Wheelers Hill, Victoria
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Wheelers Hill is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 22 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash
. At the 2006 Census, Wheelers Hill had a population of 21,029.
Wheelers Hill was the last suburb of the now Monash City Council to be linked up to the electricity grid. This is because, at the time, there was a dispute between the Shire of Mulgrave and the Council of Waverley on whose suburb it was. The main roads in Wheelers Hill were named after land owners and run along the boundaries of old orchards and farms.
In Columbia Park on Jells Road, there are steps, and a brick outline of where a homestead once stood. This was a solid brick home reportedly built for W.D. Robertson, a retired Melbourne baker. It had a tower which gave a commanding view towards the Dandenong Ranges. During World War II, the building was in use as a home for children with infantile paralysis, then known as "spastic" babies. When the mothers were needed to work on the farms left idle by the men who had gone to war, their special needs babies were cared for at Columbia Park. The house was occupied by a family named Jungwirth post-war and was in ruins by the time V.F.L Park was built nearby.
, a major recreational facility of over 127 hectares. It contains 9 km of cycle paths and walking tracks which surround a large lake. Wheelers Hill is known for its trees. Parklands make up 31% of the total area of Wheelers Hill.
Wheelers Hill Secondary College
is located in the centre of the suburb.
Caulfield Grammar School
is located on lower Jells Road, next to Jells Park.
Wheelers Hill Cricket Club is the area's major cricket team. http://wheelershill.cricketvictoria.com.au/
Golfers play at the course of the Glen Waverley Golf Club at Waverley Road.
Wheelers Hill Primary School, Jells Park Primary School, Waverley Meadows Primay School and Brandon Park Primay School
are just some of the few primary schools in the Wheelers Hill area.
, guitarist and lead vocalist from The Living End
went to school in Wheelers Hill, attending the Wheelers Hill Secondary College
.
Services run through the boundaries of the suburb.
Melbourne
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, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
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, 22 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash
City of Monash
The City of Monash is a Local Government Area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne and has an area of 81.0 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 176,069 people...
. At the 2006 Census, Wheelers Hill had a population of 21,029.
History
Wheelers Hill was almost certainly named after the Wheeler brothers, John and Bartholomew, who were early settlers in the area. The Wheelers Hill Hotel was a post office and stopping point for farmers before a 6 to 8 hour drive to the city by horse to sell their goods. The Wheelers Mansion was destroyed by a fire in the late 1920s. The house was located somewhere to the south of the Wheelers Hill Library. The Post Office opened on 1 January 1869 but was called Mulgrave until 1888.Wheelers Hill was the last suburb of the now Monash City Council to be linked up to the electricity grid. This is because, at the time, there was a dispute between the Shire of Mulgrave and the Council of Waverley on whose suburb it was. The main roads in Wheelers Hill were named after land owners and run along the boundaries of old orchards and farms.
In Columbia Park on Jells Road, there are steps, and a brick outline of where a homestead once stood. This was a solid brick home reportedly built for W.D. Robertson, a retired Melbourne baker. It had a tower which gave a commanding view towards the Dandenong Ranges. During World War II, the building was in use as a home for children with infantile paralysis, then known as "spastic" babies. When the mothers were needed to work on the farms left idle by the men who had gone to war, their special needs babies were cared for at Columbia Park. The house was occupied by a family named Jungwirth post-war and was in ruins by the time V.F.L Park was built nearby.
Today
Wheelers Hill is home to Jells ParkJells Park
Jells Park is a public park in Wheelers Hill, a suburb to the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opening on 30 April 1976, the park attracts in excess of 700,000 visitors a year. The park is in excess of 127 hectares and contains 9 kilometres of bike paths. The Dandenong Creek Trail runs...
, a major recreational facility of over 127 hectares. It contains 9 km of cycle paths and walking tracks which surround a large lake. Wheelers Hill is known for its trees. Parklands make up 31% of the total area of Wheelers Hill.
Wheelers Hill Secondary College
Wheelers Hill Secondary College
Wheelers Hill Secondary College is a coeducational state school in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia. School number 8474....
is located in the centre of the suburb.
Caulfield Grammar School
Caulfield Grammar School
Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later...
is located on lower Jells Road, next to Jells Park.
Wheelers Hill Cricket Club is the area's major cricket team. http://wheelershill.cricketvictoria.com.au/
Golfers play at the course of the Glen Waverley Golf Club at Waverley Road.
Wheelers Hill Primary School, Jells Park Primary School, Waverley Meadows Primay School and Brandon Park Primay School
are just some of the few primary schools in the Wheelers Hill area.
Public Library and Art Gallery
The Monash Gallery of Art http://www.mga.org.au/ and the Wheelers Hill branch of the Monash Public Library Service http://www.monlib.vic.gov.au/ are co-located in a fine building at the corner of Jells Road and Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill. The architect of the Gallery was Harry Seidler and he also approved of the integrated library wing which has a bay of windows facing a small lake. The Gallery contains a nationally significant collection of Australian photography, of which its permanent collection comprises over 1500 works illustrating the development and evolution of the photographic medium in Australia.Notable people
Chris CheneyChris Cheney
Christopher John Cheney is the guitarist, main songwriter and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End. His trademark guitar is a Gretsch White Falcon and he uses mainly distortion and modulation effects...
, guitarist and lead vocalist from The Living End
The Living End
The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
went to school in Wheelers Hill, attending the Wheelers Hill Secondary College
Wheelers Hill Secondary College
Wheelers Hill Secondary College is a coeducational state school in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia. School number 8474....
.
Transport
There are nine bus services that run in or through the vicinity of Wheeler's Hill. The two SMARTBUSSmartBus
SmartBus is a series of bus routes operating in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Undertaken as a part of Metlink, the program seeks to eventually establish a series of key suburban bus routes, and orbital bus routes around Melbourne...
Services run through the boundaries of the suburb.