Grovedale Geelong, Victoria
Looking south towards Grovedale from Highton
Population:	13,186 (2006)[1]
Postcode:	3216
Property Value:	AUD $260,000 (2006)
LGA:	City of Greater Geelong
Suburbs around Grovedale: Highton Belmont Breakwater Grovedale Marshall Waurn Ponds

Grovedale is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas There are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. The City of Greater Geelong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. Highton also refers to the highest level of Aristos in the Saga of the Skolian empire by Catherine Asaro. Belmont is a southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Breakwater is a residential and industrial suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia Marshall, formerly known as Marshalltown, is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It was renamed from Germantown during the Great War. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The suburb is bounded by the Waurn Ponds Creek, Rossack Drive, Boundary Road and Barwarre Road.

History

Looking north over Grovedale and the Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre from Rossack Drive

Germantown was originally settled by several families of Lutheran German origin who arrived at Corio Bay in 1849. Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. By the mid-1860s there were about 70 families of German origin. A Post Office had opened on January 21, 1860 ^[2] There were also two hotels, two flour mills, two tanneries and four wool-washing businesses. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting A German cottage built in 1854 still stands on the Surfcoast Highway. The Great Ocean Road is a 273 km stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Warrnambool ^[3]

The hilly country and volcanic soil were ideal for orchards and vineyards. The area earned a significant reputation for its wine and was Victoria's largest wine-producing region, thanks to the efforts of Swiss migrants. In September 1915, after the outbreak of the first world war, the South Barwon Council changed the named to Grovedale - the name of a nearby property bought by Alexander Pennell in 1847. ^[3] The Post Office was renamed on March 1, 1916 ^[2]

Residential expansion commenced in Grovedale in the late 1960s, the first housing estates branching off the Surfcoast Highway. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Later expansion throughout the 1970s to the 1990s moved to the west along Church Street, Pioneer Road, and Heyers Road. Today development has commenced on the last clear land on the eastern side of the highway, with Grovedale now approaching full development. Future growth is planned for a new suburb to the south, referred to as Armstrong Creek. ^[4]

Transport

Marshall station. Marshall railway station is located in Marshall, a Suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Grovedale is located on the Surfcoast Highway that links the suburb the centre of Geelong, as well as to the coastal town of Torquay. The Great Ocean Road is a 273 km stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Warrnambool Torquay is a township in Victoria, Australia, which faces Bass Strait, 21 km Pioneer Road runs east west though Grovedale, the road not being completed eastward across the Waurn Ponds Creek until the mid 1990s. ^[5]

Public transport to the area is provided by buses operated by Benders Buslines and McHarrys Buslines, on routes to the Geelong city centre travelling via Deakin University, Belmont, Highton and Waurn Ponds. Benders Busways is a privately owned Transport company in Geelong, Victoria. Deakin University is an Australian public University with around 33600 Higher education students studying as of 2007 Belmont is a southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Highton also refers to the highest level of Aristos in the Saga of the Skolian empire by Catherine Asaro. Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

The 2003–04 Victorian State Budget saw funding made available for an extension of rail services on the line between Melbourne and Geelong southwards to Grovedale. This article is about the V/Line service For the railway itself see Port Fairy railway line The Geelong Line is a regional passenger rail service A number of options were examined, among them a new railway station at Grovedale on the Surfcoast HIghway. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains ^[6] Marshall station was opened in 2005 just outside Grovedale on the site of a closed station. Marshall railway station is located in Marshall, a Suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. ^[7]

See also

• Australian place names changed from German names
• Grovedale College

References