Kooyong, Victoria
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| Kooyong Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 781 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3144 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 0.5 km² (0.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $745,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 10 km (6 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Stonnington | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Malvern | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Higgins | ||||||||||||
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This article is about a suburb in Melbourne. For an electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Kooyong.
Kooyong is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington. The suburb is serviced by the Kooyong railway station, as well as tram route 16.
It takes its name from Kooyong Koot Creek which was the original name given to Gardiners Creek by the government surveyor, Robert Hoddle, in 1837. It is thought that the name derives from an Aboriginal word meaning camp or resting place, or haunt of the wild fowl.[3].
[edit] See also
- City of Malvern - the former local government area of which Kooyong was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Kooyong (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Kooyong, accessed 9 August 2007
- ^ LocalHero. Local history of Kooyong.
[edit] External links
- Kooyong, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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