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词条 Redan, Victoria
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  1. History

  2. Layout, housing and growth

  3. Sport

  4. References

{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb
| name = Redan
| state = vic
| city = Ballarat
| image = Redan post office and shops victoria.jpg
| caption = Post office and commercial area on the junction of Skipton, Drummond and Darling Streets Redan
| lga = City of Ballarat
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|37.577|S|143.844|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 3350
| est =
| pop = 2,889
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes=[1]
|area = 2.23
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Wendouree
| fedgov = Ballarat
| near-nw = Newington
| near-n = Newington, Ballarat Central
| near-ne = Ballarat Central, Golden Point
| near-w = Delacombe
| near-e = Mount Pleasant
| near-sw = Delacombe
| near-s = Sebastopol
| near-se = Mount Pleasant
| dist1 = 3 | location1 = Ballarat Central
}}Redan is an inner suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia immediately south of Ballarat Central. The population at the {{CensusAU|2016}} was 2,889.[1]

Its boundaries along Winter Street East, Pleasant Street, Sebastopol Street and Hill Street, on the north side; Yarrowee River forms the eastern boundary; Rubicon Street is the southern edge with Sutton Street forming the west side. Skipton Street is the main road through the suburb and commercial area.

It was named for the fortifications used during the battle at Sevastopol in Ukraine during the Crimean War.[2]

History

Redan was one of Ballarat's first deep lead gold mining areas on the outskirts Ballarat between the city and the town of Sebastopl. In the 1870s and 1880s, the Redan lead had a number of larger gold mining companies extracting Sergeants Freehold Quartz Goldmining Company and the Hustler's Line of Reef.

The suburb developed gradually with working class origins, the home of many miners.

A Post Office was first opened here on 1 July 1935.[3]

Layout, housing and growth

Redan is almost entirely laid out in grid plan. The population is forecast to increase to 3195 in 2021 with 1536 dwellings.[4]

As of September 2009, Redan had the most affordable houses in Australia.

The population has many people in their teens and early twenties in low cost rental accommodation. The current median house price in Redan is $190,000.[5]

Sport

Redan has an Australian rules football team playing in the Ballarat Football League.[6]

References

1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id= SSC22139|name=Redan (State Suburb)|accessdate=7 July 2017|quick=on}}
2. ^http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/sebastopol/golden_c/tline.htm
3. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 | postscript = }}
4. ^City of Ballarat
5. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,26082150-5013951,00.html | agency=AAP | title=Australia's most valuable suburbs named | first=Eoin | last=Blackwell | date=2009-09-16}}
6. ^{{Cite web | last = Full Points Footy | title = Ballarat Football League | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/ballarat_football_league.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-25 | postscript = }}
{{Ballarat_suburbs}}{{VictoriaAU-geo-stub}}

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