Hamlyn Heights Geelong, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 38°07′19″S144°19′23″E / 38.122°S 144.323°E Coordinates: 38°07′19″S144°19′23″E / 38.122°S 144.323°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 6,293 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3215 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 4 km (2 mi) from Geelong | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Geelong | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Corio | ||||||||||||||
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Hamlyn Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong. It located to the west of the city on hills that overlook Corio Bay.
It was named after Sidney Hamlyn, a local resident in the 1940s. [2]
At the 2016 census, Hamlyn Heights had a population of 6,293. [3]
The suburb boundaries are Church St, Ballarat Rd, Moorabool River and two unmarked boundaries extending between Church St to Moorabool River and between Moorabool River and Ballarat Rd.
Hamlyn Heights has two retail areas. A large shopping strip is located in Vines Rd. The Post Office opened here on 2 February 1959 it is known as Vines Road, Geelong. [4] A small group of shops also exist in Fairlie St.
Hamlyn Heights was the home to international actor Guy Pearce who lived in Hamlyn Heights during the 1990s.
Hamlyn Heights has two primary schools, Herne Hill Primary School & Hamlyn Banks Primary School (created in the late 1990s by a merger between Hamlyn Heights Primary School and Lovely Banks Primary School).
Hamlyn Heights has one secondary school: Western Heights Secondary College.
In 2018 Hamlyn Views primary/secondary school (for young people with special needs) opened on the former site of Bell Park High School (Western Heights Secondary College Quamby Campus) in Quamby Avenue.
Hamlyn Park is home to the Hamlyn Park Tennis Club, Geelong Ballroom Dance Club, 1st Hamlyn Heights Scout Group and the Bell Park Sport and Recreation Club which has teams in the local football and netball associations.
Hamlyn Park was developed by the Shire of Corio and the Geelong Scottish club out of waste ground and scrub as a multi-sport facility with soccer as the first activity. [5]
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia. The traditional owners of the land on which Geelong sits are the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nation.
The Division of Corio is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. Named for Corio Bay, it has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it stretched as far east as the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.
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The Moorabool River is a river in Victoria, Australia that runs past several small towns and areas such as Meredith, Anakie, and Staughton Vale. The river joins with the Barwon River at Fyansford.
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Western Heights College is a secondary school in Hamlyn Heights, Geelong, Australia. Also known as Western Heights Community College, it is situated in Vines Road with its adjoining campus being the Vines Road Community Centre. The college is spread across three buildings, with Year 7 and 8 in the red building, Year 9 and 10 in the grey building and Year 11 and 12 in the yellow building. As of 2016, the school has 605 students, with only 204 being girls and 401 boys. The school currently has a lower than average Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) score of 950.
Moorabool is a bounded rural locality of the City of Greater Geelong local government area in Victoria, Australia.
Edward Prowse was an architect working in the Geelong region of Victoria, Australia in the late nineteenth century. He was responsible for many early Geelong buildings, including hotels, mansions and churches.