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Roxburgh Park, Victoria

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near the Roxburgh Park Hotel is the Roxburgh Plaza and Homemaker Centre. The smaller Roxburgh Homestead Shopping Centre lies close to the Roxburgh Homestead Primary School. On Fouz Street, near the Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School and along Donald Cameron Drive, is Roxy Central. Roxy Central
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Recognition of Roxburgh Park was promoted in widely screened TV commercials throughout the mid-1990s, presenting Roxburgh Park's avowed virtues as a planned community with a balance of residential and industrial land, along with public reserves (part of the Shankland Reserve is in the south of
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bought the 832 acres (337 ha) "Roxburgh Park" property for £35,000, as a speculative investment, although the purchase did give the club an option if it ever had to leave its somewhat cramped location in
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called "Hopetoun" in 1889. Plans for the suburb included parks, schools, tennis courts and shops. The early 1890s economic depression prevented the construction of this design.
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Three large shopping centres are located within the suburb; on Somerton Road is the Roxburgh Park Shopping Centre, which features 70 specialist stores, on
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Roxburgh Park has been described as one of Melbourne's "multicultural hot spots". Well-known figures in the immigrant community of the suburb include
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The most common ancestries of residents in Roxburgh Park are Turkish 11.8%, Australian 11.5%, Iraqi 10.5%, Chaldean 8.5%, English 7.8%.
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was finalised and fully opened during 2021. It contains national brands such as
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and an Islamic centre. The commercial hub of the suburb is on Somerton Road.
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via Roxburgh Park (operates Saturday and Sunday mornings only). Operated by
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makes its way through the suburb, in a north–south direction.
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Developments over recent years include child care centres, a
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to the north, to the west by Aitken Boulevard skirting the
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and access to transport. The slogan for the campaign was
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Melbourne
Victoria

Roxburgh Park is located in Melbourne
Coordinates
37°37′37″S 144°55′44″E / 37.627°S 144.929°E / -37.627; 144.929
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Melbourne
LGA(s)
City of Hume
State electorate(s)
Greenvale
Federal division(s)
Calwell
Suburbs
Craigieburn
Craigieburn
Craigieburn
Greenvale
Somerton
Greenvale
Meadow Heights
Coolaroo

Melbourne
Victoria
Australia
central business district
City of Hume

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