Hawthorn (Victoria)

Hawthorn
Glenferrie Road (shopping area) to the north
State :  Australia State : Victoria City : Melbourne Founded : 1830
Coordinates : 37 ° 48 ′  S , 145 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′  S , 145 ° 0 ′  E Area : 5.9  km²
Residents : 23,511 (2016) Population density : 3985 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Telephone code : (+61) 3 Postal code : 3122 LGA : City of Boroondara
Hawthorn

Hawthorn is a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 6 km east of Melbourne city center (CBD, Central Business District ) and belongs to the local administrative area ( LGA ) City of Boroondara . At the 2016 population survey, Hawthorn had a population of approximately 23,500 permanent residents.

history

The first settlement took place around 1830, around 1840 the area was still called Hawthorne , which comes from the predominant vegetation, the hawthorns . This name finding is attributed to Charles La Trobe .

Personalities

Sons and daughters

• Paul Fitzgerald (1922–2017), portrait painter

Other personalities

• Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890), painter and diary writer
• Carl Gottlieb Elsässer (1817–1885), German-Australian composer and music teacher
• Jeannie Gunn (1870–1961), writer
• Nell Hall Hopman (1909-1968), tennis player
• Ted Baillieu (born 1953), Member of Parliament for Hawthorn in Victoria
• Daniel Pollock (1968–1992), actor

Picture gallery

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  Hawthorn Town Hall

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  Christ Church in Hawthorn, Victoria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Hawthorn (Vic.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Hawthorn, Victoria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files