Warrenheip, Victoria
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Warrenheip is a small suburb of Ballarat, Victoria
, Australia
located on the western rural-urban fringe. At the 2006 census
, Warrenheip had a population of 435.
While Ballarat district gold prospectors were present in the 1860s and a primary school was opened however it wasn't until the 1870s that Warrenheip was established as a separate agricultural community. The railway from Geelong to Ballarat was built nearby and Warrenheip railway station
opened in 1873. As Ballarat expanded eastward during the 1980s, the junction of the Western Highway became a location for light industry. Today the industry dominates Warrenheip and continues to expand with the development of business parks. Residential Warrenheip consists mainly of large semi-rural blocks.
It takes its name from nearby Mount Warrenheip
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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....
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Australia
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located on the western rural-urban fringe. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Warrenheip had a population of 435.
While Ballarat district gold prospectors were present in the 1860s and a primary school was opened however it wasn't until the 1870s that Warrenheip was established as a separate agricultural community. The railway from Geelong to Ballarat was built nearby and Warrenheip railway station
Warrenheip railway station, Victoria
Warrenheip is a closed station located in the town of Warrenheip, on the Serviceton railway line in Victoria, Australia. The Geelong-Ballarat line junctions off at the down end of the former station....
opened in 1873. As Ballarat expanded eastward during the 1980s, the junction of the Western Highway became a location for light industry. Today the industry dominates Warrenheip and continues to expand with the development of business parks. Residential Warrenheip consists mainly of large semi-rural blocks.
It takes its name from nearby Mount Warrenheip
Mount Warrenheip
Mount Warrenheip is an inactive Volcanic cone in Victoria, Australia rising 714 metres above sea level. The mountain is a landmark of Dunnstown, Victoria the closest large town as well as the city of Ballarat with the mountain being located at its outskirts in the suburb of Warrenheip, Victoria...
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