Doncaster (Victoria)

Doncaster
Office building in Doncaster
State :  Australia State : Victoria City : Melbourne Founded : 1860s
Coordinates : 37 ° 47 ′  S , 145 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 47 ′  S , 145 ° 8 ′  E Area : 8.9  km²
Residents : 20,946 (2016) Population density : 2353 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3108 LGA : City of Manningham
Doncaster

Doncaster is a suburb of Melbourne in the state of Victoria in Australia .

The first settlers , mostly Germans, came in 1841, built the Protestant church in 1858 and a Protestant school in 1860. The Germans initially called their settlement " Waldau ", but the name Doncaster soon caught on - allegedly after John Robert Wilson from Doncaster ( Yorkshire ) opened his " Doncaster Arms Inn ". Doncaster has a partnership with the English city of Doncaster of the same name .

At first, vegetables and orchids were grown in Doncaster, but later fruit growing becomes more profitable. In 1911, 1,158 people lived in the village.

The former home of the first Lutheran pastor from Germany, Max von Schramm , is now part of the Rieschiecks reservation and the seat of the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society .

Web links

Commons : Doncaster, Victoria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Doncaster ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
2. ↑ Schramm's Cottage ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Victoria Street, Doncaster (English)  
3. ^ Website of the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society (English)