Glen Huntly Road is a historically known main road in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood

Elwood, Victoria

Elwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

, runs east-west through Elsternwick, Caulfield

Caulfield, Victoria

Caulfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira...

, Glen Huntly

Glen Huntly, Victoria

Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Glen Huntly had a population of 4085....

 and ends in Carnegie

Carnegie, Victoria

Carnegie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Carnegie had a population of 15,084...

.

Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship

Ship

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 "Glen Huntly" from Greenock

Greenock

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, Scotland

Scotland

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, which landed in Hobsons Bay

Hobsons Bay

Hobsons Bay is a bay in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia....

 in Melbourne on 17 April 1840. Many of its passengers had died from fever and were buried in the St Kilda Cemetery.

Until recently the road was spelt "Glenhuntly Road" until it was officially changed to the present spelling.

Elsternwick shopping centre can be found on Glen Huntly Road. It is a vibrant, "cafe-latte" cultured strip shopping centre that offers excellent restaurant

Restaurant

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s, fashion outlets and other trendy shops. Elsternwick is reachable via Tram

Tram

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 Route No.67

Melbourne tram route 67

The Melbourne Tram Route 67 is an Australian tram route which runs back and forth from Carnegie to the University of Melbourne.The route starts at the Carnegie terminus, located in Trugininni Road at the corner of Koornang Road, and travels via Glen Huntly Road, Brighton Road, St Kilda Road and...

 or train

Train

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 via Elsternwick station on the Sandringham line.