Strathmore Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australia

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, 14 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley

City of Moonee Valley

The City of Moonee Valley is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the north-western suburbs between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre...

. At the 2006 Census, Strathmore Heights had a population of 924.

The suburb is located between the Moonee Ponds Creek

Moonee Ponds Creek

The Moonee Ponds Creek is a creek and major tributary of the Yarra River running through urban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from northern to inner suburbs...

 and Essendon Airport

Essendon Airport

Essendon Airport is located at Essendon, in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Victoria, Australia. It is located next to the Tullamarine Freeway on , from the Melbourne Central Business District and from Melbourne Airport.-History:...

.

History

Strathmore Heights was developed from 1960 by Strathmore Heights Proprietary Limited, a company promoted by Bruce Small

Bruce Small

Sir Andrew Bruce Small was an Australian businessman and politician. In Melbourne, he developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia, then retired to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where he developed property, and as Mayor of the Gold Coast, promoted the area to Australia and the...

, famed for his proprietorship of Malvern Star

Malvern Star

Malvern Star is a manufacturer of bicycles, located in Melbourne, Australia. It began in 1902, and went on to become a household name in Australia.-History:Malvern Star opened in a small shop at 58 Glenferrie Rd, in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern in 1902...

 bicycles and sponsorship of world champion cycling athlete, Sir Hubert Opperman

Hubert Opperman

Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman, OBE , 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....

. From 1945 Bruce Small had also owned adjacent land at Gowanbrae

Gowanbrae, Victoria

Gowanbrae is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...

, north of Strathmore Heights.

Landmarks

Adjacent to Essendon Airport

Essendon Airport

Essendon Airport is located at Essendon, in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Victoria, Australia. It is located next to the Tullamarine Freeway on , from the Melbourne Central Business District and from Melbourne Airport.-History:...

 and Moonee Ponds Creek

Moonee Ponds Creek

The Moonee Ponds Creek is a creek and major tributary of the Yarra River running through urban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from northern to inner suburbs...

 and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail

Moonee Ponds Creek Trail

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.-Following the path:...

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Public transport

Strathmore Heights, being remote from the rail system is serviced solely by the following bus route:

• 501 Moonee Ponds
  Moonee Ponds, Victoria
  Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley.It is home to Queens Park and the Moonee Valley Racecourse...
  
   – Niddrie SC via Essendon RS, Strathmore, Airport West Shoppingtown (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Kastoria Bus Lines
  Kastoria Bus Lines
  Kastoria Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government.-Routes:...
  
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Tram route 59

Melbourne tram route 59

Tram route 59 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the intersection of Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street in the city centre to Airport West in the north western suburbs....

 operating between Airport West, Glenroy and Oak Park railway stations are the nearest form of rail-based public transport.

See also

• City of Essendon
  City of Essendon
  The City of Essendon was a Local Government Area located about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994.-History:...
  
  - the former local government area of which Strathmore Heights was a part.