Strathmore Heights, Victoria
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| Strathmore Heights Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 924 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3041 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 0.7 km² (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Moonee Valley | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Essendon | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Wills | ||||||||||||
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Strathmore Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley.
The suburb is located between the Moonee Ponds Creek and Essendon Airport.
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[edit] History
Strathmore Heights was developed from 1960 by Strathmore Heights Proprietary Limited, a company promoted by Bruce Small, famed for his proprietorship of Malvern Star bicycles and sponsorship of world champion cycling athlete, Sir Hubert Opperman. From 1945 Bruce Small had also owned adjacent land at Gowanbrae, north of Strathmore Heights.
[edit] Landmarks
Adjacent to Essendon Airport and Moonee Ponds Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.
[edit] Public Transport
Strathmore Heights, being remote from the rail system is serviced solely by the bus route 501 operated by Kastoria Bus Lines running 6 days per week, going to Moonee Ponds and Airport West. The route 59 tram at Airport West is the nearest form of rail-based public transport.
[edit] See also
- City of Essendon - the former local government area of which Strathmore Heights was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Strathmore Heights (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
[edit] External links
- Strathmore Heights, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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