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6 unusual facts about Sandringham


Lan Fu

An investigation by the Weekend Australian found that Lan Meng, then 18, was living in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham from November 1999 until November 2000.

Michael Atchison

He was born in Sandringham, Victoria and moved to South Australia with his family in 1939.

Sandringham Sabres

Sandringham Sabres is a professional basketball team from Sandringham, Australia that plays in the ABA.

Sandringham, New South Wales

It was changed to Lady Robinson’s Beach in 1874 to honour the wife of Governor Sir Hercules Robinson.

Sandringham, Victoria

Brad Hodge - Australian Test Cricketer and former captain of the Victorian Bushrangers.

Tim Flannery, scientist and Australian of the Year 2007, grew up in Sandringham in the 1950s.


Charles Edward Hubbard

In April 1920, Hubbard left the Sandringham Estate to join the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, initially working in the temperate house and arboretum.

Clumber Spaniel

Prince Albert, the Prince consort of Queen Victoria, was a fancier and promoter of the breed, as was his son King Edward VII, who bred them at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Craigieburn railway line

In May 1919, Flinders Street to Essendon, along with the Sandringham line, became the first line to be electrified in Melbourne, apart from a test installation on the Flemington Racecourse line.

Flitcham, Norfolk

Olav V (2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) who was the King of Norway from 1957, was Born in Appleton House, Flitcham, Sandringham estate, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud, (daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom), he was given the names and title of Alexander Edward Christian Frederik, Prince of Denmark.

Melbourne Bus Link

923 Westfield Southland - St Kilda light rail station via Brighton Beach station, Sandringham station & Cheltenham station (Daily)

Moorabbin Football Club

Moorabbin exacted its revenge the following year, beating Sandringham twice in the finals in 1963, including a 64-point win in the Grand Final under coach, Graham Dunscombe, who was appointed mid-season.

Peter Bell

Peter R. Bell (born 1954), Australian rules footballer, played for St Kilda and Sandringham

Richard Toy

Toy's best known churches are in Auckland and include the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, St Martin's at St Chad's in Sandringham and All Saints in Ponsonby.

Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes

Fellowes is the son of Scots Guards Major Sir William (Billy) Fellowes, the Queen's Land Agent at Sandringham, and of his wife Jane Ferguson, daughter of Brigadier-General AFH Ferguson (great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York).

Sandringham House

The property stood alone, surrounded by forested parkland in Flitcham, Norfolk, adjacent to Sandringham.

Sandringham railway line

In September 1887, the Brighton line was extend to Sandringham.

St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham

Members of the royal family attend services when in residence at Sandringham, which normally includes Christmas.

Sydney Orbital Network

Land is still reserved north of this point through Sandringham, and south through the Royal National Park.

Tom Dascombe

Tom's biggest successes at Manor House Stables came in 2011 at Royal Ascot when Rhythm Of Light and Brown Panther (who later finished second in the 2011 St. Leger Stakes) won the Sandringham Listed Handicap and the King George V Handicap Stakes on consecutive days and in 2012 when Ceiling Kitty won the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Windsor railway station, Melbourne

Sandringham line - all stations and limited express services to Sandringham


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