- Drumcondra, Victoria
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Drumcondra
Geelong, Victoria
The Esplanade, Drumcondra in 1927. A railway turntable on the Geelong to Melbourne railway line is visible in the background, but the roundhouse has been removed.
DrumcondraPopulation: 598 (2006)[1] Postcode: 3215 Area: 0.3 km² (0.1 sq mi) LGA: City of Greater Geelong State District: Geelong Federal Division: Corio Suburbs around Drumcondra: North Geelong Rippleside West Geelong Drumcondra Corio Bay West Geelong G'''Geelong''' Drumcondra is a wealthy residential bayside suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay. It is the smallest suburb in Geelong and one of the smallest in Victoria.
Its boundaries are the Melbourne Road, Glenleith Avenue, The Esplanade and Bell Parade. It is classified as a "block" with its main road being Beach Parade, with only 9 streets in total and around 200 houses. Some of Geelong's most-prized and valuable real estate is located along here.[2]
The area was established with the first house built on the site of 5 Glenleith Avenue in April of 1912. The houses then were continued to be built on that street in that year, making 2012 their 100th year anniversary.
The mansion Lunan House is located in the suburb, built of Barrabool sandstone for wool merchant James Strahan in 1849. In later years it became a teachers college,[3] before being converted back to a private house.
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Lunan House
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Drumcondra (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC22031&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "Drumcondra". City of Greater Geelong. www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20080514070322/http://www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au/Visiting_Geelong/Towns/Drumcondra/. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ "Lunan House, Drumcondra, VIC Profile". www.aussieheritage.com.au. http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Drumcondra/LunanHouse/17002. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
External links
- City of Greater Geelong - Drumcondra (includes history)
Coordinates: 38°07′55″S 38°07′55″E / 38.132°S 38.132°E
Suburbs and localities of GeelongArmstrong Creek Growth Area • Bell Park • Bell Post Hill • Belmont • Breakwater • Corio • Drumcondra • East Geelong • Fyansford • Geelong City • Geelong West • Grovedale • Hamlyn Heights • Herne Hill • Highton • Lara • Leopold • Lovely Banks • Manifold Heights • Marshall • Moolap • Mount Duneed • Newcomb • Newtown • Norlane • North Geelong • North Shore • Rippleside • Rosewall • St Albans Park • South Geelong • Thomson • Wandana Heights • Waurn Ponds • WhittingtonAnakie • Avalon • Balliang • Barwon Heads • Batesford • Breamlea • Ceres • Clifton Springs • Connewarre • Curlewis • Drysdale • Indented Head • Little River • Mannerim • Marcus Hill • Moorabool • Ocean Grove • Point Wilson • Portarlington • Staughton Vale • St Leonards • Swan Bay • WallingtonCategories:- Suburbs of Geelong
- Victoria (Australia) geography stubs
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