Bolinda, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Bolinda
State:vic
Use Lga Map:yes
Coordinates:-37.4333°N 189°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Shire of Macedon Ranges
Postcode:3432
Elevation:385
Stategov:Macedon
Fedgov:McEwen
Dist1:52
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:20
Location2:Sunbury
Dir2:N
Near-Ne:Springfield
Near-E:Darraweit Guim
Near-Sw:Riddells Creek
Near-S:Clarkefield
Near-Se:Clarkefield

Bolinda is a locality north of Melbourne, Australia on the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. It is located 6 km south of Romsey, within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale.[1] However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name.Rupert Clarke owned a property named Bolinda Vale, near Romsey[2] which had been in his family, as squatters, from 1860 or earlier.[3]

Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.[4]

The community today is centred on the primary school (established 1870), community hall and recreation reserve.

Bolinda was an intermediate stopping point on the Clarkefield-Lancefield railway which operated between 1881 and 1956.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mitchell, Peter . Alan Jackson. Carol Moore. Gavin Smith . Romsey: A Veritable Garden of Eden . West Bourke Books Inc . 2004 . Romsey . 0-646-43570-1.
  2. News: Fires in Victoria . . XXI . 5,866 . Western Australia . 3 January 1905 . 19 February 2023 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Melbourne Memoranda . . I . 37 . New South Wales, Australia . 7 November 1860 . 19 February 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Phoenix Auctions History . Post Office List . 5 April 2021 .