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Golf Links Estate

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Golf Links Estate is a residential housing estate with an area of approximately 59 hectares located in the Melbourne suburb of Macleod in Victoria, Australia. It is bounded by the Hurstrbridge railway line to the west, Strathallan Estate to the north, Greensborough Highway to the east and the suburb of Rosanna to the south.

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Golf Links Estate
Erskine Road, Melbourne Macleod

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Erskine Road

Erskine Road
3085 Melbourne, Macleod
Victoria, Australia
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