Oaklands Junction, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

37°37′48″S 144°50′13″E / 37.6300°S 144.837°E / -37.6300; 144.837Population439 (2021 census)^[1]Postcode(s)3063Location

Localities around Oaklands Junction:
Wildwood	Clarkefield	Mickleham
Wildwood	Oaklands Junction	Yuroke
Bulla	Greenvale	Greenvale

Oaklands Junction is a bounded locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Oaklands Junction recorded a population of 439 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Oaklands Junction is located beyond the Melbourne metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary.^[2]

History

Oaklands Junction appears to get its name from the Oaklands Hunt Club, which was established in 1888.^[3]

Oaklands Junction Post Office opened on 1 January 1865 and closed in 1971.^[4]

Oaklands Park, a housing estate located on Konagaderra Road in the north-east corner of the suburb, was constructed in 1997.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Oaklands Junction (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ Urban Growth Boundary map Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Oaklands Junction". eMelbourne. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 15 February 2021
^ Ryan, Denise (30 March 1997). "The country life". The Age. p. 19.