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3 unusual facts about Oakleigh


Metropolitan Golf Club

In February 2009 the Club hosted the Women's Australian Open Championship, which marked 100 years of play on the course at Oakleigh.

Oakleigh, Victoria

The origins of the name of the suburb, "Oakleigh," is unclear, local historians have three main theories - that it was derived from she-oaks that grew near Scotchmans Creek; from "Oakleigh Park" an estate near Malvern Hills in England; or from Mrs. Oakley an early settler.

Ferntree Gully Road is a main route that residents take when travelling to Belgrave to have a ride on Puffing Billy.


Oakleigh Grammar

Oakleigh Grammar is an Independent Christian school located in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh.

Oakleigh Plate

The Oakleigh Plate is generally won by a good but not elite sprinter, although greats such as Schillaci (1992) have won this race.

Whetstone, London

Tass, the Soviet news agency, had a radio monitoring station at The Lodge, 13 Oakleigh Park North, and the British security agencies became aware that it was being used to track its activities.


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