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Essendon
Melbourne, Victoria

Population:

17652 (2001 census)

Postcode:

3040

Area:

6.2 km²

Property Value:

AUD$485,000 <ref>Essendon, accessed 27 November 2006</ref>

Location:

10 km from Melbourne

LGA:

City of Moonee Valley

State District:

Essendon

Federal Division:

Maribyrnong

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Suburbs around Essendon
Essendon North	Strathmore	Pascoe Vale South
Essendon West	Essendon	Pascoe Vale South
Aberfeldie	Moonee Ponds	Brunswick West

Essendon is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley.

1 Transport
2 Politics
3 Schools
4 Sport and Culture
5 History
6 External links

[edit] Transport

The number 59 tram provides public transport along Mt Alexander and Keilor roads to the city.

Train services are available from Essendon, Glenbervie, and Strathmore railway stations on the Broadmeadows railway line.

Bus services are also available from Essendon with several routes ending at the station or continuing through to Moonee Ponds.

The suburb is bordered on the south west by the Maribyrnong River Trail, and on the east and north by the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail. Both are used by commuting and recreational cyclists.

[edit] Politics

The seat of Essendon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly is based on the suburb. The current state member is Judy Maddigan for the Australian Labor Party.

[edit] Schools

Buckley Park College

[edit] Sport and Culture

Image:Windy hill.jpg Essendon is home of the Essendon Football Club an Australian rules football club, which is a member of the Australian Football League. Essendon Football Club is one of the most successful football teams in Australia, having won 16 premierships in the VFL/AFL.

The Essendon District Football League is one of the strongest suburban football competitions in Melbourne and in the zone days, fed many players into elite level competition.

Essendon is the birthplace of the late Australian conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin, best known as the "Crocodile Hunter."

[edit] History

Robert Lawson designed the Grecian temple-style mansion Earlsbrae Hall with Frederick Grey in 1890.

Essendon and the banks of the Maribyrnong River were originally inhabited by the Wurundjeri tribe of the Kulin Aboriginal nation.

In 1803 Charles Grimes and James Fleming were the first known European explorers into the Maribyrnong area.

In 1851 the gold rush opened up the Moonee Ponds District with miners travelling along Mount Alexander Road to Castlemaine.

In 1860 Burke and Wills spent their first night in Essendon

In 1862 169 residents sought the formation of the Borough of Essendon and Flemington.

In the 1880's, the local council resisted industrial</nowiki> development in the form of cattle saleyards and brickworks, out of concern for pollution of the Maribyrnong River. Instead it embarked on a program to create, in its upper reaches, a playground for rowers, fisherman and swimmers.

In 1890, a large mansion was built in the town, originally known as Earslbrae Hall it was designed by the eminent architect R A Lawson. Still standing it is today the school, Lowther Hall. Built at a cost of £35,000 it was the home of Collier McCracken, a member of a local brewing family.

Suburbs of the City of Moonee Valley
Aberfeldie \| Airport West \| Ascot Vale \| Avondale Heights \| Essendon \| Essendon Airport \| Essendon North \| Essendon West \| Flemington \| Kensington \| Keilor East \| Moonee Ponds \| Niddrie \| Strathmore \| Strathmore Heights