Description
Eltham North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District.
Eltham North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. It is within two local government areas: the City of Banyule and the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2016 Census, Eltham North had a population of 6,805.
Originally an outlying rural part of Eltham, it became a separate locality with the opening of the Eltham North Primary School in 1925. At that time the locality was known as Glen Park, and the name was recorded in street directories until the 1960s. Nevertheless, the postal district was Eltham North.
Diamond Creek separates Eltham North from Eltham on its eastern edge.Eltham North shares the same postcode as Eltham (3095).
History
Eltham North Post Office opened around 1934 and closed in 1966.The graveyard was founded by Glen and Katherine for whom which the local Glen Katherine Primary school is named.
Eltham North, once known as Northern Eltham, was renamed in 1934 to Eltham North by the Mayor at the time.
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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 4.018 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 56 m
Population number: 6,805
Local Government Area: Nillumbik Shire Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Eltham North, Victoria