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Waurn Ponds

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City of Greater Geelong VIC, PO Box 104, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216
03 5272 5272

Description

Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and Honeys Road. It is home to the main Geelong campus of Deakin University and the regional Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre. There are many schools around Waurn Ponds like Mount Duneed Regional Primary School.

History

The town was named after the Waurn chain of ponds, a watercourse that flows from Mount Moriac over 30 km into the Barwon River.'Waurn' meaning "place of many houses" in reference to aboriginal stone houses in the Wathaurong language.Two early hotels - the Victoria Inn (1845–60) and the Waurn Ponds Inn (1856) were located on the Princes Highway serving travellers on the road. The Albert and Victoria vineyards, owned by David Pettavel, began growing grapes in 1848 and the area was better known as Pettavel in the 1860s. The Pettavel Post Office opened on 12 January 1865 and remained open until 1952. The Waurn Ponds Post Office opened on 1 December 1871 and closed in 1968.A quarry for limestone was opened in the 1840s, with quarrying continuing from 1964 to today at the nearby Blue Circle Southern cement works. Kilns for making mortar lime operated until the 1970s.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 17.446 km2

Elevation: 51-200 metres

Town elevation: 85 m

Population number: 5,046

Local Government Area: City of Greater Geelong

Location

City of Greater Geelong VIC, PO Box 104, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216

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

Waurn Ponds - Localista

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