Bell Park, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Bell Park
city = Geelong
state = vic

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caption = Bell Park in 1863, near the homestead of Captain John Bell.
lga = City of Greater Geelong
postcode = 3215
pop = 4651 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC22006 | name = Bell Park (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area = 2.8
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/Public/SuburbReport.aspx?searchTerm=3215 $230,000] (2006)
stategov = Geelong
fedgov = Corio
near-nw =
near-n = Lovely Banks
near-ne = Norlane
near-w = Bell Post Hill
near-e = North Geelong
near-sw =
near-s = Hamlyn Heights
near-se = West Geelong
dist1 = 3
location1= Geelong

Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located 3km north-west of the Geelong city centre and is bordered to the north by the Ballarat rail line, to the east by Thompson Road, to the south by the Midland Highway and to the west by Anakie Road.

History

Bell Park was named after the Bell Park homestead built by the early settler, John Bell. Settlement began in the early 1950s with many settlers coming from European countries after World War II. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1953. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ] Part of Bell's homestead is preserved at the Grace McKellar Centre. The largest ethnic groups present in Bell Park are Macedonian, Croatian and Ukrainian Fact|date=September 2007. There are two Ukrainian churches in Bell Park - one Orthodox and one Catholic.

Facilities

As of 2008, there are three shopping strips in Bell Park. The strip along Milton Street has a newsagency, hairdresser, day spa, bottle shop, Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative, post office, hardware store, butcher, barber, bakery and small supermarket. The strip on Hughes Street has a greengrocer, bargain shop, butcher, supermarket, pharmacy, hairdresser. The strip along Separation Street has a stationer, pharmacy, butcher, 2 hairdressers, Chinese takeout, real estate agent, optometrist, a milk bar, fish and chips, florist, Tattslotto agent, cake shop, a bank, chicken shop, discount supermarket, Croatian club and Chinese restaurant.

Bell Park is home to five different schools: North Geelong Secondary College, Western Heights College (Barton campus), Nelson Park School, Bell Park North Primary School and Holy Family Catholic Primary School.

The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League. Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Bell Park | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Bell_Park.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-25 ]

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040511082208/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/bellpark.html Australian Places - Bell Park]
* [http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Visiting%5FGeelong/Towns/Bell%5FPark/ City of Greater Geelong - Bell Park]