Derrimut, Victoria

"Derrimut" redirects here. For the Indigenous Yalukit-willam clan headman, see Derrimut (Indigenous Australian).

Derrimut Melbourne, Victoria
Derrimut
Population:	1501 (2006)[1]
Postcode:	3030
Location:	18 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Brimbank
State District:	Derrimut
Federal Division:	Gorton
Suburbs around Derrimut: Ravenhall Deer Park Ardeer Truganina Derrimut Sunshine West Truganina Laverton North

Derrimut is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. At the 2006 Census, Derrimut had a population of 1501.

Derrimut is a newly developed suburb in Melbourne. Currently it is booming with new housing and industrial estates. It is named after Derrimut, a nineteenth century Aboriginal Elder. Derrimut Post Office opened on 1 June 1866 in the rural area, but closed in 1918.^[2]

The area was home to the "Mount Derrimut" field station of the University of Melbourne from 1964 to 1996 [1]. It focused on agriculture. The site was also used by the Western Institute to deliver courses in the late 1980s. Before being used by the University, it was used by ICI (now Orica) for training and conference purposes. The site is now occupied by the Sunshine Golf Club, the course opened in November 2007.

See also

• City of Sunshine - the former local government area of which Derrimut was a part.
• Electoral district of Derrimut

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Derrimut (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21223&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-26. 
2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 

Coordinates: 37°47′42″S 144°45′58″E / 37.795°S 144.766°E / -37.795; 144.766