Division Profile

Division Name

JAGAJAGA

State

Victoria

Elected Member

Macklin, J (ALP) 1996-

Name Derivation

Named after three principal Aboriginal elders who signed a treaty with John Batman in 1835 which intented to give the white settlers 500 000 acres of land at the north west end of Port Phillip Bay and 100 000 acres around Geelong.

First Proclaimed / Election

1984

Area

128 sq. kms

Demographic

Inner Metropolitan

Pre-Election Seat Status

Safe

Seat Status

Marginal

Enrolment

101,205

Turnout

94.02%

Informal

3.73%

Location

The Division of Jagajaga is located in Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 128 sq km from Ivanhoe in the south to Kangaroo Ground in the north-east. The main suburbs include Bellfield, Briar Hill, Bundoora (part), Eaglemont, Eltham, Greensborough (part), Heidelberg, Heidelberg West, Ivanhoe, Kangaroo Ground, Macleod (part), Montmorency, Research, Rosanna, St Helena, Viewbank, North Warrandyte, Watsonia and Yallambie.

Products and Industry

This is a commercial and light industrial area which contains Simpson Army Barracks and Austin Hospital.

Members

Macklin, J (ALP) 1996-

Staples, P R (ALP) 1984-1996

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VIC DIVISION - JAGAJAGA

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