Rosanna, Victoria
Encyclopedia
Rosanna is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. Leafy Rosanna is on the fringe of the Yarra Valley
green belt
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The Rosanna Post Office opened on 12 March 1914, closed in 1917 and reopened in 1926.
In The Age's Liveable Melbourne report in 2005, Rosanna was ranked as Melbourne's 150th most liveable of 314 suburbs. At the 2006 Census, Rosanna had a population of 7,439.
The suburb is served by the Rosanna railway station on the Hurstbridge railway line.
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...
, 12 km north-east 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 Banyule. Leafy Rosanna is on the fringe of the Yarra Valley
Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley is the name given to the region surrounding the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. The river originates approximately 90 kilometres east of the City of Melbourne and flows towards it and out into Port Phillip Bay...
green belt
Green belt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges which have a linear character and may run through an...
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History
In 1838, the farm land that eventually became Rosanna was initially named Rosa Anna, after property owner James Watson's wife, Elizabeth Anna Rose. In the 1890's, Watson subdivided and sold lots from the Rosanna Estate. In 1902, the train line which initially stopped at Heidelberg was extended to run through Rosanna, through to ElthamEltham, Victoria
Eltham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Eltham had a population of 17,581....
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The Rosanna Post Office opened on 12 March 1914, closed in 1917 and reopened in 1926.
In The Age's Liveable Melbourne report in 2005, Rosanna was ranked as Melbourne's 150th most liveable of 314 suburbs. At the 2006 Census, Rosanna had a population of 7,439.
Transport
Rosanna's main arterial roads are Lower Plenty Road and Rosanna Road.The suburb is served by the Rosanna railway station on the Hurstbridge railway line.
Education
Rosanna includes the following schools:- Banyule Primary School - situated on Banyule Road, opened in 1960
- Rosanna Golf Links Primary School - Situated on Interlaken Parade, opened in 1956
- Rosanna Primary School - situated on Grandview Grove, opened in 1940
- Viewbank CollegeViewbank CollegeViewbank College is an Australian public secondary school located in the north eastern suburb of Viewbank, in Melbourne, Australia.-History:...
- situated on Warren Road, created from the merger of Rosanna East High School and Banyule High School in 1994
Recreation
- Athletics - The Rosanna Little Athletics Club, established in 1970, provides athletics activities for local 6 to 16 year olds; the club being part of the Diamond Valley Little Athletics CentreDiamond Valley Little Athletics CentreDiamond Valley Little Athletics Centre is one of the largest little athletic centres in Victoria, Australia and is based at Willinda Park, Greensborough...
in Greensborough. - FootballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
- Macleod Football ClubMacleod Football ClubMacleod Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Rosanna, Victoria, currently competing in Division 1 of the Northern Football League.- History :...
competes in the Northern Football League, and are based at De Winton Park in the suburb. - GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- The Rosanna Golf Club is situated on Cleveland Avenue in the neighbouring suburb of Lower PlentyLower Plenty, VictoriaLower Plenty is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule...
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Notable residents
- Mark BrescianoMark BrescianoMark "Marco" Bresciano is an Australian football player who is currently playing for UAE Pro-League side Al Nasr SC as a midfielder. He represented Australia at all youth levels, including appearances at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic Games...
, soccer player - Antoinette HalloranAntoinette Halloran-Education:Antoinette Halloran is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts where she won the Mabel Kent Scholarship and completed a Diploma of Arts ; she has an Honours Degree in Music from the University of Melbourne. In 1993 she studied at the New England Conservatory in Boston.-Career:In...
, operatic soprano - Brent StantonBrent StantonBrent Stanton is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
See also
- City of HeidelbergCity of HeidelbergThe City of Heidelberg was a Local Government Area located about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1840 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which Rosanna was a part.