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Kingsbury is a residential locality 12 km. north-north-east of Melbourne, between Reservoir and Bundoora. It was named after Private Bruce Steel Kingsbury, from Preston, who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his action at Isuvara, New Guinea, in 1942.

Kingsbury underwent residential development in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The Preston council carried out a vigorous street-construction program during that period, to keep up with new housing. The primary school was opened in 1961 and a technical school in 1964. There is also a Catholic primary school.

Consisting of about thirty streets, Kingsbury is relatively small, and is bounded on two of its three side by Plenty Road and the Darebin Creek with a linear park. There are two small neighbourhood shopping areas and a Target shopping centre in Plenty Road across Darebin Creek. A short distance northwards is the large Bundoora Park and across Plenty Road is the La Trobe University.

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