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Dallas

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Hume City Council VIC, PO Box 119, Dallas, VIC 3047
03 9205 2200

Description

Dallas is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north of Melbourne's central business district.

Dallas is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hume.

History

Dallas was named after the Governor of Victoria, General Sir Reginald Dallas Brooks. The Housing Commission of Victoria built many of the houses in the Dallas area between 1961 and 1970. The Dallas Primary School was built in 1963. Dallas North Primary opened in 1965. Dallas Post Office opened on 21 February 1966, but from 1968 to 1995 was known as Broadmeadows before reverting to Dallas.Prior to the construction of the suburb the Dallas area was primarily used for agriculture. In 1924 the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works built a reservoir for reticulating water for the Broadmeadows area.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 2.425 km2

Elevation: 51-200 metres

Town elevation: 142 m

Population number: 6,810

Local Government Area: Hume City Council

Location

Hume City Council VIC, PO Box 119, Dallas, VIC 3047

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Dallas, Victoria

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