- Mernda, Victoria
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Mernda
Victoria
MerndaPopulation: 831 (2006) [1] Postcode: 3754 Elevation: 152 m (499 ft) Location: - 31 km (19 mi) from Melbourne
- 12 km (7 mi) from Hurstbridge
LGA: City of Whittlesea State District: Yan Yean Federal Division: McEwen Suburbs around Mernda: Yan Yean Wollert Mernda Doreen Epping South Morang Yarrambat Mernda is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Mernda had a population of 831.
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History
The area was known as Morang and Yan Yean until 1893, when it was renamed Yan Yean South. It was in 1913 that the locality was renamed Mernda, which was derived from an Australian Aboriginal word meaning earth. In 1913, Mernda contained a school, a Methodist church, a bakery/store, a railway station and a mechanics' institute, as well as the Bridge Inn Hotel. The Post Office opened on 19 February 1875 as Yan Yean and was renamed Yan Yean South in 1892 and Mernda in 1913.[2]
Today
Mernda has a post office, Uniting and Catholic churches, and railway tracks which once led to Whittlesea, now closed. Acacia College and Ivanhoe Grammar School have campuses in Mernda.
Mernda is well known for its sporting teams in the Northern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne. The Mernda Football Club (The Demons) have a long and very successful history dating back more than 100 years in the Whittlesea District Football League, the Diamond Valley Football League and its successor the Northern Football League. They've played finals football in many of those years and have won 18 premierships in that time.[3]
The Mernda Cricket Club has also been very successful in the region, playing finals and winning premierships regularly in both the JIKA Cricket Association and the Diamond Valley Cricket Association. After winning the Money Shield in season 2006/07 and making the step to A Grade cricket, Mernda won their very first Barclay Shield in season 2008/09. Mernda also enjoyed success in the lower grades of the DVCA during that season, winning the E Grade premiership.
In 2004, residents formed the Mernda and District Residents Association to lobby for the town to be connected to the natural gas pipeline about to be laid in the area. The group was successful and residents now enjoy this essential service.
The area is now being suburbanized with several new estates under construction. The suburb of Mernda consists of a number of new and developing housing subdivisions offering delightful views of the picturesque surroundings of native woodlands and wetlands. Modern, mobile, young to middle aged families are taking up residence in the new communities of Berry Lane, Mernda Ridge, Mernda Villages, Woodland Waters, Hawkstowe, Riverdale and Renaissance Rise all of which provide a variety of home lifestyles.
A strategic transport plan developed by the Victorian State Government has earmarked Mernda to be 're-connected' to the rail system by 2027, however the 'South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance' are seeking an earlier completion date of 2014 due to rising population and congestion in the area.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mernda (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC26147&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 11 April 2008
- ^ Full Points Footy, Northern Football League, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/diamond_valley_football_league.htm, retrieved 15 April 2009
- ^ Whittlesea Leader, Alliance renews Mernda rail push, http://whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/alliance-renews-mernda-rail-push/, retrieved 26 January 2010
External links
- http://mernda.cricketvictoria.com.au - Official website of Mernda Cricket Club
- http://merndafc.com - Official website Mernda Football Club
Coordinates: 37°36′32″S 145°05′35″E / 37.609°S 145.093°E
Suburbs of the City of Whittlesea | Melbourne | Victoria Aurora · Beveridge · Bundoora · Donnybrook · Doreen · Eden Park · Epping · Humevale · Kinglake West · Lalor · Mernda · Mill Park · South Morang · Thomastown · Whittlesea · Wollert · Woodstock · Yan Yean
Categories:- Suburbs of Melbourne
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