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	Melton South, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Melton South (Postcode: 3338) is a locality within Melton township.
		It is defined as the area of Melton that is south of the Western Freeway and incorporates the area north of Coburns Road; the housing estates of Brookfield and Brookfield Acres.
		Rail is the major form of public transport connecting Melton Township with the Melbourne central business district and suburbs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melton_South (226 words)

	Melton and Melton South, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melton is on undulating basaltic and alluvial plains, dissected by the Toolern and other creeks which enter the Werribee River to the south of the township.
		Melton South was chosen for a campus of the Western Institute (later Victoria University of Technology) in 1987.
		The Melton shire was expanded on 15 December, 1994, by the addition of the Diggers Rest area in Bulla shire and part of Werribee shire.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/meltonandmeltonsouth.html (988 words)

	Oliver Hume Real Estate Group - Melton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Shire of Melton is on the western edge of metropolitan Melbourne.
		The Shire encompasses a number of growing localities including Brookfield, Burnside, Caroline Springs, Hillside, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Melton West and Taylors Hill.
		Melton is an innovative Shire with a number of new initiatives being undertaken, aimed to benefit new residents.
	www.oliverhume.com.au /l_melton.html (471 words)

	Only Melbourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Shire of Melton in Melbourne, Australia, is one of the fastest growing urban areas in Melbourne's Western Region.
		Melton Shire Council is offering a range of incentives to international investors and developers who are contemplating establishing manufacturing operations in Australia.
		Melton, located on the Western Highway giving direct access to Adelaide and Perth, is 35 minutes by freeway from the centre of Melbourne, Melbourne International Airport, the Hume Highway to Sydney, Avalon (international freight) Airport and the Port of Geelong.
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au /print.php?id=2485 (198 words)

	VLGA - member council links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Shire's main towns are Daylesford/Hepburn Springs with 3,500 residents, Creswick with 2,480 residents, Clunes with 920 residents and Trentham with 710 residents, Small Towns and Rural Areas 6,710.
		The Shire is the third fastest growing non-metropolitan municipality in the State and is predicted to be the second fastest by the year 2000.
		Approximately 80% of the Shire’s population lives in the 10% of the Shire that is classed as urban, while the remaining population is unevenly dispersed throughout the remaining area within some 50 plus townships, small communities and rural areas.
	www.vlga.org.au /council.html (3634 words)

	Our Region: Melton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melton, created as a district in 1862 and proclaimed in 1871, is a young and vibrant community with 84% of the Shire’s population aged under 45 years.
		With a population of approximately 55 000, which is expected to rise to 65 000 by 2011, it is estimated that 10% of Melton’s residents live in rural areas.
		Melton is the hub of a region extending from Geelong through to Werribee, Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh and Sunbury.
	www.jobsacc.org.au /melton.htm (132 words)

	Melton Shire Council - About Shire of Melton
		The Shire of Melton is a vibrant, rapidly growing community providing an urban-rural lifestyle with close access to Melbourne, major transport routes and an extensive range of services for the community, visitors and local businesses.
		Melton's immediate environment is perfectly suited to recreational activities such as golf, bike riding, pony and hunt clubs, soccer, tennis, skate-boarding, football, rugby, cricket and hockey.
		Melton also has world-class aquatic facilities - water-skiing at Melton Weir (Exford Weir), and Australia's first indoor wave pool - a great place for all the family.
	www.melton.vic.gov.au /Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=55&h=1&p=1 (294 words)

	Incentives for Sustainable Land Management - Revised Edition: Part C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cooloola Shire is a recently amalgamated area centred on the town of Gympie, and covers an area of 297,300 hectares.
		Melton Council, in partnership with the National Landcare Program and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, has been involved in a two-year project to map its noxious weeds, to ascertain the success of the Environmental Enhancement Policy and estimate the movement of weeds.
		The extent and degree of further success the Melton project can expect may be related to the ability and enthusiasm of land managers to extend innovation in land protection and management beyond weed control to other conservation initiatives with benefits for biodiversity conservation.
	www.deh.gov.au /land/publications/incent/partc.html (6321 words)

	mfhg
		Melton Family History Group Inc. was formed in 1994 to satisfy the needs of people in Melton who were researching their family histories and who wanted to share their discoveries, their problems and the expertise they had developed.
		Melton Family History Group run a series of workshops on various aspects of family history research at the Melton Library.
		Melton Family History Group held its Annual General Meeting at the library early this month.
	www.meltonfhg.homestead.com /mfhg.html (722 words)

	My Help
		Melton is a Shire located 40km west of Melbourne.
		The Shire has rapidly expanding urban areas resulting in competing land use with agriculture and thoroughbred horse breeding as well as conservation zones relating to native forest and grassland species.
		Soil erosion is particularly prevalent in the foot hill regions of the Shire.
	www.une.edu.au /ecosys/arsc6/arsc6web.html (2784 words)

	Shire of Melton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Shire of Melton is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia.
		It is located in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne.
		Suburbs within the boundary of the shire include:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shire_of_Melton (91 words)

	Elders Real Estate MELTON
		Melton is a developing town situated just 35mins travelling time from the City Centre (Melbourne) and has easy access to airports, national roads and rail networks.
		Melton is usually known for its rural living by most, however, the town is equipped with modern Recreational Facilities, Quality, Educational Facilities, Transport, Entertainment and open Air Leisure Opportunities.
		This area is expected to cater for the bulk of new residential development in the Shire of Melton over a period and will be one of the fastest growing areas in Melbourne’s Metropolitan.
	www.elders.com.au /branch/region_profile.php?branch_id=512 (155 words)

	Australia's National Local Government Newspaper Online >> Editions > 2001 > November
		Melton is ideally located as the gateway to these areas on the Western Highway 30 kilometres from Melbourne.
		After negotiations with the Department of Justice and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Melton Shire Council won the right to manage the Melton Courthouse as a historic building, and put it to good use.
		With tourism developing in Melton Shire and surrounding districts, Council believes this is an appropriate time for the opening of a Visitor Information Centre in Melton Township.
	www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net /editions/2001/november/melton.shtml (274 words)

	Melton Community Housing Association feasibility s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The study was commissioned by the Shire of Melton to assess the feasibility of establishing a community housing association to assist the future development of community housing in the Melton area.
		The report establishes the terms upon which a community housing association could be self-financing within a three year period and provides a basis for a business plan to guide the development of a community housing association to be finalised by the end of 1994.
		A core group of interested people, including Shire representatives, indicated a willingness to form the committee of the housing asociation and move forward into stage two.
	www.infoxchange.net.au /HHR/rip117.htm (349 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Bracks Government has announced the growing new suburbs in the east of Melton Shire will benefit from a new $5.5 million indoor sporting complex to be built at Caroline Springs.
		Mr Haermeyer said the grant would cater for the growing communities in the eastern parts of Melton Shire, which had a current population of almost 30,000 residents.
		This funding will be available to Melton Shire Council to commence the Sports Complex from July 2005 onwards.
	www.vic.alp.org.au /media/0205/20006194.html (432 words)

	Department for Victorian Communities - In the Community - Mornington Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Participants at DVC’s ninth In the Community event held in Melton on Friday 15 October 2004 had an overwhelmingly positive response to the case studies presented as part of the day’s activities.
		Their presentation described how a high level of community ownership and involvement has played a key factor in planning the development of a vibrant town centre for one of Melbourne’s newest suburbs Caroline Springs.
		Transport was one of the major issues identified, especially improving public transport options to link outer lying areas of the Shire to central Melton.
	www.dvc.vic.gov.au /ministers/inthecommunity_melton.htm (483 words)

	State Emergency Service Melton Unit - Melton CommunityGuide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Melton SES provides a 24 hour, 7 day a week free Emergency Response service to the residents of the Shire of Melton.
		Melton SES is charged with the reponsibility of responding to General Rescue situations as well as, Storms, Floods, Building Damage, Search and Rescue, 4X4 incidents,
		The Shire of Melton is located in Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and includes the local suburbs of Brookfield, Burnside, Buttlejorrk, Caroline Springs, Chartwell, Diggers Rest, Emerald Downs, Exford, Eynesbury, Hillside, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton East, Melton South, Melton West, Moreton, Mount Cottrell, Plumpton, Ravenhall, Rockbank, Sydenham West, Taylors Hill, Toolern Vale, Westmelton, & surrounding areas.
	www.melton.communityguide.com.au /community.cfm?/melton/site/communitygroups/serviceclubs/meltonses (245 words)

	RDU magazine online
		Past President Graham Dempsey, of the Rotary Club of Melton Valley, Vic., was named Citizen of the Year in recognition of his service to the community through Local Government, support for young people through various organisations and his role in beautification schemes by donating native plants.
		She was the first woman president of the Melton club and has served people in the district through council committees on waste management and beautification.
		Past President Graham Dempsey, of the Rotary Club of Melton Valley, Vic., and Past President Olga Hilton, of the Rotary Club of Melton, Vic., received Australia Day awards from the Mayor of the Shire of Melton Councillor Garry Stock.
	www.rotarnet.com.au /Magazine/articles/APRIL04/37.html (684 words)

	1999 Governance Poll of Shire of Melton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Do you wish the Shire of Melton to be administered by appointed commissioners or by elected councillors?
		The Shire of Melton will continue to be administered by Commissioners appointed by the Victorian Government, as is presently the case.
		The Shire of Melton would return to councillors elected by eligible voters, as is the case in other councils in Victoria.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~webnet/melton/meltgp99.htm (258 words)

	Melton Maulers - G.K.R. Karate
		The Melton Maulers is part of Region 6 and we are situated in Melton in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne in Australia.
		The Melton Maulers is a family oriented Dojo, with Mum, Dad and the kids coming along each day to have fun as well as learning self defense and the discipline of Karate.
		The later class is ideal for the higher grades and for the more adult members of the club, with more full focus work, including higher grade kata and kumite.
	member.melbpc.org.au /~alexmacc/about/about.htm (220 words)

	ALGIS Innovation Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1996/97, total value of the Rural Rebate in Melton Shire was $1.4 million - a major commitment of Council to improved land management.
		Melton Shire Council is the first municipality in Australia to implement such an innovative approach to improvement of land within its boundaries.
		The Commonwealth Bank congratulates Whittlesea Council as the year 2000 winner of the National Innovation Award in dramatically improving summer fire prevention by use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inverell for achieving substantial savings in constructing the Inverell swimming pool.
	www.parklane.com.au /scripts/citynet/aw_get.oci?code=6420 (215 words)

	Heavy rain causes flooding in Melbourne area. 02/02/2005. ABC News Online
		However, the shire of Melton, west of Melbourne, has been hardest hit with rising flood waters running off farmland into residential areas.
		Most of Melton and surrounding areas have been affected.
		Creeks have overflowed onto roads and the Melton State Emergency Service is warning motorists to take care.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200502/s1294688.htm (197 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		PROGRAM AREA Melton Pathways Program ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AREA Melton is an outer metropolitain community with an annual growth rate of 6.7%, one of the highest in Victoria.
		Most of the Melton population is young; 82% of the population is under 45 years.
		OVERVIEW The Melton Pathways Program is an integrated community program involving the Melton Shire (youth services, health and the Melton Youth Advisory Network), Schools, Adult Community Education (Djerriwarrh) and Victoria University, to meet the needs of Post Compulsory young people at risk of leaving school or who have recently left school.
	www.det.vic.gov.au /postcomp/pathways/docs/phase2/Melton.doc (690 words)

	Media Release: FUNDING BOOST FOR NEW STADIUM AT CAROLINE SPRINGS
		The Minister for Sport and Recreation, Justin Madden joined Caroline Springs’; resident and Member for Kororoit, André Haermeyer in announcing funding of $500,000 to Melton Shire Council to help build the stadium.
		“The Melton Shire is one of the fastest growing areas in the state.
		“Melton Shire, together with partners Mowbray College, the Department of Education and Training and Delfin, will contribute the balance of the $5.5m funding required to realise the new complex project.
	www.dpc.vic.gov.au /domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/8fc6e140ef55837cca256c8c00183cdc/12175e33bdf35aa1ca256fa00083b4e5?OpenDocument (380 words)

	Welcome to the Melton Motor Sport Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Melton Motor Sports Club in conjunction with CAMS Junior Development went off with out a hitch last month with around 28 juniors coming out for a fun filled.
		We had the Melton Shire Mayor out there aswell which was great for the club as the Shire was behind aswell the Melton Police.
		All the juniors enjoyed the day especially the chance to get behind a motor vehicle in a safe environment which gave a little bit of confidence to go and fast or as slow as they wanted.
	members.optusnet.com.au /mmsc/welcome_to_the_melton_motor_sports.htm (261 words)

	Victoria University - Community Forum to be held on Melton Learning Precinct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Victoria University will host a FREE community forum to discuss the Melton Learning Precinct's philosophy and proposed activities on Monday November 29, 2004.
		The Melton Learning Precinct, which is a partnership between Melton Shire Council and Victoria University, was launched earlier this month.
		Victoria University Melton Campus Head, Professor Ron Adams said: "The forum is open to teachers, students and everyone interested in education in the Melton community."
	www.vu.edu.au /home/Media_Releases/Community_Forum_to_be_held_on_Melton_Learning_Precinct?printView=true (210 words)

	VIC Melton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, despite its dramatic growth, Melton has retained a clean country atmosphere with a high quality semiurban character and lifestyle.
		The urban area is surrounded by an extremely interesting region of undulating grassy plains, the Werribee and Lerderderg Gorge, the Wombat State Forest and Djerriwarrh Creek, and a view of the Great Dividing Range.
		Rural Melton can best be described as the horse capital of Victoria with its large population of top harness racing operators and for being one of the nation's foremost thoroughbred breeding grounds.
	www.allsydney.com /vic/Melton.htm (157 words)

	Office For Youth - Grants - Local Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Grants are given to programs, activities/events, or facilities that will assist in the ongoing development or maintenance of the recreational, social, and cultural needs of the citizens of Latrobe City, thus contributing to the overall development of the municipality.
		Northern Grampians Shire offers thousands of dollars in grant assistance every year with grant programs that cover youth and young people, community projects and events.
		The Surf Coast Shire Minor Community Grants program provides up to $1,000 to support local projects and activities, which contribute to the diversity of our local communities and foster local involvement.
	youth.vic.gov.au /grants/localgov2.htm (2247 words)

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