Doreen is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, 36 kilometres (22.4 mi) north-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea

City of Whittlesea

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 and Shire of Nillumbik

Shire of Nillumbik

The Shire of Nillumbik is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It contains some outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and rural localities beyond the urban area. It has an area of 435 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 62,837 people...

. At the 2006 Census, Doreen had a population of 3,451.

Patrick Reid settled the area in 1844, calling it "Hazel Glen".
The Post Office opened on 8 December 1870 as Hazelglen and was renamed Doreen in 1895.

The area contains two private schools and a primary school, a community hall and a CFA

Country Fire Authority

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 fire station.

Suburban development

Doreen is unusual in that the eastern portion in the Shire of Nillumbik remains rural, being contiguous with the rural localities of Yarrambat

Yarrambat, Victoria

Yarrambat is a locality within Greater Melbourne beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary 32.5 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik...

 and Nutfield

Nutfield, Victoria

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. The western portion in the City of Whittlesea is contiguous with the suburbs of
Mernda

Mernda, Victoria

Mernda is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Mernda had a population of 831.-History:...

 and South Morang

South Morang, Victoria

South Morang is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

 and suburban development has proceeded. Yan Yean Road separates the two portions.

Residential development is of two kinds — rural residential estates and nurseries to the south, and a new residential estate, Laurimar, in the north with its emphasis on "semi-rural" living, being developed by Delfin, a subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation

Lend Lease Corporation

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External links

• Doreen (Shire of Nillumbik]
• Laurimar Estate (Delfin)