    bulleen is a suburb of melbourne, victoria, australia, 13&nbsp;km north-east of melbourne's central business district. its local government area is the city of manningham. at the 2011 census, bulleen had a population of 10,868. ==etymology== the name bulleen originates from the nearby bolin bolin billabong. buln-buln translates to lyrebird, which is generally accepted to be the suburb's name meaning. ==geography== ===climate=== temperatures at bulleen are known to fluctuate. during the 2009 southeastern australia heat wave the suburb was reportedly around one degree cooler (at 43Â°c) than in the city, but during a heat wave just the next month it peaked at a record 49Â°c, on 7 february â compared to 46Â°c in the city. ==history== ===pre european settlement=== thumb|right|entrance to the billabong from bulleen road the bulleen billabongs were an important territory for the manna gum people for approximately 5,000 years.green, the aborigines of bulleen. generations had lived on the river flats when wild fish and ducks were abundant. bolin was the largest lake/billabong in the area and was a significant ritual meeting pla
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