Population 12,000 (2011 census) Postcode(s) 3754 Elevation 159 m Postal code 3754 | Established 1844 State electorate(s) Yan Yean Founded 1844 Federal division Division of McEwen | |
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Location 26 km (16 mi) from Melbourne
10 km (6 mi) from Hurstbridge LGA(s) City of Whittlesea
Shire of Nillumbik | ||
Doreen is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government areas are the City of Whittlesea and the Shire of Nillumbik.
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Map of Doreen VIC 3754, Australia
Patrick Reid settled the area in 1844, calling it "Hazel Glen". The Post Office opened on 8 December 1870 as Hazelglen and was renamed Doreen in 1895.
The area has a community hall and a Country Fire Authority fire station.
Education
The area contains private schools (Plenty Valley Christian College), primary schools (St Paul the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Doreen Primary School, Laurimar Primary School and Hazel Glen College).
Suburban development
Doreen is unusual in that the eastern portion in the Shire of Nillumbik remains rural, being contiguous with the rural localities of Yarrambat and Nutfield. The western portion in the City of Whittlesea is contiguous with the suburbs of Mernda and South Morang and suburban development has proceeded. Yan Yean Road separates the two portions.
Residential development is of two kinds — rural residential estates and nurseries to the south, and a new residential estate, Laurimar, in the north with its emphasis on "semi-rural" living, being developed by Delfin, a subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation.
Doreen is very green and quite hilly and is surrounded by the foothills of the Yarra Ranges to the east and north and the forested banks of the Plenty River to the west. As part of it being on the urban fringe it has a wide variety of animal life including bird life. To the north is Yan Yean Reservoir, which is the oldest reservoir in Melbourne.