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Spotswood

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Hobsons Bay City Council VIC, PO Box 21, Spotswood, VIC 3015
03 9932 1000

Description

Spotswood is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district.

Spotswood is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2016 census, Spotswood had a population of 2,604.The suburb is bounded generally by the Geelong railway line in the west, the West Gate Freeway in the north, the Yarra River in the east and by the boundaries of the properties below Burleigh Street in the south.

Spotswood was named after John Stewart Spottiswoode (shortened Spotswood), one of the first farmers who owned much of the area in the 1840s.

History

Spottiswoode Post Office opened on 1 February 1882 and was renamed Spottiswood around 1903 and Spotswood around 1906.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 3.163 km2

Elevation: 11 to 50 metres

Town elevation: 20 m

Population number: 2,604

Local Government Area: Hobsons Bay City Council

Location

Hobsons Bay City Council VIC, PO Box 21, Spotswood, VIC 3015

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Spotswood, Victoria