African Town

African Town is a building in City of Maribyrnong, Victoria which is located on Nicholson Street. African Town is situated nearby to the park Railway Reserve, as well as near Jesus is the Way Christian Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Footscray railway station and Footscray Town Hall.

Footscray railway station

Railway station

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Footscray station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne and V/Line on the metropolitan Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines and the regional Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong lines, part of the Melbourne and Victorian rail networks. Footscray railway station is situated 260 metres east of African Town.

Footscray Town Hall

Town hall

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The Footscray Town Hall, also known as the Maribyrnong Town Hall since council amalgamations in the 1990s, is a civic building located on Napier Street in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Footscray Town Hall is situated 310 metres southeast of African Town.

Middle Footscray railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wongm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Middle Footscray station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Sunbury line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the western suburb of Footscray, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Middle Footscray railway station is situated 700 metres west of African Town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Docklands and CBD.

Docklands

Suburb

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Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census. Docklands is situated 4 km southeast of African Town.

CBD

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The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

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.

African Town

Type: Commercial building
Address: 159 Nicholson Street
Categories: building and office
Location: City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.80206° or 37° 48′ 7″ south

Longitude

144.89935° or 144° 53′ 58″ east

Levels

Height

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

4RJ65VXX+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 636860703

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

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