Kingsbury is a suburb in Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin

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. At the 2006 Census, Kingsbury had a population of 3,130.

The suburb was named after Bruce Kingsbury VC, who died in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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 during the Second World War

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.

Public transport

The nearest train station is the Reservoir railway station on the Epping railway line. The suburb is also served by the bus route from Macleod railway station on the Hurstbridge railway line, and tram route 86

Melbourne tram route 86

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 which runs between Docklands

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 and Bundoora RMIT

RMIT University

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, which touches Kingsbury between stop 56-60.

Education

There are currently two Primary schools and a University in Kingsbury; Kingsbury Primary School , Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School and La Trobe University

La Trobe University

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. In 2011, Kingsbury Primary School named it's new building the Isurava Centre for Learning after the field in New Guinea in which Bruce Kingsbury fell.

Secondary education in Kingsbury is provided in nearby suburbs and notable schools include Parade College in Bundoora, an all boys Catholic School run by the Christian Brothers, St. Peters College Preston, a co-education Orthodox School for students from Prep to Twelve, Macleod College, a state Prep to Twelve school located near Kingsbury and Reservoir District Secondary College, a state secondary college from years seven to twelve.

Religion

According to the 2006 Census, the majority of Kingsbury's population are Catholics. Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church is the local Catholic center. For other religions, the nearest Buddhist Temple is Linh Son Buddhist Temple located on Radford Road Reservoir and the Muslim Mosque located in the suburb Preston. This being said, Kingsbury is a very diverse suburb.

Projects

Kingsbury is planning to construct a momument and Memorial of Bruce Kingsbury VC in one of the parks. They are still raising funds to do so.

Sport and leisure

Kingsbury has a wide range of sporting facilities within the area and nearby. It holds two football/cricket grounds, a tennis club with four courts, basketball, a boxing gym and a lawn bowls club. Within close proximity is the Reservoir Leisure Centre, the Reservoir Community Sports Centre which includes basketball, netball and hockey, La Trobe University Sports Centre and several other multi-purpose sporting grounds.