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.