Clifton Hill Shot Tower

The Clifton Hill Shot Tower is a 69-metre cylindrical shot tower located in Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Clifton Hill Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest structure from its construction until 1905.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne and Clifton Hill railway station.

Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne

Railway station

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Victoria Park station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines, both part of the Melbourne rail network. Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne is situated 650 metres southeast of Clifton Hill Shot Tower.

Clifton Hill railway station

Railway station

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Clifton Hill station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines, both part of the Melbourne rail network. Clifton Hill railway station is situated 720 metres northeast of Clifton Hill Shot Tower.

Melbourne Museum

Museum

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The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, on behalf of Museums Victoria which administers the venue. Melbourne Museum is situated 2 km southwest of Clifton Hill Shot Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westgarth and Inner east.

Westgarth

Neighborhood

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Westgarth is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Northcote, about 4 or 5 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's central business district in Victoria, Australia.

Inner east

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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.

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.

Clifton Hill Shot Tower

Type: Tower
Description: shot tower in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Categories: shot tower and building
Location: City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.79414° or 37° 47′ 39″ south

Longitude

144.9906° or 144° 59′ 26″ east

Height

80 metres (262 feet)

Open location code

4RJ66X4R+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 327876438

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

Wikidata ID

Q5133245

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