Altona

Altona is a suburb in , Victoria, , 13 km south-west of Melbourne's , located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area.
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  • Type: Suburb with 11,500 residents
  • Description: suburb of Melbourne, Australia
  • Also known as: “Altona, Victoria” and “Altona, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westona railway station and Mount St. Joseph Girls’ College.

Railway station
Photo: Alex1991, Public domain.
Westona station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the western suburb of Altona, in , Victoria, Australia.

School
Mount St. Joseph Girls' College is a Catholic Girls College located in Maidstone Street, Altona, Victoria, . is one of few schools in Australia that is a Josephite college, founded by the Josephite Order in 1964.

Railway station
Photo: Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altona station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-western suburb of the same name, in , Victoria, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Western suburbs.

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The of include the areas of Airport West, Caroline Springs, Essendon, Kensington, Flemington, Footscray, Keilor, Melton, Point Cook, Sunshine, Sydenham, Werribee, Williamstown and Yarraville.

Altona

Latitude
-37.86022° or 37° 51′ 37″ south
Longitude
144.8137° or 144° 48′ 49″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU ALT
Open location code
4RJ64RQ7+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2148888695
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2177992
Wiki­data ID
Q443946
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Altona” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Altona”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞州阿爾托納區”
  • Dutch: “Altona (Victoria)”
  • Dutch: “Altona”
  • French: “Altona”
  • German: “Altona”
  • Hebrew: “אלטונה, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “אלטונה”
  • Irish: “Altona”
  • Japanese: “アルトナ (ビクトリア州)”
  • Malagasy: “Altona”
  • Malay: “Altona, Victoria”
  • Persian: “آلتونا، ویکتوریا”
  • Persian: “آلتونا”
  • Portuguese: “Altona (Vitória)”
  • Portuguese: “Altona”
  • Russian: “Алтона”
  • Spanish: “Altona (Victoria)”
  • Spanish: “Altona”
  • Swedish: “Altona (del av en befolkad plats i Australien, Victoria)”
  • Swedish: “Altona, Victoria”
  • Urdu: “الٹونا، وکٹوریہ”
  • “Altona”

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