Leopold, Victoria

Leopold, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Leopold
city = Geelong
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Greater Geelong
postcode = 3224
pop = 8746 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC25999 | name = Leopold (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area =
propval = [http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=1706&languageId=1&contentId=-1 $273,000] (2008)
stategov =
fedgov =
maxtemp = 22.5
mintemp = 14.7
rainfall = 601.3
near-nw = Moolap
near-n =
near-ne = Drysdale
near-w = Whittington
near-e = Wallington
near-sw = St Albans Park
near-s =
near-se = Ocean Grove
dist1 =
location1=
timezone = AEST
utc = +10
timezone-dst= AEDT
dist1 = 86
dir1 = SW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 11
dir2 = E
location2= Geelong
dist3 = 14
dir3 = NW
location3= Ocean Grove
dist4 = 11
dir4 = W
location4= Drysdale
stategov = Bellarine
fedgov = Corangamite

Leopold is a residential eastern suburb of Geelong and is a gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula.

History

The area was formerly known as Kensington. The Post Office opened as Kensington on 19 May 1858, and was renamed Kensington Hill in 1882, Leopold Hill in 1884 and Leopold in 1885. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11
]

The Town today

The Bellarine Rail Trail passes through Leopold. The Gateway Plaza is situated on the corner of the Bellarine Peninsula and Melaluka road, it is home to Coles, Red Rooster, La Porchetta and other shops. Leopold is constructing two new residential developments called the Kensington estate, and the Gateway estate. Many of the available land has been sold. Houses are either in construction and others near finished.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League.

Education

As of 2007, Leopold consists of three sources of education.
* [http://www.leopold.vic.edu.au Leopold Primary School]
* Leopold Kindergarten
* Alanvale Kindergarten

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