Strathfieldsaye is a suburb of the Greater City of

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. It is located south-east of the Bendigo CBD.

History

A Strathfieldsaye post office opened on 1 January 1864 and a Strathfieldsaye North office on 8 December 1876. In 1877 Strathfieldsaye was renamed Emu Creek, and Strathfieldsaye North became Strathfieldsaye A railway connected Strathfieldsaye with Bendigo between 1888 and 1958. In the , Strathfieldsaye had a population of 5,428. Strathfieldsaye is one of Bendigo's outer-lying suburbs. Strathfieldsaye and its neighbouring suburbs are among some of the wealthier in Bendigo, but also more expensive to live. Strathfieldsaye is surrounded by the Bendigo suburbs of Strathdale,

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, Spring Gully, Flora Hill and Junortoun, and the outer-rural suburbs of Mandurang, Emu Creek, Axe Creek,

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and Eppalock.

Community facilities

Sporting facilities

2006 saw the commencement of a new sporting complex built in Warne Court, Strathfieldsaye which consists of netball courts, football ovals, cricket nets, cricket pitches and a functions room. This sporting complex is now the home ground of the Strathfieldsaye Storm an Australian rules football and

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team that plays within the

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and the Strathfieldsaye Cricket Club competing in the Bendigo and District Cricket Association. Strathfieldsaye Recreation Reserve in Club Court, Strathfieldsaye is home to the following local sporting clubs: * Strathfieldsaye is represented in football (soccer) by the Strathfieldsaye Colts United Football Club; * Strathfieldsaye Bowls Club; * Strathfieldsaye Tennis Club; and * Sedgewick Cricket Club. * Strathfieldsaye Dodgers Baseball club

Schools

Strathfieldsaye includes two primary schools: St. Francis of the Fields and Strathfieldsaye Primary School. There is also a Catholic Secondary school in nearby Junortoun, Catherine McAuley College (formally Catholic College Bendigo). Strathfieldsaye also includes four kindergartens:

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, Assisi Kindergarten, Jenny's Early Learning Centre and Brady Bunch Early Learning Centre (Opening November 2019)

Commerce

The Strathfieldsaye Shopping Hub on Strathfieldsaye Road is the main commercial

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in Strathfieldsaye, comprising a small-scale traditional shopping strip, with an

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supermarket, post office, bakery, butcher, food take-away, pharmacy, hairdresser salon and vet clinic. There is also a petrol station, car wash, mechanic and

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in this area.

References

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