Mount Atkinson, Victoria
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Mount Atkinson | |
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 Mt A. welcome sign with pocket park and the Vision Centre in the background | |
  Mount Atkinson Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′11″S 144°42′11″E / 37.753°S 144.703°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| City | Melbourne |
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| Established | 2017 |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 9,881 (2024)[1] |
| Postcode | 3029 |
Mount Atkinson is a residential development in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km (14 mi) west of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Melton local government area.[2] Officially, it forms part of the suburb of Truganina.
Mount Atkinson is situated in the Kulin nation traditional Aboriginal country. The Wathaurong and Woiwurrung people are local custodians within the Kulin nation.[3][4]
The area is named for Mount Atkinson, a low hill that was a source of local lava flows.[5] It is dwarfed by the more prominent Mount Cottrell a few kilometres to the west.
Residential development of the area was approved by the Victorian Government in 2017.[6][7][8][9][10]
Development
Development in Mount Atkinson includes residential, educational facilities, a town centre, retail, parks and recreation, integrated industrial park, business precinct and a railway station.[11][12] City of Melton has retained the postcode for Mount Atkinson.[13][14]
Mt. Atkinson, Olivia and Grandview are the three housing estates in Mount Atkinson, and the largest of them is Mt. Atkinson by Stockland. Mt. Atkinson estate includes proposed facilities for the suburb, such as: Mount Atkinson train station, Mount Atkinson Town Centre, Edmund Rice Education's primary and secondary schools, a state primary school, a homemaker centre, a large business centre and commercial precinct, as well as the revitalised Skeleton Creek wetlands.[15][16][17][18]
$3 million in funding had been allocated for the Stage 1 construction of a Catholic Primary School located on Clara Avenue, with the school owned and operated under the umbrella of Edmund Rice Education Australia. The new school is expected to open in 2023.[19]
The proposal to establish an entertainment premise of Mt. Atkinson Hotel was approved in March 2020, which is to be located on McKinley Drive.[20][21] As a condition of approval, the expected completion of the hotel is to be by 31 August 2022.[22][needs update]
Parks and recreation
Proposed local parks and recreation reserves include the Mount Atkinson Nature Reserve with sporting and recreation facilities.[23] Currently there are seven active parks in the suburb and with one currently under construction.[24][25]
The suburb comprises a hill of the same name (which forms part of the Great Dividing Range in Australia), elevated at a peak of 140 meters above sea level and situated within the Mount Atkinson Nature Reserve.[26] The reserve incorporates a dormant shield volcano of the same name. The volcanic cone and its geological properties are recognized as a nature sensitive site.[27][28]
