Drumcondra, Victoria
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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.
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, before being converted back to a private house.
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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, overlooking Corio Bay
Corio Bay
Corio Bay is one of numerous bays in the southwest corner of Australia's Port Phillip, and is the bay on which abuts the City of Geelong. The nearby suburb of Corio takes its name from Corio Bay.-Name:...
. 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.
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, before being converted back to a private house.
External links
- City of Greater Geelong - Drumcondra (includes history)