Braybrook, Victoria
Braybrook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Braybrook recorded a population of 9,682 at the . Braybrook is bounded in the west by Duke Street, in the north by the Maribyrnong River, in the east by Ashley Street, and in the south by the Sunbury railway line and Sunshine Road. History Braybrook Post Office opened on 1 December 1860. Braybrook is primarily an industrial suburb. Today Approximately midway between the former Councils of Footscray and Sunshine in the heart of the western suburbs before the more recent urban sprawl and due west from the Melbourne CBD along Ballarat Road, Braybrook is starting to resemble a bedroom community due to a recent expansion of the western suburbs of Melbourne which are far less populated than the east. Historically this is due to stigma, but the western suburbs are expanding now due to prime location and rising fuel prices. Some gentrification has occurred in the past decade with many former factory sites developed for modern housing projects (townhouses etc.). More and more first home buyers and developers are focusing on Braybrook and neighbouring Maidstone and West Footscray, but traces of its industrial past may be still evident. Braybrook has been ranked 95 out of top 314 most liveable suburbs in Melbourne in the "2011 Liveability Stakes" by The Age and The Melbourne Magazine. People The suburb has produced a number of famous sporting and show business personalities. The late 1960s pop singer Yvonne Barrett resided with her family in Dodds Street. Yvonne Barrett was murdered in 1985, with her funeral service held at Braybrook's Christ The King Catholic church in Churchill Avenue. 1970's Pop sensation Jamie Redfern also lived in the area. Ray "Screamy" Eames, the drummer from popular Melbourne pub-rock act The Blue Echoes lived in Braybrook. High-profile Australian rules footballers Doug Hawkins, Ted Whitten and Brian Wilson played for the Braybrook Football Club. Education Kindergarten/ day care services ABC Goodstart Early Learning (1 Vine Street) Cherry Crescent Pre-school (Cherry Crescent) Kids Heaven Family Day Care Services (5/6 South Road) Little Champs Day Care (97A-101 Hargreaves Crescent) Shifa Family Day Care (Office D4 67 Ashley Street) Schools Dinjerra Primary School, located on South Road. Rosamond School, located on the old Braybrook Primary School site on the corner of Ballarat Road and Errol Street. Braybrook College, a public secondary school, located on Ballarat Road. Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, located on Churchill Avenue. Christ the King Primary School, located on Riley Court. Braybrook contains the main campus of WELS (Western English Language School) which is located on South Road. (formerly) Braybrook Primary School, which was 120 years old and located on Ballarat Road was closed and amalgamated with 2 other area schools (Sunshine East Primary, Sunvale Primary) at the end of 2007. The old buildings were burnt down (Arson) on 28 August 2010. The buildings have since been demolished and the site allocated to the relocated Rosamond