Kalkallo is a town in 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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, 33 km north from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume

City of Hume

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Located on the Hume Freeway Kalkallo has a few streets, a service station

Filling station

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 and a pub. It is surrounded by farms not yet developed by the urban sprawl

Urban sprawl

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 of Melbourne. The nearest access to public transport is the Donnybrook railway station

Donnybrook railway station, Victoria

Donnybrook is a railway station on the North East railway in the town of Donnybrook, Victoria, Australia. The station is unmanned and is located at the northern end of the Donnybrook Road level crossing...

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History

Kinlochewe Post Office opened on 1 November 1850, was renamed Donnybrook in 1854 and Kalkallo in 1874, before closing in 1971.

Today

It is the focus of the new Merrifield development being under taken by MAB Corporation and Gibson Property Corporation. Merrifield is a 880 hectare $8billion mixed use development located on the corner of Donnybrook Road and the Hume Highway. The Minister for Planning has recently rezoned 415 hectares of the property to the Comprehensive Development Zone and development will commence in 2008.

Merrifield has been planned as an integrated mixed use development with capacity to provide 20,000 new jobs and homes for up to 30,000 people.