Description
Strathmore Heights is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district.
Strathmore Heights is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moonee Valley. At the 2011 Census, Strathmore Heights had a population of 934.
Strathmore Heights is located between Essendon Airport, Albion Jacana Freight Line Moonee Ponds Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.
History
Strathmore Heights was developed in 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.
Being just north of Essendon Airport, which was the original Melbourne International Airport, many of the streets have aviation names such as:
Boeing Road
Lockheed Street
De Havilland Avenue
Fokker Street
Vickers Avenue
Caravelle Crescent
Douglas Court
Northrop Court
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Population: 1,001 - 10,000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 0.691 km2
Elevation: 51 to 200 metres
Town elevation: 78 m
Population number: 1,004
Local Government Area: Moonee Valley City Council