41-625: Ballarat Sport Events Centre , commercially named "Selkirk Stadium" , is an indoor multi-use sports complex located in the Eureka Sports Precinct at Wendouree , an outer suburb north of Ballarat in Australia. The facility was established in 1986 as a two-court indoor community netball stadium known as the Wendouree Netball Centre. During the early 2000s the popularity of Basketball, Netball and Badminton in
82-561: A five-year sponsorship and naming rights agreement for the centre was struck with Ballarat's Selkirk brickworks. On 12 and 13 April 2024, Selkirk Stadium hosted two Professional Wrestling Shows as part of the Starrcast Downunder Convention. The two shows were Mickie James' all-women's show "HER", and Bret Hart presents Australian Stampede. The complex today consists of: Since officially opening in July 2019,
123-752: A number of small office buildings. Newer industrial and commercial estates have recently commenced development on designated future growth zones to the West that will benefit from access to Ballarat's new western bypass road and planned redevelopment and expansion of the city's airport. Wendouree is home to Ballarat Grammar School in Forest Street and the Mount Rowan Secondary College. The suburb also has four primary schools (Wendouree, Forest Street, Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, and Yuille Park Community College). Ballarat Grammar
164-620: A partial stadium complex would be designed and built connecting to the existing Wendouree Netball Centre that would add four new indoor courts and include a 1500-seat main arena. This design was to make provision for future expansion as an eight court facility expanding the main arena to 3000 capacity once additional funding could be secured. Several months later, before construction commenced, the Australian Commonwealth Government granted $ 10 million (AUD) under its 'Regional Development Fund' enabling full completion of
205-598: A strategic component of the Ballarat Major Events Precinct Master Plan (Released in June 2015). The Master Plan being a formal document outlining a 10 year strategic plan for the development of the Eureka Sports Precinct including construction and development of the nearby Mars Stadium outdoor sports stadium as well as adjacent cricket ovals, pavilions and netball facilities. Under the joint local council and State funding arrangement,
246-490: A way that the historical character of the area remains intact. The original Wendouree West State School buildings were demolished in early 2007, with the new replacement school opening as Yuille Park Community College, the product of amalgamation with Yuille Primary School. The renewal program has also seen a lot of civic improvements including street-scaping, an upgrade of the shopping centre, new footpaths and fences, as well as new play equipment, toilets and barbecue facilities in
287-618: Is a large suburb on the north western rural-urban fringe of the city of Ballarat , in Victoria , Australia . It is the second most populated suburb in the City of Ballarat with a total of 10,376 inhabitants at the 2021 census . It is named after nearby Lake Wendouree , which derives its name from the Wathaurong word wendaaree , meaning "be off" (or "go away"). It incorporates the unofficial locality of Wendouree West. Wendouree has
328-890: Is a publicly owned service and part of the larger Queen Elizabeth Centres of the Ballarat Health Services. In Howitt Street near Wendouree Primary School is the Kelaston aged care centre and the Vision Australia Centre. Another facility, Mulvra Aged Care, is a privately run centre in Dowling Street, opposite the Wendouree Sports Complex. Along both Howitt and Gillies Streets are many medical practices, some offering specialist services, such as podiatry, paediatrics, pathology, and medical imagery. The Ballarat Day Procedure Centre
369-631: Is an independent Kindergarten to Year 12 school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia. It was opened by Bishop Green on the current site at the corner of Howitt and Forest Streets in 1911 as a school only for boys. In 1973 the school amalgamated with the Queens Grammar School for girls in Ballarat Central, with the girls making the move to the larger Wendouree campus. Mount Rowan Secondary College (located at
410-817: Is in Howitt Street near the intersection with Forest Street. Wendouree Veterinary Practice is also in Howitt Street. Child care and pre-school centres in Wendouree are located in College Street; Forest Street, near the Forest Street Primary School; Dare Street, as part of Ballarat Grammar School; Howitt Street, opposite the Day Procedure Centre; Gillies Street, opposite Weeramar Park; Norman Street, next to Weeramar Park; and Hazel Road. Adjoining Yuille Park College
451-604: Is located at the northern end of Forest Street near the secondary college. It opened in February 1966. Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Primary School is located on Gillies Street in the suburb's north-west. It was opened on 15 October 1961, with the foundation staff of Srs. Anne Gardan, Antoinette Russo, Paulinus Setford and Austin Connellan. Wendouree West Primary School (State School No 4701) opened in 1957. The Victorian Government Gazette 815 dated 26 September 1956 records
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#1732798160424492-559: Is serviced by several bus routes: Route 11 terminates at Wendouree Station. Ballarat Station to Wendouree Station via Drummond Street. Route 12 terminates at Wendouree Station. Ballarat Station to Wendouree Station via Midland Highway and Dowling Street. Route 31 terminates at Wendouree Station. Wendouree Station to Miners Rest via Learmonth Road. Route 10 stops at Wendouree Station. Ballarat Station to Alfredton via Wendouree and Midland Highway, Forest Street and Gillies Street. Ballarat Taxis operates in Wendouree and throughout Ballarat and offers
533-498: Is the Wendouree West Community House, a neighbourhood centre offering social opportunities, adult education courses, and programs specifically designed for children, for youth, for men and for women. The Wendouree Community Health Centre, located near the corner of Learmonth Road and Gillies Street, provides health information and counselling, as well as space for hire for local groups and events. Wendouree
574-660: Is used by the INSEE (the French statistics agency) to describe spaces—between the city and the countryside—that are shaped by the fragmented urbanisation of former rural areas in the urban fringe, both in a qualitative (e.g. diffusion of urban lifestyle) and in a quantitative (e.g. new residential zones) sense. It is frequently seen as a result of post-modernity . In science, the term was used initially in France and Switzerland . Peri-urban areas (also called urban space , outskirts or
615-571: The United States urban areas are defined as contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile, though in some areas the density may be as low as 500 per square mile. Urban areas also include outlying territory of less density if it is connected to the core of the contiguous area by road and within 2.5 road miles of that core, or within 5 road miles but separated by water or other undevelopable territory. Territory with population density below 1,000 people per square mile
656-456: The hinterland ) are defined by the structure resulting from the process of peri-urbanisation. It can be described as the landscape interface or ecotone between town and countryside, or also as the rural—urban transition zone where urban and rural uses and functions mix and often clash. It can thus be viewed as a new landscape type in its own right, one forged from an interaction of urban and rural land use . Its definition shifts depending on
697-729: The Ballarat region had significantly outgrown the capacity of existing stadia built during the 1970s at the nearby Hollioake Park sports complex. Heavy user demand from local sports competitions and the community at the ageing but well maintained and modernised Hollioake Park venues including the Ballarat Minerdome Basketball and the 'Ken Kay' Badminton Stadiums limited Ballarat's ability to accommodate additional major indoor sports competitions. This prompted combined regional councils and indoor sporting associations to collectively advocate for funding to re-develop and expand
738-664: The North of Wendouree. The Eureka sports precinct in the south-east comprises the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society Showgrounds, Eureka Stadium , North Ballarat No 2 oval, the Wendouree Football Oval (C. E. Brown Reserve), outdoor netball courts and the Ballarat Sports and Events Centre . The latter is the home of Basketball and Netball in Ballarat. Other sports facilities include
779-543: The Wendouree Netball Centre into a major regional indoor multi-use sporting complex. After several years of lobbying for funding assistance, in 2015 the Victorian State government granted $ 9 million financial support in addition to the Ballarat Council's commitment of $ 5 million to ensure that some $ 14 million (AUD) would jointly fund the first stage of a new Ballarat Sports and Events Centre project as
820-572: The Wendouree West Recreation Reserve off Holly Grove, which has two competition grade soccer fields and a BMX track; the large Ring Road reserve; and a number of small reserves within residential areas. The Ballarat West Estate, later renamed as Wendouree West, was first planned in 1949 as a large public housing scheme of the Housing Commission of Victoria , to deal with the post-war housing shortage. Demand
861-662: The bank of the Swamp. He also built large tanks there and provided water for the town. Wendouree Post Office opened on 17 February 1871. Significant urban growth in Wendouree began shortly after the Second World War, encouraged by the development of industrial areas to the west. The Howitt Street shopping centre opened in 1962, and Wendouree Village shopping centre (now Stockland) opened in 1978. The landmark St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery in Gillies Street
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#1732798160424902-424: The complex. During the 2018 Victorian State election the Victorian State government committed a final grant of $ 5.2 million to modernise and re-skin the adjoining older Wendouree Netball Centre to integrate its design to complement the new facility. These monies also funding construction of outdoor three-on-three courts for community use, new sports clinic and strength and conditioning facilities. In January 2022
943-525: The corner of Forest Street and Giot Drive) is located at the northern end of the suburb opened in 1978 as the Wendouree High Technical School. Its name changed to Wendouree Secondary College in 1990. In 1993 the school was amalgamated with Ballarat East Secondary College (originally High School) and Midlands Secondary College (originally Ballarat North Technical School) to form Ballarat Secondary College. The new campus, like that of
984-449: The countryside around urban areas tends to be low with severance between areas of open land and poorly maintained woodlands and hedgerows with the scattered urban facilities. "Peri-urbanisation" is also sometimes used to fill the gap between suburbanisation and exurbanisation , and thus relates moreover to the movement of people in space. In this case, it implies the expansion of functional rural-urban linkages such as by commuting . In
1025-544: The early 2000s, during a process to make official the boundaries of all cities, towns and suburbs in Victoria, it was determined that Wendouree West would exist only as an unofficial neighbourhood name. The name Wendouree West (or "Westie") was often used to stigmatise and as a term of derision, often placing its residents at a disadvantage when applying for employment and other positions in the wider Ballarat community. In large part, this historic stigmatisation has contributed to
1066-407: The estate has a resident population representing a mixture of cultures and age groups. The estate is noted as having low socio-economic resources due to higher-than-average unemployment, a high population of aged residents, and inter-generational social welfare dependency. Attempts over the years to change the name of Wendouree West were met with mixed responses from residents throughout Ballarat. In
1107-450: The first Primary School originally being constructed as a six classroom, concrete veneer, timber-framed building that cost 21,300 pounds to construct. The builder was the local Ballarat building firm A. V. Jennings Constructions. In 1972 the school was given a State award for having the best maintained school grounds in Victoria, with extensive plantings of flower beds and native trees. In 1975 a library, art room and multi-function hall complex
1148-635: The former St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery, Stockland Wendouree Shopping Complex, and the Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts . In 1838 a squatter called William Cross Yuille camped on the shores of the Black Swamp, now known as Lake Wendouree, the first Ballarat resident. The Yuille Pastoral Run developed during the mid-1800s. Renowned fly fishing author Alfred Ronalds established Ballarat's first garden nursery in 1854 on
1189-529: The global location, but typically in Europe where suburban areas are intensively managed to prevent urban sprawl and protect agricultural land, the urban fringe will be characterised by certain land uses which have either purposely moved from the urban area or require much larger tracts of land. As examples: Despite these urban uses, the fringe remains largely open with the majority of the land for agricultural, woodland or other rural uses. The quality of living of
1230-442: The ongoing disadvantage of its youths. The estate today is now included as part of Wendouree. In recent years attempts have been made to rejuvenate the estate including the removal of many of the early prefabricated cottages and the construction of retirement units and modern private and public housing. Some 300 of the original houses are to be retained and many have already undergone extensive renovation and modernisation, but in such
1271-467: The only night transport in Wendouree excluding Night Trains and Coaches. Wendouree railway station , opened in 2009, is located on the south-western edge of the suburb, just off Learmonth Road. The station runs V/Line trains along the Ballarat line. Wendouree has a significant range of premier sporting facilities catering to seasonal and year-round competitions. Indoor and outdoor basketball, badminton, tennis and lawn bowls facilities at Hollioake Park in
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1312-574: The others, catered for years 7 to 10. Years 11 and 12 were accommodated at the Barkly Street, Ballarat Central, campus opened in 2000. It replaced the Midlands campus, which was subsequently closed and demolished. In 2017, the college was re-instated as a separate college again catering for years P7-12. Wendouree Primary School (PS 1813) is located on Howitt Street opposite the Howitt Street shopping centre. Forest Street Primary School (PS 4936)
1353-491: The parks. Rural-urban fringe Peri-urbanisation relates to the processes of scattered and dispersive urban growth that create hybrid landscapes of fragmented and mixed urban and rural characteristics. Such areas may be referred to as the rural–urban fringe , the outskirts or the urban hinterland . The expression originates from the French word périurbanisation ("peri-urban" meaning "around urban"), which
1394-729: The second major commercial and business hub in Greater Ballarat, and is also the location of several Ballarat-based commercial and industrial firms. Landmarks of Wendouree include the Ballarat Sports and Events Centre , the home of the Ballarat Miners and Ballarat Rush ; the Ballarat Showgrounds (Venue for the annual Ballarat Show); Eureka Stadium (Home ground of the North Ballarat (Australian Football) club and Australian Football League venue),
1435-729: The venue has hosted a number of premier games including National Basketball League (Australia) friendly games as well as NBL1 competition games. The venue successfully managed significant other regional and national competitions throughout 2020-21 despite public gathering restrictions imposed due to the COVID pandemic. Since the easing of COVID restrictions the venue has resumed normal operations and continues to be very popular for competitors and spectators. 37°32′06.6″S 143°50′34.8″E / 37.535167°S 143.843000°E / -37.535167; 143.843000 Wendouree, Victoria Wendouree ( / ˌ w ɛ n d ə ˈ r iː / )
1476-600: The west of the suburb, opened in brand new buildings in 2007 as the merger of Yuille Primary School and Grevillea Park Primary School. The Yuille Primary School buildings in McKenzie Drive are now used for running alternative education programs for disinterested students. Within Wendouree are a number of significant healthcare facilities. These include the Queen Elizabeth Village, an aged care complex next to Stockland Wendouree, in Gillies Street. It
1517-402: Was also anticipated with the increasing 'baby boom' and intake of post-war immigrants. The estate originally consisted of 750 prefabricated timber bungalows that were mostly built between 1952 and 1962. Initially many of its residents worked in nearby manufacturing plants producing building laminate, caravans and roller bearings. Wendouree West Post Office opened in February 1955. The post office
1558-411: Was built at the expense of the removal of many of the best native flower and rose beds. In 1977 the primary school population peaked at 437 children. This number decreased significantly with the establishment of the temporary Yuille Primary School to the north in 1981. Wendouree West Primary was renamed Grevillea Park in the early 1990s. Yuille Park Community College (PS 5520), located on Violet Grove in
1599-597: Was converted into apartments beginning in 2000. Wendouree's main commercial area is along the western section of Howitt Street between Forest and Gillies Streets, and along Gillies Street between Howitt and Norman Streets. Located in this area are the Howitt Street Shopping Centre, the Wendouree Homemaker Centre and Stockland Wendouree, as well as fast-food restaurants, car dealerships, community and health-care facilities and
1640-426: Was established, and elements of this committee still remain today, promoting the ongoing development of the neighbourhood. In the mid-1950s a small shopping centre, playgrounds, a kindergarten and other amenities were built. During the 1970s a further 500, more substantial modern brick veneer homes were built to the north of the estate. By the late 1970s the population of the suburb peaked at approximately 5,000. Today,
1681-408: Was relocated to Wendouree Village Shopping Centre (now Stockland) in 1992. Early plans envisaged the estate to be an urban planning model, however development of infrastructure was considerably slower than the construction of housing, with many homes not being connected to sewerage or served by sealed roads until the late 1950s. During the 1950s an aggressive and active community development committee