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The area was originally called
Darlington, from at least 1860 to about 1890. The area originally known as Albion was directly west of Duke Street, as can be noted by the many streets there named after English counties and placenames –
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lies on the eastern edge of Albion, close to
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fame who bought land to develop a residential community for his workers in first decades on the 20th century. His concept for
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began its operations in the area. The disused Albion quarry, accessed from Hulett Street in Albion, was the location for
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but closed a year later. It was not until 1919 that a new station was opened on the same site with the name
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Flour Mill built in 1922. It is just to the south of
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The Gables now is) until it was consumed by fire and subsequently demolished.
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Cyclists in Albion are represented by BrimBUG, the
Brimbank
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provides the western border for Albion. Along it runs the
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The John
Darling & Son flour mill in Albion, Victoria.
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service the suburb and Albion station. These include:
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1003:Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC
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835:Albion railway station, Melbourne
368:Sunshine, Victoria § History
176:2.5 km (1.0 sq mi)
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1310:Suburbs of the City of Brimbank
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901:National Library of Australia,
868:Australian Bureau of Statistics
927:VICSIG Infrastructure – Albion
764:Western Region Football League
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1023:Brimbank City Council website
809:St Theresa's Catholic Church
793:Sunshine United Cricket Club
769:Other sports clubs include:
387:opened on 5 January 1860 as
184:14 km (9 mi) from
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762:team. They compete in the
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760:Australian rules football
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586:(every day). Operated by
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326:Central Business District
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815:Assemblies of God Church
812:Slovakian Baptist Church
663:Transit Systems Victoria
642:Transit Systems Victoria
621:Transit Systems Victoria
419:Sunshine Harvester Works
400:Albion Quarrying Company
168:43 m (141 ft)
1016:"Darling's Flour Mill"
965:Australian Place Names
876:2021 Census QuickStats
784:Sunshine Baseball Club
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636:– Deer Park North via
499:Albion railway station
1027:Brimbank City Council
736:Albion Primary School
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389:Albion and Darlington
333:local government area
328:, located within the
1305:Suburbs of Melbourne
945:on 18 September 2009
845:Kororoit Creek Trail
790:Polish Sports Centre
776:Community Soccer Hub
708:Kororoit Creek Trail
562:via Deer Park West,
488:John Darling and Son
463:Kororoit Creek Trail
453:Garden city movement
443:California bungalows
1069:Full Points Footy,
977:Wall, Mick (2012).
787:Sunshine Bowls Club
750:Sporting facilities
745:Albion Kindergarten
617:Port Phillip Prison
226:Federal division(s)
205:State electorate(s)
111:37.781°S 144.8145°E
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704:Bicycle User Group
521:Metropolitan buses
398:In March 1885 the
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696:Kinetic Melbourne
638:Deer Park station
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588:Kinetic Melbourne
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1229:Keilor Park
1211:Keilor East
1165:Calder Park
796:Ace GoKarts
756:Albion Cats
584:Elsternwick
477:Stony Creek
415:H. V. McKay
354:except for
337:2021 census
156:Postcode(s)
147:Established
132:2021 census
114: /
102:144°48′52″E
89:Coordinates
1299:Categories
1234:Kings Park
851:References
714:Facilities
676:Mordialloc
501:is on the
431:cul-de-sac
427:The Gables
127:Population
99:37°46′52″S
1239:St Albans
1170:Deer Park
1137:Albanvale
1056:"BrimBUG"
949:30 August
730:Education
568:Footscray
517:overlap.
494:Transport
408:Jailbreak
395:station.
322:Australia
314:Melbourne
212:St Albans
186:Melbourne
165:Elevation
30:Melbourne
1259:Sydenham
1244:Sunshine
1185:Hillside
1180:Derrimut
1160:Cairnlea
1152:Brooklyn
1083:15 April
1040:17 March
823:See also
688:Box Hill
680:Essendon
651:Sunshine
634:Sunshine
601:Laverton
597:Sunshine
564:Sunshine
543:Burnside
471:Brooklyn
352:Sunshine
318:Victoria
294:Sunshine
277:Sunshine
217:Laverton
181:Location
34:Victoria
1175:Delahey
910:6 March
881:19 July
678:SC via
580:Prahran
413:It was
362:History
243:Suburbs
32:,
1198:Keilor
1193:Kealba
1147:Ardeer
1142:Albion
1072:Albion
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659:Melton
615:, and
509:zones
393:Albion
375:Albion
356:Ardeer
310:Albion
273:Albion
269:Ardeer
231:Fraser
193:LGA(s)
72:Albion
25:Albion
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1085:2009
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