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3 unusual facts about Burwood


Ashwood Football Club

Ashwood Football Club was formed during the 1980s by means of a merger between Burwood and Essex Heights Football Clubs.

Christian Brothers College, Burwood

Christian Brothers College, Burwood (CBC Burwood) was a Catholic high school located in Burwood, Sydney Australia.

HRR 98.5FM

HRR 98.5FM is a hard rock/heavy metal show on radio broadcasting from the studio of 2000FM from the suburb of Burwood, Australia.


Charles Prescott

In 1886 he was ordained as a minister and became the founding president and headmaster of the Wesleyan Ladies' College, Burwood.

Damien Ricketson

Ricketson has received commissions from: Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music; the Transit Festival (Belgium); The Song Company; the Australian Chamber Orchestra; Symphony Australia; Continuum Sax; ABC Classic FM; the Portuguese-based Drumming Grupo de Percussão and the MLC School Burwood.

Electoral district of Willoughby

With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Ryde along with Burwood and Gordon.

Gardiners Creek Trail

A pedestrian crossing passes over the road, and after crossing the creek on the road bridge the path continues north through Local History Park in Burwood to the intersection of McIntyre Street, Elgar Road, and Burwood Highway, near Presbyterian Ladies' College and the Burwood Campus of Deakin University.

Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne

On 29 September 1956 Lady Brooks, the wife of General Sir Dallas Brooks, Governor of Victoria, laid the foundation stone for the new school buildings at Burwood, and the Senior School moved in 1958.

Thomas Henley

Henley was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1904 representing Burwood as a member of the Liberal Reform Party, Liberal Party, Nationalist Party and United Australia Party until 1935, except for the period of proportional representation (1920–1927), when he was a member for Ryde.

VicRoads

The main VicRoads administration facility is located in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, on the site of the former Kew Railway Station, with other Melbourne offices in Hawthorn, Burwood, Sunshine and Camberwell.


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