Bolinda, Victoria

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Bolinda /bəˈlɪndə/ is a locality north of Melbourne, Australia on the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. It is located 6 km south of Romsey, within the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

Bolinda Victoria
The Bolinda community hall
Bolinda
Coordinates	37°26′S 144°45′E
Population	185 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	3432
Elevation	385 m (1,263 ft)
Location	52 km (32 mi) from Melbourne 20 km (12 mi) N of Sunbury
LGA(s)	Shire of Macedon Ranges
State electorate(s)	Macedon
Federal division(s)	McEwen
Localities around Bolinda: Kerrie Monegeetta Springfield Riddells Creek Bolinda Darraweit Guim Riddells Creek Clarkefield Clarkefield

John Brock, one of the first British settlers in the Bolinda district, named his station Bullando Vale.^[2] However, it is not clear whether this is connected in any way to the present name. Rupert Clarke owned a property named Bolinda Vale, near Romsey^[3] which had been in his family, as squatters, from 1860 or earlier.^[4]

Bolinda Post Office opened on 12 June 1879 and closed in 1980.^[5]

The community today is centred on the primary school (established 1870), community hall and recreation reserve.

Bolinda was an intermediate stopping point on the Clarkefield-Lancefield railway which operated between 1881 and 1956.

The Bolinda Bridge, between Bolinda and Clarkefield