Strathmore Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... 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 Moonee Valley 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 Essendon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... Wills is an Australian electoral division (electorate) of Victoria. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... The Melbourne suburb of Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, is a collection of recent housing estates and light industry. ... Gowenbrae is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Glenroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, airports; it is actually to the south of Melbourne Airport. ... Oak Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Essendon Airport (IATA airport code: MEB) is located at Essendon North, in Melbournes northern suburbs, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... 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 Moonee Valley is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

The suburb is located between the Moonee Ponds Creek and Essendon Airport. Moonee Ponds Creek as a stormwater drain at Brunswick West. ... Essendon Airport (IATA airport code: MEB) is located at Essendon North, in Melbournes northern suburbs, Victoria, Australia. ...

History

Strathmore Heights was developed from 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. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Sir Bruce Small (11 December 1895 - May 1980) was a successful businessman in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, who developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia, then retired to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where he developed property, and as mayor, promoted the area to Australia and the world as... Hubert Opperman in action as a cyclist Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (29 May 1904 - 24 April 1996), affectionately referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim. ... Gowenbrae is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Landmarks

Adjacent to Essendon Airport and Moonee Ponds Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail. Essendon Airport (IATA airport code: MEB) is located at Essendon North, in Melbournes northern suburbs, Victoria, Australia. ... Moonee Ponds Creek as a stormwater drain at Brunswick West. ... The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Moonee Ponds Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Public Transport

Strathmore Heights, being remote from the rail system is serviced solely by the bus route 501 operated by Kastoria Bus Lines running 6 days per week, going to Moonee Ponds and Airport West. The route 59 tram at Airport West is the nearest form of rail-based public transport. Kastoria Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, airports; it is actually to the south of Melbourne Airport. ... Tram route 59 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, airports; it is actually to the south of Melbourne Airport. ...

External links

Coordinates: -37.713° 144.897° Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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