# Ravenhall, Victoria

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**Ravenhall** is a suburb in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia), 20 km (12 mi) west of Melbourne's [Central Business District](/source/Melbourne_City_Centre), located within the [City of Melton](/source/City_of_Melton) [local government area](/source/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria). Ravenhall recorded a population of 2,295 at the [2021 census](/source/2021_Australian_census).[1]

An outer suburban locality that adjoins the Melbourne metropolitan area, Ravenhall is located south of the [Western Freeway](/source/Western_Freeway_(Victoria)) and the suburb of [Caroline Springs](/source/Caroline_Springs,_Victoria). To the east, outside the City of Melton boundary is the Melbourne suburb of [Deer Park](/source/Deer_Park,_Victoria). The locality is named after the Ravenhall Munitions Siding, established during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). Ravenhall siding was named after [George E Ravenhall](/source/George_E_Ravenhall), a Commonwealth public servant of 46 years in the Defence Department, the Munitions Department and then executive officer of the dangerous cargoes movements section, Department of Supply and Shipping.[2]

The nearest railway station to Ravenhall is , located on Christies Road. As part of the [Regional Rail Link](/source/Regional_Rail_Link) project a bridge was built over the railway line on Christies Road to protect the nearby [Boral Quarry](/source/Boral) from being isolated by the tracks. Part of the Regional Rail Link, which branches off from the Robinsons Road [level crossing](/source/Level_crossing) in Deer Park and forms the new section of the [Geelong line](/source/Geelong_V/Line_rail_service), runs through Ravenhall.

The [Metropolitan Remand Centre](/source/Metropolitan_Remand_Centre), a maximum security prison, is located in Ravenhall. [Ravenhall Correctional Centre](/source/Ravenhall_Correctional_Centre), a medium-security male prison, is also located in Ravenhall.

In June 2013, former [Governor](/source/Governor_of_California) of the [U.S.](/source/United_States) State of [California](/source/California) and actor [Arnold Schwarzenegger](/source/Arnold_Schwarzenegger) visited a 24-hour gym in Ravenhall, and was presented with the keys to the City of Melton by Mayor Kathy Majdlik.[3]

## See also

- [Melton, Victoria](/source/Melton,_Victoria)

## References

1. ["PERSONAL."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22315046). *[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne))*. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 20 July 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

1. Melton Leader Newspaper, June 18, 2013, page 8

Clayton, Mark (29 November 2020). ["Blast from the past"](https://aeromuseums.org/blast-from-the-past/). *Australian Aeronautical Heritage*

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