Bolinda
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Bolinda /bəˈlɪndə/ 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.
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| Coordinates: 37°26′S 144°45′E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 185 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3432 | ||||||||||||
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John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale.[2] 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[3] which had been in his family, as squatters, from 1860 or earlier.[4]
Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.[5]
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.
