# Oaklands Junction

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**Oaklands Junction** is a bounded locality in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia), 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Melbourne's [Central Business District](/source/Melbourne_central_business_district), located within the [City of Hume](/source/City_of_Hume) [local government area](/source/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria). Oaklands Junction recorded a population of 439 at the [2021 census](/source/2021_Australian_census).[1]

Oaklands Junction is located beyond the Melbourne metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary.[2]

## History

Oaklands Junction appears to get its name from the [Oaklands Hunt Club](/source/Oaklands_Hunt_Club), which was established in 1888.[3]

Oaklands Junction Post Office opened on 1 January 1865 and closed in 1971.[4]

Oaklands Park, a housing estate located on Konagaderra Road in the north-east corner of the suburb, was constructed in 1997.[5]

## See also

- [Shire of Bulla](/source/Shire_of_Bulla) – Oaklands Junction was previously within this former local government area.

## References

1. [Urban Growth Boundary map](http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/melbourne2030online/content/popups/fig_ip02_01.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110405141728/http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/melbourne2030online/content/popups/fig_ip02_01.html) 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Oaklands Junction"](https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01074b.htm). *eMelbourne*. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

1. Phoenix Auctions History, ["Post Office List"](http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Oaklands*Junction*), retrieved 15 February 2021

1. Ryan, Denise (30 March 1997). "The country life". *[The Age](/source/The_Age)*. p. 19.

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