Essendon West

Essendon West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.

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Type: Suburb with 1,420 residents
Description: suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as: “Essendon West, Victoria” and “Essendon West, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Bernard’s College and Afton Street Conservation Reserve.

St. Bernard’s College

School

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St Bernard's College is an independent Catholic secondary school for boys, located in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon West, Victoria, Australia. The college is named after its patron saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges.

Afton Street Conservation Reserve

Nature reserve

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The Afton Street Conservation Reserve is situated along the middle reaches of the Maribyrnong River in Essendon West, Melbourne. It lies within the City of Moonee Valley and is 17 hectares in area.

Rosehill Secondary College

School

Rosehill Secondary College is in Niddrie, Victoria, Australia. In 1959, it was established as Niddrie Technical School, a single-building all-boys school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner north and Docklands.

Inner north

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Melbourne's inner north is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of Melbourne. It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.

Docklands

Suburb

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Docklands is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, located directly to the western end of the Melbourne central business district between the neighboring suburbs of West Melbourne to the north/northwest, and South Wharf, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne to the south/southwest. Docklands is situated 9 km southeast of Essendon West.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Little Italy in Victoria, Australia, is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton. Little Italy is situated 9 km southeast of Essendon West.

Essendon West

Category: locality
Location: City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.75283° or 37° 45′ 10″ south

Longitude

144.88459° or 144° 53′ 5″ east

Population

1,420

Elevation

32 metres (105 feet)

Open location code

4RJ66VWM+VR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9299891375

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

9972421

Wikidata ID

Q1368695

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Essendon West” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Essendon West”
Dutch: “Essendon West, Victoria”
German: “Essendon West”
Persian: “اسندون غربی، ویکتوریا”
Persian: “اسندون غربی”
Spanish: “Essendon West (Victoria)”
Spanish: “Essendon West”
Swedish: “Essendon West”
Urdu: “ایسنڈن ویسٹ”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ian J Mcwilliams Park and Garnet Reserve.

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