main industry in Australia, manufacturing in Australia is still a significant industry.-History:The contribution of manufacturing to Australia's gross domestic product peaked in the 1960s at 25%, and had dropped to 13% by 2001–2 and 10.5% by 2005–6.In 2004–05, the...
industry, including a large Ford factory.
Schools
- Meadows Primary School
- Broadmeadows Primary School
- Broadmeadows Valley Primary School
- St. Dominics Catholic Primary School
- Hume Central Secondary College: Dimboola Road Campus (7-9), Blair Street Campus (7-9) and Town Park Campus (10-12)
- Penola Catholic CollegePenola Catholic CollegePenola Catholic College is a co-educational secondary college, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Patron of the college is Mary MacKillop...
: Broadmeadows Campus (9-12) - Broadmeadows Special Development School
- Kangan Institute: Broadmeadows Campus
Demographics
Broadmeadows is a culturally diverse community. Just over half (55.2%) of Broadmeadows' population was born in Australia and 37.1% were born overseas. Around one third (33.0%) were born overseas in a non-English speaking country. The most common overseas countries of birth of Broadmeadows residents are TurkeyTurkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
.
Growing communities in Broadmeadows include residents born in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The most common languages spoken at home, other than English, for residents in Broadmeadows are Arabic and Turkish. Syriac-Aramaic (Assyrian)
Syriac language
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared as a script in the 1st century AD after being spoken as an unwritten language for five centuries, Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
are the next most common languages. Christian religions remain the most common in Broadmeadows with 57.9% of the population of Christian faith. Non-Christian religions however, are also common, at 21.8% (compared to 14.6% for Hume City).
Transport
Broadmeadows is serviced by the Melbourne metropolitan railway serviceConnex Melbourne
Connex Melbourne was a wholly owned subsidiary of French company Veolia Environnement, which had a franchise from the State Government of Victoria to operate all suburban passenger rail services in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In August 2007, Connex's contract was extended to 30 November 2009....
as well as the Victorian regional railway services
V/Line
V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation which is a Victorian State Government statutory authority...
from Broadmeadows railway station
Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne
Broadmeadows is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Broadmeadows, on the Craigieburn railway line. Broadmeadows is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.-Facilities:...
, located between Pascoe Vale Road and Railway Crescent, which is served by regular trains on the Craigieburn railway line. Broadmeadows is also the terminus for area bus routes.
See also
- City of BroadmeadowsCity of BroadmeadowsThe City of Broadmeadows was a Local Government Area located about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of the same name. - Broadmeadows Shopping CentreBroadmeadows Shopping CentreBroadmeadows Shopping Centre is a single-level enclosed shopping centre in the northern Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows. It has annual turnover of $322M, and a total retail area of 61,164 m²...
- Electoral district of BroadmeadowsElectoral district of BroadmeadowsThe Electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly created in 1952. The seat is currently based on the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas and Jacana...
External links
- http://www.broadmeadows.basketball.net.au/fs_home.asp Hume City Broncos Basketball - Big VBig VThe Big V is the senior basketball league in Victoria, Australia comprising 102 semi-professional teams in 10 competitions.These competitions comprise both genders, and incorporate four levels of senior competition , three levels for women and youth leagues...
2004 Champions - Australian Places - Broadmeadows
- City of Hume