| Bolinda Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 The Bolinda community hall | |||||||||||||||
  Bolinda | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°26′S 144°45′E / 37.433°S 144.750°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 185 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3432 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Macedon Ranges | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Macedon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | McEwen | ||||||||||||||
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Bolinda /bəˈlɪndə/ is a locality north of Melbourne, Australia on the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. It is located 6 km south of Romsey, within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.
John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale.[2] However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name. Rupert Clarke owned a property named Bolinda Vale, near Romsey[3] which had been in his family, as squatters, from 1860 or earlier.[4]
Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.[5]
The community today is centred on the primary school (established 1870), community hall and recreation reserve.
Bolinda was an intermediate stopping point on the Clarkefield-Lancefield railway which operated between 1881 and 1956.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bolinda (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Mitchell, Peter; Alan Jackson; Carol Moore; Gavin Smith (2004). Romsey: A Veritable Garden of Eden. Romsey: West Bourke Books Inc. ISBN 0-646-43570-1.
- ^ "Fires in Victoria". The West Australian. Vol. XXI, no. 5, 866. Western Australia. 3 January 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Melbourne Memoranda". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. Vol. I, no. 37. New South Wales, Australia. 7 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions History. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
