Dallas is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hume. At the 2011 Census, Dallas had a population of 6,480. Dallas was named after the Governor of Victoria Sir Dallas Brooks. The Housing Commission of Victoria built many of the houses in the Dallas area between 1961 and 1970. The Dallas Primary School was built in 1963. Dallas North Primary opened in 1965. Dallas Post Office opened on 21 February 1966, but from 1968 to 1995 was known as Broadmeadows before reverting to Dallas.