Bulleen, Victoria
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Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham
. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.
, which is generally accepted to be the suburb's name meaning.
the suburb was reportedly around one degree cooler (at 43°C) than in the city, but during a heat wave just the next month it peaked at a record 49°C, on February 7—compared to 46°C in the city.
The Bulleen billabongs were an important territory for the Manna Gum people for approximately 5,000 years. Generations had lived on the river flats when wild fish and ducks were abundant. Bolin was the largest lake/billabong in the area and was a significant ritual meeting place for the aborigines where numerous corroboree
s were held either by the billabong or on the hills. But by 1841, manager and protector of the aborigines William Thomas
was instructed by... (finish later)
regulations. The area was sometimes known as Unwin's Special Survey
.
The first Bulleen Post Office opened on 1 April 1952, was renamed Bulleen West in 1960 and closed in 1976. Bulleen South office opened in 1959, was renamed Bulleen in 1960 and again named Bulleen South in 1969 when the current Bulleen office opened.
Bulleen had a drive-in theater
for over thirty years.
is the main shopping complex, located on Manningham Road. It includes a library (Bulleen Branch of the Whitehorse Manningham Regional), post office, medical centre, business centre, a Coles
supermarket and various specialty shops, including food retail shops such as Hungry Jacks, Domino's Pizza
, Eastern Red Asian cuisine and an abundance of cafes. Many of these stores are owned and operated by the Italian and Greek Communities.
Bulleen is home to extensive sporting facilities belonging to the private schools of Carey
and Trinity.
Public transport in Bulleen is limited to bus
services, many of them running to the CBD via dedicated bus lanes on the Eastern Freeway and Hoddle Street. Bus routes in Bulleen are operated by Ventura Bus Lines
and operate primarily on main roads, though Templestowe Road in the north of the suburb is a notable exception of proper bus services. Smart Bus just started operation on 04/10/2010, it is supposed to significantly improve the public transport service quality .
Throughout the 1970s, the Doncaster line
was planned by the state government to run down the middle of the Eastern Freeway and serve the suburb. Land was acquired for the line but sold in the 1980s. Various plans have also been made for extension of the tram route 48
north to Doncaster.
, which adjoins parklands, including Banksia Park with its bike paths and picnic facilities. Adjacent to Banksia Park is the newly refurbished Heide Museum of Modern Art
. Other important reserves include the Bulleen Park sporting grounds and, approximately in the centre of the suburb, Yarraleen and Morris Williams reserves, which offer an adventure playground and general open space.
To the west of Bulleen Road is the Yarra Flats Park, with bike tracks, walking tracks, picnic tables, shelter, wood barbecues, birdlife, wild berries, billabongs and views of the Yarra River. Yarra Flats Park adjoins Bulleen and Banksia Parks. The Bulleen Park complex has a number of grounds suitable for Australian rules football, cricket and soccer, as well as an archery range and model aeroplane club. The Yarraleen Cricket Club, which plays in the Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association, is situated in the Bulleen Park pavilions at the rear of the complex.
Koonung Park, home of the Bulleen Cricket Club and the Manningham Cobras Football Club, is located just off Thompsons Road near the Eastern Freeway.
Koonung Park regularly hosts the Dunstan Shield Grand Final, the highest grade of turf cricket in the Eastern Cricket Association.
Golfers play at the course of the Yarra Valley Golf Club on Templestowe Road.
Other reserves:
Sheahans Rd Reserve (basketball, tennis, play)
Swanston St Reserve (play)
Bulleen Park (Australian rules football in winter and cricket in summer - Yarraleen CC)
The Boorondara Tennis Centre and a Swim centre are based on Bulleen Road and a Golf driving range is on Templestowe Road.
The most well known club in the area is the WNBL
team, the Bulleen Boomers
, based at the Veneto Club on Bulleen Road, opposite Marcellin College
.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
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, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham
City of Manningham
The City of Manningham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the northeastern suburbs of Melbourne. The total population is 118,544 , divided up into 10 suburbs, the largest being Doncaster and Templestowe, over an area of 113 square kilometres.The district spans a...
. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.
Etymology
The name Bulleen originates from the nearby Bolin Bolin Billabong. Buln-Buln translates to lyrebirdLyrebird
A Lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, that form the genus, Menura, and the family Menuridae. They are most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment. Lyrebirds have unique plumes of neutral coloured...
, which is generally accepted to be the suburb's name meaning.
Climate
Temperatures at Bulleen are known to fluctuate. During the 2009 Southeastern Australia heat wave2009 southeastern Australia heat wave
The early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave was a heat wave that commenced in late January and led to record-breaking prolonged high temperatures in the region. The heat wave is considered one of the, if not the, most extreme in the region's history. During the heat wave, fifty separate...
the suburb was reportedly around one degree cooler (at 43°C) than in the city, but during a heat wave just the next month it peaked at a record 49°C, on February 7—compared to 46°C in the city.
Pre European settlement
Corroboree
A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aborigines. The word was coined by the European settlers of Australia in imitation of the Aboriginal word caribberie. At a corroboree Aborigines interact with the Dreamtime through dance, music and costume. Many ceremonies act out events from the...
s were held either by the billabong or on the hills. But by 1841, manager and protector of the aborigines William Thomas
William Thomas (Australian settler)
William Thomas represented Aboriginal people in various roles in the Port Phillip district during his lifetime.-Various official roles:...
was instructed by... (finish later)
Post-European settlement
In 1841 Frederic Unwin, a Sydney solicitor, purchased 5,120 acres or eight square miles of land, including all of the present suburb of Bulleen. The land was purchased from the Crown for one pound an acre under the terms of the short-lived Special SurveyPort Phillip District Special Surveys
In August 1840, the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners of the British Government decided to allow the purchase of land anywhere in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales – now Victoria, Australia. Special Surveys could be requested to enable the purchase of , or eight square...
regulations. The area was sometimes known as Unwin's Special Survey
Unwin's Special Survey
In 1841, Frederic Unwin, a Sydney solicitor, purchased 5,120 acres or eight square miles of land approximately 10 km north-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
.
The first Bulleen Post Office opened on 1 April 1952, was renamed Bulleen West in 1960 and closed in 1976. Bulleen South office opened in 1959, was renamed Bulleen in 1960 and again named Bulleen South in 1969 when the current Bulleen office opened.
Bulleen had a drive-in theater
Drive-in theater
A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.The screen can be as simple as a...
for over thirty years.
Shopping
Bulleen PlazaBulleen Plaza
Bulleen Plaza, is a local shopping centre in the suburb of Bulleen, Victoria, in the city council of Manningham. During mid-2008, the centre underwent a revamp and was repainted, retiled and new lights and seats were fitted....
is the main shopping complex, located on Manningham Road. It includes a library (Bulleen Branch of the Whitehorse Manningham Regional), post office, medical centre, business centre, a Coles
Coles Supermarkets
Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741...
supermarket and various specialty shops, including food retail shops such as Hungry Jacks, Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza Enterprises
Domino's Pizza is the largest pizza chain in Australia, and second largest in New Zealand. Domino's runs a number of stores across Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. Approximately 70% of Domino's Australian stores are franchised, whilst the remaining are owned and run by...
, Eastern Red Asian cuisine and an abundance of cafes. Many of these stores are owned and operated by the Italian and Greek Communities.
Schools
Within Bulleen, the following schools exist:- St. Clement of Rome - a Catholic primary school (Prep-Grade 6)
- Website: http://www.clement.melb.catholic.edu.au/
- Marcellin CollegeMarcellin CollegeMarcellin College is a Marist Catholic secondary boys' school situated in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Camberwell...
- a Catholic secondary school - Bulleen Special School - a special school for students requiring additional assistance
- Yarraleen Preschool
- Marcellin College
- Website: (some info at) http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Yarraleen-Pre-School/
- Bulleen Preschool (maternal and child health centre nextdoor)
- Website: (some info at) http://www.echildcare.com.au/bulleen-1/
Bulleen is home to extensive sporting facilities belonging to the private schools of Carey
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Christian, international, day school consisting of four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew , Donvale , the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey...
and Trinity.
Transport
Major roads in Bulleen include:- Manningham Road (40)
- Thompsons Road (42)
- Bulleen Road (52)
- Templestowe Road (52)
- Eastern Freeway (M3)
Public transport in Bulleen is limited to bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
services, many of them running to the CBD via dedicated bus lanes on the Eastern Freeway and Hoddle Street. Bus routes in Bulleen are operated by Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Today the largest private Melbourne bus company, and operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. The company purchased National Bus Company for A$45 million, and the Mount...
and operate primarily on main roads, though Templestowe Road in the north of the suburb is a notable exception of proper bus services. Smart Bus just started operation on 04/10/2010, it is supposed to significantly improve the public transport service quality .
Throughout the 1970s, the Doncaster line
Doncaster railway line, Melbourne
The Doncaster railway line is a proposed suburban railway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Connecting to the existing Melbourne metro railway network at Victoria Park station on the Epping and Hurstbridge lines; the Doncaster line would have served the suburbs of Bulleen,...
was planned by the state government to run down the middle of the Eastern Freeway and serve the suburb. Land was acquired for the line but sold in the 1980s. Various plans have also been made for extension of the tram route 48
Melbourne tram route 48
Tram route 48 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from Victoria Harbour, Docklands to North Balwyn via Collins Street, Spring Street, Wellington Parade and Bridge Road...
north to Doncaster.
Attractions
On Bulleen's northern border is the Yarra RiverYarra River
The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...
, which adjoins parklands, including Banksia Park with its bike paths and picnic facilities. Adjacent to Banksia Park is the newly refurbished Heide Museum of Modern Art
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Heide Museum of Modern Art, more commonly just Heide, is a contemporary art museum located in Bulleen, east of Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1981, the museum comprises several detached buildings and surrounding gardens & parklands of historical importance that are used as gallery spaces to...
. Other important reserves include the Bulleen Park sporting grounds and, approximately in the centre of the suburb, Yarraleen and Morris Williams reserves, which offer an adventure playground and general open space.
To the west of Bulleen Road is the Yarra Flats Park, with bike tracks, walking tracks, picnic tables, shelter, wood barbecues, birdlife, wild berries, billabongs and views of the Yarra River. Yarra Flats Park adjoins Bulleen and Banksia Parks. The Bulleen Park complex has a number of grounds suitable for Australian rules football, cricket and soccer, as well as an archery range and model aeroplane club. The Yarraleen Cricket Club, which plays in the Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association, is situated in the Bulleen Park pavilions at the rear of the complex.
Sport
Ted Ajani Reserve, home of the Bullen Templestowe Amateur Football Club , is located on Thompson Road. The "Bullants" are a proud family club who had some recent premiership success at senior level (2004, 2008).Koonung Park, home of the Bulleen Cricket Club and the Manningham Cobras Football Club, is located just off Thompsons Road near the Eastern Freeway.
Koonung Park regularly hosts the Dunstan Shield Grand Final, the highest grade of turf cricket in the Eastern Cricket Association.
Golfers play at the course of the Yarra Valley Golf Club on Templestowe Road.
Other reserves:
Sheahans Rd Reserve (basketball, tennis, play)
Swanston St Reserve (play)
Bulleen Park (Australian rules football in winter and cricket in summer - Yarraleen CC)
The Boorondara Tennis Centre and a Swim centre are based on Bulleen Road and a Golf driving range is on Templestowe Road.
The most well known club in the area is the WNBL
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League is the pre-eminent women's professional basketball league in Australia. It currently is composed of ten teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball League...
team, the Bulleen Boomers
Bulleen Boomers
-History:The Bulleen Templestowe Basketball Club was established in 1969 and after missing out in 1983 was accepted into the Women's National Basketball League, WNBL, in 1984. Applications were prepared and presented by Jan Collinson, who remained the club’s delegate to the League for many years...
, based at the Veneto Club on Bulleen Road, opposite Marcellin College
Marcellin College
Marcellin College is a Marist Catholic secondary boys' school situated in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Camberwell...
.
Notable residents
- Diane Dunleavy – radio personality, involved in local conservation concerns
- Stephen MayneStephen MayneStephen Mayne is an Australian journalist, local government councillor and self-described shareholder activist. Mayne is also considered “serial runner”, continually running for elected office and election onto company boards, more often than not in futile attempts, or just to make political...
– journalist, councillor for Heide Ward from 2009 to present. - Jade RawlingsJade RawlingsJade Rawlings was the caretaker coach of the Richmond Tigers Football Club, and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Football Clubs....
– former AFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
player - Bruce RedmanBruce RedmanBruce Redman is an award winning Australian film director, film critic and radio personality. He currently appears on ABC Local Radio 612 in Brisbane as resident film reviewer and fill-in presenter....
– film and television producer / director; ABC radioABC RadioCumulus Media Networks is an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media. it controlled many of the assets of the former ABC Radio Networks, which Citadel Broadcasting purchased in June 2007...
personality. - Declan Fay - Radio Personality and comedian/comedy writer, currently on Triple MMM, grew up in Bulleen.
See also
- City of Doncaster and Templestowe - the former local government area of which Bulleen was a part.
- Electoral district of BulleenElectoral district of BulleenThe Electoral district of Bulleen is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It lies in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne about 12 kilometres away, covering the suburbs of Bulleen, Lower Templestowe, Templestowe and part of Doncaster and Doncaster East...