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| name = Rumpf Avenue Reserve | | name = Rumpf Avenue Reserve | ||
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| location = [[Balwyn North]], [[wikipedia:Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne, Australia]] | | location = [[Balwyn North]], [[wikipedia:Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne, Australia]] | ||
| coordinates = {{coord|-37.791994|145.098152|city:Balwyn North:display=inline}} | | coordinates = {{coord|-37.791994|145.098152|city:Balwyn North:display=inline}} | ||
| area = | | area = 2,443 sqm<ref name="CouncilPlanningRegister">Boroondara City Council. ''Planning Register - 20 Rumpf Avenue BALWYN NORTH VIC 3104''. https://eservices.boroondara.vic.gov.au/EPlanning/Pages/XC.Track/SearchProperty.aspx?id=472605, accessed: 14 July 2019</ref> | ||
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| operator = [[City of Boroondara]] | | operator = [[City of Boroondara]] | ||
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As the post-war development boom swept the eastern suburbs, the population of Balwyn North expanded significantly. This put pressure onto the limited local infrastructure to cope with the large numbers of new residents, including schools. As the wildlife sanctuary at [[Greythorn Park]] closed and the [[William Maughan|Maughan Estate]] was sold off,<ref>Boroondara City Council. ''History of Greythorn Park and surrounds''. 2015. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/about-council/history-and-demographics/local-history/local-history-trails/history-greythorn-park-and-surrounds, accessed: 13 July 2019</ref> the Victorian Government purchased the site at the corner of Doncaster and Greythorn Roads for education purposes. As a result, Greythorn High School was commissioned and constructed in the late 1950s. Although it was officially opened in 1960, the school had been constructed and been in operation since June 1958. Student numbers began to decline in the late 1980s and the school was merged as a campus of the nearby [[Balwyn High School]]. Two years later in 1994, it was closed and the land sold for private housing. | As the post-war development boom swept the eastern suburbs, the population of Balwyn North expanded significantly. This put pressure onto the limited local infrastructure to cope with the large numbers of new residents, including schools. As the wildlife sanctuary at [[Greythorn Park]] closed and the [[William Maughan|Maughan Estate]] was sold off,<ref>Boroondara City Council. ''History of Greythorn Park and surrounds''. 2015. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/about-council/history-and-demographics/local-history/local-history-trails/history-greythorn-park-and-surrounds, accessed: 13 July 2019</ref> the Victorian Government purchased the site at the corner of Doncaster and Greythorn Roads for education purposes. As a result, Greythorn High School was commissioned and constructed in the late 1950s. Although it was officially opened in 1960, the school had been constructed and been in operation since June 1958. Student numbers began to decline in the late 1980s and the school was merged as a campus of the nearby [[Balwyn High School]]. Two years later in 1994, it was closed and the land sold for private housing. | ||
This new development brought with it requirements for the new residents to be provided with new open space. | This new development brought with it requirements for the new residents to be provided with new open space. Permits for the residential development, including Rumpf Avenue Reserve, were lodged with Boroondara Council in 1996, with approvals forthcoming in 1997.<ref name="CouncilPlanningRegister" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |