Glenroy, Victoria

The area was originally home to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, before British colonisation and settlement of the Melbourne area started in 1835.

The Glenroy Estate bounded by the Moonee Ponds Creek, Camp Road, the Northern Golf Club (inclusively) and Rhodes Parade, was purchased in Sydney in 1838 by speculators Hughes and Hosking. The Camerons may have owned it as part of a Run before survey or just leased it from the speculators, and are credited with giving Glenroy its name. However, Donald Angus Kennedy, who bought the estate in the mid-1840s, bestowed the name according to his 1864 obituary in The Argus. Kennedy's mother was Grace (née Cameron).{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreecircles.com/a-lot-of-bull-about-glenroy-melbourne-victoria-australia-62285.html|website=familytreecircles.com|title=A Lot of Bull About Glenroy? (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia|access-date=15 March 2015|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805200947/http://www.familytreecircles.com/a-lot-of-bull-about-glenroy-melbourne-victoria-australia-62285.html|url-status=live}}

Initial development in the area started with a small settlement around the North East railway line at the end of the 19th century, with the Glenroy Post Office opening on 22 October 1888.{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*glenroy* | access-date = 7 April 2021 }}

After World War II, significant development occurred when organisations such as Australian National Airways, the War Services Homes Commission and the Housing Commission of Victoria developed large areas of Glenroy. Residential development continued rapidly through the 1950s, and a Glenroy East Post Office opened in 1958 (closing in 1977).

On 15 December 1994, when the local government area of the City of Broadmeadows was abolished, suburbs south of the Western Ring Road, including Glenroy, were transferred to the City of Moreland (now City of Merri-bek).{{cite book |author=Australian Bureau of Statistics |author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf |title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification |date=1 August 1995 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |isbn=0-642-23117-6 |pages=7, 10 |accessdate=2007-12-16}}

On 25 August 2023, the 136-year-old Glenroy Post Office closed.{{Cite web |last=Seyfort |first=Serena |date=2023-08-04 |title=Hundreds protest against the closure of a Melbourne post office |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/glenroy-post-office-hundreds-protest-against-the-closure-of-a-melbourne-post-office/e4b905ba-9213-4373-b764-88fd82e68269 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=9NEWS}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, there were 23,792 people in Glenroy. 50.8% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Nepal 7.6%, India 5.2, Italy 3.1%, Pakistan 3.0% and Lebanon 2.3%. 41.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 8.3%, Nepali 7.8%, Italian 4.5%, Urdu 3.8% and Turkish 3.7%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 23.6%, No Religion 22.5%, Islam 18.7% and Hinduism 10.8%.

• 1891: 224
• 1921: 545
• 1947: 1,135
• 2001: 18,550
• 2006: 18,870
• 2011: 19,664
• 2016: 22,245

• Glenroy College{{Cite web |url=http://www.glenroycollege.vic.edu.au/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 August 2016 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806204605/http://www.glenroycollege.vic.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}
• Glenroy Central Primary School
• Glenroy Private
• Glenroy West Primary School
• Belle Vue Park Primary School
• St Thomas More's Primary School
• Penola Catholic College: Glenroy Campus (7-8)
• Glenroy Specialist School
• Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
• Ballerrt Murrup College
• Glenroy Private Islamic School
• Ilim College: Glenroy Campus

Seven bus routes service Glenroy:

• {{color box|9c9726|513|white}}: Eltham station – Glenroy station via Lower Plenty. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|513}}
• {{color box|00a54f|514|white}}: Eltham station – Glenroy station via Greensborough. Operated by Dysons.[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15589/514-eltham-glenroy-via-greensborough 514 Eltham - Glenroy via Greensborough] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117045123/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15589/514-eltham-glenroy-via-greensborough/ |date=17 January 2024 }} Public Transport Victoria
• {{color box|f68b1f|527|white}}: Gowrie station – Northland Shopping Centre via Murray Road. Operated by Ventura Bus Lines.{{cite PTV route|527}}
• {{color box|d7171f|534|white}}: Glenroy station – Coburg via Boundary Road and Sydney Road. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|534}}
• {{color box|015aaa|536|white}}: Glenroy station – Gowrie station via Gowrie Park. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|536}}
• {{color box|8c62aa|542|white}}: Roxburgh Park station – Pascoe Vale station via Meadow Heights, Broadmeadows and Glenroy. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|542}}
• Night Bus {{color box|f36421|951|white}}: Brunswick station – Glenroy station via West Coburg (operates Saturday and Sunday mornings only). Operated by Ventura Bus Lines.[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15585/951-brunswick-station-glenroy-station-via-west-coburg 951 Brunswick Station - Glenroy Station via West Coburg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127005831/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15585/951-brunswick-station-glenroy-station-via-west-coburg |date=27 January 2023 }} Public Transport Victoria

The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and the Western Ring Road Trail provide facilities for recreational and commuting cyclists.

Prominent road infrastructure is also provided, with Pascoe Vale Road running through the east of the suburb and the Western Ring Road forming the suburb's northern boundary. Other arterials within the suburb include Daley Street, Glenroy Road, Hilton Street, Plumpton Avenue, and Widford Street.

Glenroy is served by three railway stations at which Metro Trains operate services to and from the Melbourne CBD. Glenroy and Jacana stations are located on the Craigieburn line in the west of the suburb, whilst Gowrie station is located on the Upfield line, which forms part of the suburb's eastern boundary.

• Glenroy Football Club, an Australian rules football team, competes in the Essendon District Football League. The club was founded in 1946.{{Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Glenroy | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/glenroy.htm | access-date = 15 April 2009 | archive-date = 27 December 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081227070149/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/glenroy.htm | url-status = usurped }}
• Golfers play at the course of the Northern Golf Club on Glenroy Road.{{Citation | author = Golf Select | title = Northern | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=352 | access-date = 11 May 2009 | archive-date = 24 September 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090924151549/http://golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=352 | url-status = live }}
• Glenroy is home to The Glenroy Cricket Club, established in 1895, who compete in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association (VTCA). In 2004/05 they merged with the Glenroy Amateur Cricket Club (established 1972).{{Cite web |title=Glenroy Cricket Club |url=https://clubsearch.info/clubs-in-australia/c-listing/glenroy-cricket-club |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Club Search |language=en-US}} The club shares their home ground with the Glenroy Football Club and is located on the north-east corner of the Northern Golf Club, on Glenroy Road.
• Glenroy is home to professional track star Mina Eskander.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

The following places in Glenroy are listed in the Victorian Heritage Register:

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070620080319/http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page_239.asp?ID=239&submit_action=ss H0128 Gowrie, 63-65 Gowrie Street, Glenroy]

The following places are covered by Heritage Overlay controls in the Merri-bek Planning Scheme:

• HO205 2 Churchill Street, Glenroy – House
• HO209 127 Glenroy Road, Glenroy – House
• HO210 139 Glenroy Road, Glenroy – House
• HO211 149 Glenroy Road, Glenroy – "Minnawarra"
• HO212 9 Grandview Street, Glenroy – House
• HO213 Hartington Street (cnr Melbourne Avenue), Glenroy – Electricity Substation
• HO222 34 Finchley Avenue, Glenroy
• HO223 Plumpton Avenue, Glenroy – Former St. Matthew's church, c. 1908
• HO225 6 Salisbury Street, Glenroy – "Taringa"
• HO226 21 South Street, Glenroy – Kingsley College (Huningtower)
• HO230 11 Tudor Street, Glenroy – "Buangor"
• HO234 92 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy – Shop
• HO235 139 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy – Shop and dwelling
• HO236 32 Widford Street (cnr Melbourne Avenue), Glenroy – "Wiseman House"
• HO237 73 Plumpton Avenue, Glenroy – Dwelling

• Bobbie Lewis — Jockey
• The Janoskians — Pop music group
• The Crawford family — Murder victims

• City of Broadmeadows – Glenroy was previously within this former local government area.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20040511081419/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/glenroy.html Australian Places – Glenroy]

{{City of Merri-bek suburbs}}

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