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Manningham Civic Centre, Doncaster
The City of Manningham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the northeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 113 square kilometres. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 109,915.
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Manningham municipality was created on 15 December 1994 as part of a general restructure of Melbourne's local government boundaries. The new municipality contains the former City of Doncaster & Templestowe, but with Ringwood North ceded to the new City of Maroondah, and with Wonga Park annexed from the former Shire of Lillydale.
The name Bulleen, a nearby suburb, was proposed for the new municipality, as it was the name of the shire predating the City of Doncaster and Templestowe. Modern residents believed the name was too localised, so the name of one of the major roads was adopted. (Oddly, however, this road is localised, to the region between Bulleen and Doncaster.) The origin of Manningham Road's name is unconfirmed, but it would most likely be from the region of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, as the name Doncaster is also from Yorkshire.
Manningham is divided into four wards, each electing two councillors. Three of the wards are named after creeks in the area.
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- Andersons Creek Road
- Blackburn Road
- Bulleen Road
- Croydon Road
- Doncaster Road
- Eastern Freeway
- Elgar Road
- High Street
- Fitzsimons Lane
- Foote Street
- Jumping Creek Road
- Manningham Road
- Mitcham Road
- Northern Route:
- Reynolds Road
- Tindals Road
- Falconer Road
- Stintons Road
- Park Road
- Springvale Road
- Templestowe Road
- Thompsons Road
- Tram Road
- Warrandyte Road:
- Heidelberg-Warrandyte Road
- Warrandyte-Ringwood Road
- Wetherby Road
- Williamsons Road
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