Junortoun VIC, 3551
Junortoun Real Estate: Suburb Profile
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If you're considering a move to Junortoun, keep reading for a brief history lesson to discover the lifestyle and what makes this suburb a worthy option.
Overview Junortoun is a rural and residential suburb of Bendigo in Victoria. It is along the McIvor Highway, 6 kilometres east of the Bendigo central business district.
Junortoun covers an area of 21.409 square kilometres and has a population of 3,300 people (2016 census). It is within the local government area of Greater Bendigo.
Living in Junortoun The Junortoun suburb has a Baptist Church, a CFA station, a general store, a pub, a hotel, a post office, various businesses and trades along the McIvor Highway, the Homebush Hall, and a caravan park. It also has an army training base. The Farmers Arms Hotel, built in 1896, used to stand in Junortoun, but it was gutted in 2009.
The Coolock campus of the Catholic secondary school, Catherine McAuley College, established by the Vincentian Fathers in 1954, is Junortoun. In 2013, the school was renamed Catherine McAuley College. The O'Keefe Rail Trail that used to run through the suburb has been converted into a multi-use path, typically for cycling and walking. Junortoun is a fast-growing residential suburb.
History of Junortoun The suburb of Junortoun was originally named Homebush after the Homebush Estate (owned by the Lazarus family) and the Homebush Hotel that is across the Farmers Arms Hotel at Junortoun.
The suburb was renamed Junortoun in 1912 to avoid confusing it with Homebush, New South Wales. Samuel Lazarus suggested that it be named after his wife, Mary Junor, but it was rejected because it was too similar to "Junee," New South Wales. It was later decided that "toun" would be added to "Junor." The Dja Dja Warrung people were the original inhabitants of this suburb.
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