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The Victoria Hill conservation area, west of the Loddon Valley Highway, is bare mined terrain with Hustlers Reef providing rich yields from 1853.<\/p>\n
Hotels and businesses were established along Eaglehawk Road (now Loddon Valley Highway) and the Mount Korong Road (now Calder Highway).<\/p>\n
In 1861 the Ironbark Hill Primary School opened and five years later another school opened on Violet Street (now Old Violet Street).<\/p>\n
Until the Violet Street school was built pupils were taught in a Primitive Methodist chapel. Both schools operated until 1928 when Ironbark Hill closed, but before then (after Violet Street was enlarged) pupils overflowed into a Rechabites Hall and the Hopetoun Bandroom on Eaglehawk Road.<\/p>\n
For many years Ironbark, once a prominent business centre, was part of Long Gully.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Ironbark is 20- 29 years with households being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1000 – $1399 per month on mortgages. In general, people in Ironbark work in a professional occupation.<\/p>\n
In 2011, 59 per cent of the homes in Ironbark were owner-occupied compared with 57.2 per cent in 2016.<\/p>\n
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