Bolinda is a small town and locality north of Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

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, located on the Melbourne-Lancefield

Lancefield, Victoria

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 Road. Bolinda lies within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station

Station (Australian agriculture)

Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. It corresponds to the North American term ranch or South American estancia...

 Bullando Vale. However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name.

Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.

The community today is centred around 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.