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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Glenroy
| city = Melbourne
| state = vic
| image =
| caption =
| lga = City of Moreland
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
|longd=144.924|latd=37.706
| postcode = 3046
| pop = 19664
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2011 AUS | id = SSC20547 | name = Glenroy (State Suburb) | accessdate = 23 June 2012 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area = 9.1
| est = 1880s
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Broadmeadows|Broadmeadows]]
| stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Pascoe Vale|Pascoe Vale]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Wills|Wills]]
| dist1 = 13
| location1= [[Melbourne city centre|Melbourne]]
| dist2 =
| location2=
| near-nw = [[Jacana, Victoria|Jacana]]
| near-n = [[Broadmeadows, Victoria|Broadmeadows]]
| near-ne = [[Broadmeadows, Victoria|Broadmeadows]]
| near-w = [[Gowanbrae, Victoria|Gowanbrae]]
| near-e = [[Hadfield, Victoria|Hadfield]], [[Fawkner, Victoria|Fawkner]]
| near-sw = [[Oak Park, Victoria|Oak Park]], [[Strathmore Heights, Victoria|Strathmore Heights]]
| near-s = [[Oak Park, Victoria|Oak Park]]
| near-se = [[Pascoe Vale, Victoria|Pascoe Vale]]
}}
'''Glenroy''' is a suburb of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 13 km north of Melbourne's [[Melbourne city centre|central business district]]. Its [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] is the [[City of Moreland]]. At the [[Census in Australia#2011|2011 Census]], Glenroy had a population of 19,664.
Glenroy is located in the northwest of the City of Moreland, and is bounded by the [[Western Ring Road]] in the north, the [[Moonee Ponds Creek]] in the west, New Road, Victoria Street and Rhodes Parade in the south and West Street, Hilton Street, Box Forest Road and the [[Upfield railway line]] in the east.
Prominent features include the private Northern Golf Club, a major retail district centred on the [[Glenroy railway station]] and the Northern Memorial Park extension to the [[Fawkner General Cemetery]] .
==History==
The area was originally home to the [[Wurundjeri]] people of the [[Kulin]] Nation, before British colonisation and settlement of the Melbourne area started in 1835.
The Glenroy Estate bounded by the Moonee Ponds Creek, Camp Rd, the Northern Golf Club (inclusively) and Rhodes Parade, was purchased in Sydney in 1838 by speculators, Hughes and Hosking. The Camerons may have owned it as part of a Run before survey or just leased it from the speculators, and are credited with giving Glenroy its name,however Donald Angus Kennedy who bought the estate in the mid 1840s according to BROADMEADOWS A FORGOTTEN HISTORY bestowed the name according to his 1864 obituary in The Argus. Kennedy's mother was Grace (née Cameron.)
(SOURCE:http://www.familytreecircles.com/a-lot-of-bull-about-glenroy-melbourne-victoria-australia-62285.html)
Initial development in the area started with a small settlement around the [[North East railway line]] at the end of the 19th Century, with the Glenroy Post Office opening on 22 October 1888.<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008 }}</ref>
After [[World War II]] significant development occurred when organisations such as [[Australian National Airways]], the War Services Homes Commission and the [[Housing Commission of Victoria]] developed large areas of Glenroy. Residential development continued rapidly through the 1950s, and a Glenroy East Post Office opened in 1958 (closing in 1977).
==People==
According to 2006 Census data, 18,870 people live in Glenroy. Traditionally, Glenroy had a high proportion of Australian-born residents, however, the proportion of overseas born residents has increased dramatically.
===Historical census data===
* 1891: 224
* 1921: 545
* 1947: 1,135
* 2001: 18,550
==Education ==
*Glenroy College
*Glenroy Central Primary School
*Glenroy Private
*Glenroy West Primary School
*Belle Vue Park Primary School
*St Thomas More's Primary School
* [[Penola Catholic College]]: Glenroy Campus (7-8)
* [[Glenroy Specialist School]]
*Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
*Ballerrt Murrup College
*Glenroy Private Islamic School
==Transport==
The station of [[Glenroy railway station|Glenroy]] on the [[Craigieburn railway line]] provides public transport to the [[Melbourne Central Business District|Melbourne CBD]].
Buses operated by [[Dyson's Bus Services]] operate towards [[Eltham, Victoria|Eltham]] and [[Coburg North, Victoria|Merlynston]].
The [[Moonee Ponds Creek Trail]] and the [[Western Ring Road Trail]] provide facilities for recreational and commuting cyclists.
==Sport==
[[Glenroy Football Club]], an [[Australian rules football]] team, competes in the [[Essendon District Football League]]. The club was founded in 1946.<ref name = "footy">{{Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Glenroy | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/glenroy.htm | accessdate = 15 April 2009 }}</ref>
Golfers play at the course of the Northern Golf Club on Glenroy Road.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Northern | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=352 | accessdate = 11 May 2009 }}</ref>
Glenroy is home to the Glenroy Cricket Club, who compete in the VTCA. The club shares their home ground with the Glenroy Football Club and is located on the north-east corner of the Northern Golf Club, on Glenroy Road.
Glenroy is home to professional track star Mina Eskander. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}
==Landmarks and notable places==
The following places in Glenroy are listed in the [[Victorian Heritage Register]]:
* [http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page_239.asp?ID=239&submit_action=ss H0128 Gowrie, 63-65 Gowrie Street, Glenroy]
The following places are covered by [[Heritage Overlay]] controls in the Moreland Planning Scheme:
* HO205 2 Churchill Street, Glenroy - House
* HO209 127 Glenroy Road, Glenroy - House
* HO210 139 Glenroy Road, Glenroy - House
* HO211 149 Glenroy Road, Glenroy - "Minnawarra"
* HO212 9 Grandview Street, Glenroy - House
* HO213 Hartington Street (cnr Melbourne Avenue), Glenroy - Electricity Substation
* HO222 34 Finchley Avenue, Glenroy
* HO223 Plumpton Avenue, Glenroy - Former St. Matthew's church, c. 1908
* HO225 6 Salisbury Street, Glenroy - "Taringa"
* HO226 21 South Street, Glenroy - Kingsley College (Huningtower)
* HO230 11 Tudor Street, Glenroy - "Buangor"
* HO234 92 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy - Shop
* HO235 139 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy - Shop and dwelling
* HO236 32 Widford Street (cnr Melbourne Avenue), Glenroy - "Wiseman House"
* HO237 73 Plumpton Avenue, Glenroy - Dwelling
==See also==
* [[City of Broadmeadows]] - the former local government area of which Glenroy was a part
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040511081419/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/glenroy.html Australian Places - Glenroy]
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[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
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