Barker
Barker is a railway station in City of Boroondara, Victoria. Barker is situated nearby to the pitch Glenferrie Oval, as well as near the school Xavier College.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glenferrie Oval and Hawthorn Arts Centre.
Glenferrie Oval
Pitch
Photo: Logicman1966, Public domain.
Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL club from 1925 to 1973, and retained the ground as an administrative and training base until 2006. Glenferrie Oval is situated 440 metres south of Barker.
Hawthorn Arts Centre
Arts center
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0.
The Hawthorn Arts Centre is a former civic building located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Designed by architect John Beswicke in the Second Empire style, the hall was built from 1888 to 1890 and housed the council chambers for the City of Hawthorn. Hawthorn Arts Centre is situated 750 metres south of Barker.
Xavier College
School
Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Xavier College is situated 500 metres north of Barker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawthorn East and Inner east.
Hawthorn East
Suburb
Hawthorn East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area.
Inner east
Photo: Nicolás Boullosa, CC BY 2.0.
The inner east of Melbourne consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy Stonnington on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.
Jolimont
Neighborhood
Jolimont is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, Jolimont features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation. Jolimont is situated 4½ km west of Barker.
Barker
- Type: Railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.81667° or 37° 49′ southLongitude
145.03333° or 145° 2′ eastElevation
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
4RJ752MM+88GeoNames ID
2176848
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