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Niddrie
Melbourne, Victoria
Population: 4531 (2006)[1]
Established: 1871
Postcode: 3042
Area: 2. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 2 km² (0. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $470,000[2]
Location: 13 km (8 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: City of Moonee Valley
State District: Niddrie
Federal Division: Maribyrnong
Suburbs around Niddrie:
Airport West Airport West Essendon North
Keilor East Niddrie Essendon
Keilor East Essendon West Aberfeldie

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History

The Niddrie Homestead as it appeared in the early 1960s
The Niddrie Homestead as it appeared in the early 1960s

Niddrie and the banks of the Maribyrnong River were originally inhabited by the Wurundjeri tribe of the Kulin Aboriginal nation. Calder Freeway is a Freeway linking Melbourne to Kyneton in Victoria, Australia, superseding stretches of the Calder Highway South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. The Steele Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Steele Creek in the inner northern suburb of Keilor East in The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia, near Mount Macedon. The Wurundjeri are Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation who occupied the Yarra River Valley and its tributaries in what is now Melbourne The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria Australia, around Port Phillip See also Indigenous Australians This List of Indigenous Australian group names contains names and collective designations which have been applied either formerly

Between 1843 and 1851, the Scottich settler, Thomas Napier (1802-1881) purchased the Keilor Road land covering Niddrie and Airport West. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Thomas Napier (1802-1881 was born in Scotland, emigrating to the Australian Colonies in 1832 firstly to Van Diemen's Land and then later to the Port Phillip Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Airport West is a suburb in the north west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1869, Napier sold this 249 Acre land to Henry Stevenson (1810-1893). Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common By 1871, Stevenson had built a house he named "Niddrie", after his birthplace of Niddrie, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about Niddrie a suburb of Edinburgh See also Longniddry, Niddry Castle. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. After his death in 1893, the property was transferred to his wife Elizabeth, who sold it to Patrick Morgan eight years later. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [3] Though not officially registered as a suburb until 26 May 1994, the Keilor Council initiated this in 1955. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The City of Keilor was a Local Government Area located about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) [4]

Commerce

The main shopping centre is located on Keilor Road, Niddrie. The main industries of the suburb are construction (19%), property and business services (18%), retail trade (17%) and manufacturing (13%).

Transport

The number 59 tram service travels from Westfield Shoppingtown - Airport West (at Matthews Avenue), then runs via Matthews Avenue, Keilor Road, Mount Alexander Road, Fletcher Street, Pascoe Vale Road, Mount Alexander Road, Flemington Road and then terminates at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Flinders Street, Flinders Street Station. Tram route 59 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Westfield Airport West is a shopping centre in the suburb of Airport West in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Airport West is a suburb in the north west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Mount Alexander Road is a major road in Melbourne's inner Northern Suburbs Pascoe Vale Road is a major thoroughfare through the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne continuing to the outer northern suburbs Flemington Road is a major thoroughfare in the inner suburbs of North Melbourne and Parkville in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Elizabeth Street is one of the main north-south streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. Catch it at stop 53 on Keilor Road, Niddrie.

Seven bus routes also service the suburb:

Landmarks

The Niddrie Quarry was established in the 1940s to extract basalt for road paving from the vast lava plain that stretches from Melbourne to Mt Gambier. Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Keilor East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Hillside is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton. Watergardens Town Centre is a major shopping centre twenty-four Kilometres north-west of Melbourne in the suburb of Taylors Lakes, served by Watergardens Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne Victoria, Australia, 17 km from Melbourne's Central business district. Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Melbourne Airport, also known as Tullamarine Airport, is the busiest of the four airports in Melbourne, and the second busiest in Australia Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. See also Sunbury railway station Melbourne. Sunbury railway station is in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, Sunbury is a large town located 35km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Diggers Rest is a town northwest of Melbourne Airport near Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, along the Calder Freeway Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Strathmore is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Quarry operations continued to 1975. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Since 1975 local residents have waged a campaign against use of the quarry as a waste dump or for landfill. The site was eventually purchased by the Urban Land Corporation in November 2000 for development of new housing estates with the retention of the quarry as a lake. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Currently the site is in the process of being redeveloped into a residential housing estate, which will also see the lake retained and redeveloped.

Steele Creek, complete with the Steele Creek Trail, runs through the suburb and is a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. The Steele Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Steele Creek in the inner northern suburb of Keilor East in The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia, near Mount Macedon.

The often congested 'Tulla-Calder' interchange to the far east of the Niddrie area is now a new much needed realignment.

Also to the far east of Niddrie is a shopping center name Direct Factory Outlet (or DFO).

See also Airport West

Education

Within the area there are several schools including Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, Niddrie Primary School, Niddrie High School, Essendon Keilor College, Keilor Heights Primary School, Niddrie Secondary College and St. Bernards College, St John Bosco's Primary. Airport West is a suburb in the north west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS is an independent, Uniting Church, Co-educational, Day school, with campuses located in Essendon Keilor College was founded in 1992 from the amalgamation of Queens Park Secondary College (formerly Essendon Technical School Essendon High School St Bernard's College is a Roman Catholic, secondary, Day school for boys' in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria Niddrie is also home to the 3042 post code

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Jane Thurgood-Dove was the victim of a brutal Murder in Niddrie, Victoria in 1997 The Electoral district of Niddrie is a metropolitan electorate approximately 8 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Australia in Victoria's Legislative The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Niddrie (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
  2. ^ Niddrie, accessed 21 April 2008
  3. ^ City of Moonee Valley Gap Heritage Study Sep 2005, Volume 1: Thematic History and Datasheets for Heritage Precincts, part 1, p20
  4. ^ City of Moonee Valley Gap Heritage Study Sep 2005, Volume 1: Thematic History and Datasheets for Heritage Precincts, part 2, p1

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