Thornhill Park, Victoria
Thornhill Park is a suburb in the outer west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Melton. The suburb was gazetted by the Office of Geographic Names on 9 February 2017,[1] following a proposal for eleven new suburbs by the City of Melton. The new name officially came into effect in mid-2017.[2][3]
| Thornhill Park Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 New subdivision at Thornhill Park, October 2018 | |||||||||||||||
  Thornhill Park | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°43′45″S 144°37′30″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3335 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Melton | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kororoit | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Gorton | ||||||||||||||
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Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was mostly part of Rockbank, with a small section previously part of Mount Cottrell in the south.
Recreation
Thornhill Park is currently home to Wiltshire Boulevard Reserve, which contains open space, community facilities and a playground. There are also wetlands present in the north, in between Exmouth Street and the Western Highway.
References
- "Locality boundaries". Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- Landy, Samantha (10 February 2017). "Eleven new suburbs to be established in the Melton growth area, west of Melbourne's CBD". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "New suburbs". City of Melton. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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