![]() In 1859, the Pentridge District Road Board was formed to get roads built in the area, the start of local government for the area. In 1858, water mains from Yan Yean were connected and the first local paper, the Brunswick and Pentridge Press, was started. With the Victorian gold rush in the 1850s, the population of the area grew rapidly. Twenty one farms were in the area by 1849. In 1842, the first inn, The Golden Fleece, was built on Sydney Road just north of Page Street. The house he built in 1842 or 1843 is now known as Wentworth House, and is the oldest known private dwelling in Victoria still standing on its original site and the fifth oldest building in Victoria. ![]() In 1841, he also bought land called 'La Rose' in what is now known as Pascoe Vale South. ![]() ĭr Farquhar McCrae, a wealthy surgeon, purchased 600 acres (2.4 km 2) in the area which he called Moreland. It was named after the birthplace of Foot's wife: Pentridge, Dorset, England. In 1840, the village was named Pentridge by a surveyor called Henry Foot, who lived and worked near Merri Creek. Hoddle marked out a 327-acre (1.3 km 2) village reserve with two roads for the district: Bell Street West and Pentridge Road, later called Sydney Road. The Wurundjeri had a religious relationship to their land, participating in corroborees and sacred ceremonies on Merri Creek.Ĭoburg was first surveyed by Robert Hoddle in 1837 – 1838, and he recorded that a Mr Hyatt had a sheep station and hut on the east bank of the Merri Creek, near present Outlook Road. Prior to European settlement, the area around Coburg and Merri Creek was occupied by the Woiwurrung speaking Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Coburg is designated one of 26 Principal Activity Centres in the Melbourne 2030 Metropolitan Strategy.Ĭoburg Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station, used from 1925 to 1992 Īlthough most of Coburg is within the City of Merri-bek, a handful of properties on Elizabeth Street, Coburg's eastern boundary, are located in the City of Darebin.Ĭoburg's boundaries are Gaffney Street and Murray Road in the north, Elizabeth Street and Merri Creek in the east, Moreland Road in the South and Melville Road, Devon Avenue, Sussex Street and West Street in the west. Coburg recorded a population of 26,574 at the 2021 census.
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