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A non-funded all rounder page with news from local and outer community's of Melbourne, Victoria. The original local page! Like and share ! Ltd. In 1961 St.

Thomastown came into existence in 1848 when the Thomas family bought the land north of Melbourne for market gardening. Two years later, William Westgarth bought land north of Thomas' holding, which he made way for German settlers. Thomastown Post Office opened on 9 June 1862.[2] The Thomastown area attracted lots of farmers and horse-racing until World War II. In 1889, the Epping railway line open

ed and milk production and distribution grew during the 1930s when a German dairying family formed the Pura Dairy, ultimately to expand into Preston and became Metropolitan Dairies Pty. In 1947, a housing co-operative was formed 2 km. north in the suburb of Lalor. It wasn't long before residential development began at Thomastown. While German settlers already call this area home, more settlers moved in, mostly Italians and Macedonians. Clare's Primary School opened, followed by Thomastown Secondary College and then Thomastown West Primary School.

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