South Kingsville, Victoria
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South Kingsville is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay
. At the 2006 Census, South Kingsville had a population of 1717.
The suburb is shaped as a right-angled triangle, bounded by New Street in the west, Blackshaws Road in the south with the Geelong railway line as hypotenuse
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay
City of Hobsons Bay
The City of Hobsons Bay is a Local Government Area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the south-western suburbs between 6 and 20 km from the Melbourne city centre....
. At the 2006 Census, South Kingsville had a population of 1717.
The suburb is shaped as a right-angled triangle, bounded by New Street in the west, Blackshaws Road in the south with the Geelong railway line as hypotenuse
Hypotenuse
In geometry, a hypotenuse is the longest side of a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle can be found using the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the...
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Today
This suburb is the home of the 5th Footscray Scout group, part of Scouts Australia - Kariwara District. The group meets in a private hall and is open to youth aged 6 to 26 years.See also
- City of FootscrayCity of FootscrayThe City of Footscray was a Local Government Area located about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1859 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which South Kingsville was a part.
External links
- Hobsons Bay Community Online Forum
- Secret suburbs are popping up all over the place (The AgeThe AgeThe Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, 3 October 2007)