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The wife of Samuel Lazarus was Mary Junor, and her surname probably inspired the place name.<\/p>\n
Homebush Primary School was opened in 1875, and it continued until 1958 apart from two short closures during the 1930s and 1940s.<\/p>\n
In 1954 the Bendigo District Trotting Club opened its trotting track, known as Lord\u2019s Raceway, at Junortoun and about 20 years later rural residential subdivisions began there.<\/p>\n
Although there was no local state school, a Catholic secondary college had been established in the 1950s.<\/p>\n
Junortoun has a general store, a post office, a hotel, the Homebush Hall, various trades and businesses along the McIvor Highway and a caravan park.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Junortoun is 10-19 years with households being primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying $1800 – $2399 per month on mortgages. In general, people in Junortoun work in a professional occupation.<\/p>\n
In 2011, 89.4 per cent of the homes in Junortoun were owner-occupied compared with 89.6 per cent in 2016.<\/p>\n
Currently the median sales price of houses in the area is $710,000.<\/p>\n
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