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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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 3.163 km2
Elevation: 11-50 metres
Town elevation: 20 m
Population number: 2,604
Local Government Area: Hobsons Bay City Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Spotswood, Victoria