Olinda, Victoria
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Olinda is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. It is covered by the electorates of Casey and La Trobe.
Olinda is named after Olinda Creek, which begins in the township. The creek was named in 1858 after Alice Olinda Hodgkinson, the daughter of Clement Hodgkinson, Victoria's acting Surveyor General. The town was initially a logging settlement, however as land was made available for horticulture in the early 1900s, the town began to grow substantially. Berry farming, dairying, and flower growing became prosperous industries, and tourism soon flourished as the principle industry of Olinda.
It is home to cafes, restaurants (including the famous Cuckoo and Kenloch establishments), antique and craft shops, and numerous art galleries, showcasing local, national, and international artists, in such areas as sculpture and painting. It has a public golf course, public swimming pool, a primary school, and is home to the National Rhododendron Garden and the Olinda state Forest. The Ashendene Boys Home was located in Olinda.
In 1919 the Australian artist Sir Arthur Streeton returned to Australia and built a house on the property called Longacres, in Olinda.
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| Melbourne suburbs near Olinda (Shire of Yarra Ranges) | ||
| The Basin | Mount Dandenong | Silvan |
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| Sassafras | Kallista | Monbulk
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Badger Creek |
Belgrave |
Belgrave Heights |
Belgrave South |
Chirnside Park |
Chum Creek |
Coldstream |
Dixons Creek |
Don Valley |
Ferntree Gully Upper |
Ferny Creek |
Gruyere |
Healesville |
Kallista |
Kalorama |
Kilsyth |
Launching Place |
Lilydale |
Macclesfield |
Menzies Creek |
Millgrove |
Monbulk |
Montrose |
Mooroolbark |
Mount Dandenong |
Mount Evelyn |
Narre Warren East |
Olinda |
Sassafras |
Selby |
Seville |
Seville East |
Sherbrooke |
Silvan |
Tecoma |
The Patch |
Tremont |
Upwey |
Wandin East |
Wandin North |
Warburton |
Warburton East |
Wesburn |
Woori Yallock |
Yarra Glen |
Yarra Junction |
Yellingbo |
Yering
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