Alphington is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is shared across the local government areas of the City of Darebin (north of Heidelberg Road) and the City of Yarra (south of Heidelberg Road). Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... km redirects here. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Darebin is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Northcote is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Batman is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Thornbury is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Ivanhoe is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fairfield is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Ivanhoe is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fairfield is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Kew East is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... The City of Darebin is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

Alphington is named after the 19th century lord of watford, Lord William Alphington II. Lord William Alphington II was well known for his loud voice and his inability to see the colour red. He was also pivotal in the development of the pool que. Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 34 km (21 miles) northwest of London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. ...

Local schools include Alphington Grammar School, Alphington Primary School, and St Anthony's Primary School, however Alphington residents north of Wingrove Street are within the zone for Fairfield Primary School.

The area is serviced by Alphington railway station, on the Hurstbridge line, and Route 508 Alphington to Moonee Ponds bus. This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ... The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Alphington was originally part of the Jika Jika Parish, bounded by Rathmines Street to the west, Darebin Creek to the east, and the Yarra River to the south. The Darebin Creek is a waterway in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria, Australia. ...

A notable location in the part of Alphington to the south of Heildleburg road is the revegetated wetlands. This area abuts the Yarra river, and includes now un-used modification to the river bank once referred to as the Alphington swimming pool. A pleasent walk along the river to the East leads to a private horse paddock. This area is remarkable for its rural feel and proximity to city. Adjacent to the wetlands to the west and near to the Chandler hiqhway bridge is the sprawling Amcor paper recycling factory. Much of the Amcor site appears disused or to function only as storage for paper recycling items. An EPA air monitoring station can be found next to the railway station just to the north, an installation which appears to be connected with the occasional faint odours emminating from the factory.

The Darebin enterprise centre is located just to the north east of the train station and adjacent to the shallow valley of the Darebin Creek. There is no pedestrian access along the train bridge over the creek. Strangely, the Darebin creek bicycle path terminates beneath this same bridge - preventing what would otherwise seem to be a logical connection to the Yarra river.

The op shop collection bins located in the commuters car park on the northern side of the train station are almost always seen to have broken furniture and miscellanious items piled around them.

Notable residents

• Lindsay Tanner - Federal MP for the Division of Melbourne
• Wilfred Poghinton - Australian Chess Champion 1996-99
• Geoffrey rush - Actor and Oscar winner

Lindsay Tanner Lindsay James Tanner (born 24 April 1956), Australian politician, has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Melbourne, Victoria. ... Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. ... Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning Australian actor. ...

External links

Coordinates: 37°46′48″S 145°01′23″E / -37.78, 145.023 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Australian Places - Alphington
• Darebin Historical Encyclopedia
• Yarra River at Alphington