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There are 1025 suburbs in Greater Melbourne, some without postcodes, shared or names of railways stations.
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--> Murchison
Murchison is a small rural village on the Goulburn River just west of the Goulburn Valley Highway. The towns history is coloured with the dispossession on the local aboriginal people by Europeans;...
--> Narbethong
Narbethong, 65 km. north-east of Melbourne, is mid-way between Healesville and Marysville. It is on the former Yarra Track, the route from Melbourne to the Gippsland goldfields in the 1860s. In...
--> Nathalia
Nathalia is a rural township on the Broken Creek, about 30 km. east of where the creek joins the Murray River in northern Victoria. It is 40 km. north-west of Shepparton. The origin of the name is...
--> Noble Park
Noble Park, 16 km. south-east of Melbourne, is bordered by Springvale on the west and the Dandenong Creek on the east. It is mainly residential and contains Harrisfield and Yarraman. The Oakleigh...
--> North Melbourne
North Melbourne is a residential, commercial and industrial suburb immediately north-west of central Melbourne. It is often associated with West Melbourne (in which is situated the North Melbourne...
--> North Shore
North Shore is an industrial and residential suburb adjoining Corio Bay, extending northwards form Cowies Creek, Geelong North to the Shell Oil Refinery at Corio. In 1892 the North Shore area was...
--> High Street Northcote
Northcote is a residential and industrial suburb 8 km north-north-east of Melbourne. Until 1994 it was a municipality, bounded on the west by the Merri Creek and on the east by the Darebin Creek....
--> Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a residential and commercial area 18 km. south-east of Melbourne, between Mount Waverley and Clayton North. Its traditional centre is on Ferntree Gully Road. The area is more a...
--> Nunawading
Nunawading is a residential suburb 18 km. east of Melbourne between Box Hill and Ringwood. Nunawading was first the name of a parish bounded on the north by the Koonung Creek, on the east by the...
--> Oak Park
Oak Park, a residential suburb 11 km. north of Melbourne, is situated in the southern part of Glenroy. Its western border is the Moonee Ponds Creek. The name is thought to derive from a property once...
--> Oakleigh
Oakleigh is a residential suburb with considerable secondary industry 15 km. south-east of Melbourne, immediately beyond Caulfield and Malvern. Until 1853 the area was known as Scotchmans Creek, when...
--> Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove, a coastal township and beach resort on the southern side of the Bellarine Peninsula, looks out on to Bass Strait. It is 19 km. south-east of Geelong, and it situated on the east side of...
--> Olinda
Olinda is township, with rural and scenic areas, 37 km. east of Melbourne and at the southern foot of Mount Dandenong. The name Olinda originates from Olinda Creek, a watercourse with its...
--> Ormond
Ormond, a residential suburb south of the Caulfield Racecourse, is 12 km. south-east of Melbourne. It is named after Francis Ormond (1829-89), grazier and philanthropist with a strong interest in...
--> Oxley
Oxley is an agricultural township on the King River, 12 km. south-east of Wangaratta in north-east Victoria. It was named after the Oxley Plains. In 1824 the explorers Hume and Hovell named the...
--> Panton Hill
Panton Hill is a mainly rural locality 32 km. north-east of Central Melbourne. It was named after Joseph Anderson Panton, Commissioner for the Anderson's Creek and other goldfields and later...
--> Park Orchards
Park Orchards began as a bush-land subdivision during the 1920s and has retained that quality until the present day. It is 23 km. east-north-east of Melbourne, situated between Ringwood (to its...
--> Parkdale
Parkdale is a residential suburb 23 km. south-east of Melbourne, occupying parts of the Mordialloc and Mentone postcode areas. It was named after W. Parker, an early landowner in the area, and was...
--> Parkville
Parkville, a residential suburb in three parts with Royal Park at its centre, is 4 km. north of Melbourne. On its west is North Melbourne and on its east is Carlton. Parkville is situated on a...
--> Pascoe Vale
These residential areas, west of Coburg, are between 7 km. and 11 km. north of Melbourne. They are named after Pascoeville, the property owed by John Pascoe Fawkner and bounded approximately by the...
--> Patterson Lakes
Patterson Lakes is a residential suburb 32 km. south-east of Melbourne beside the "Patterson River", upstream from where it discharges into Port Phillip Bay at Carrum. The "Patterson River"is a...
--> Plenty
Plenty, a rural district north of Greensborough, is 20 km. north-east of Melbourne. The name comes from the Plenty River, which was named by Joseph Tice Gellibrand, member of the Port Phillip...
--> Point Lonsdale
Point Lonsdale, a seaside resort and residential area, is near the end of the Bellarine Peninsula. Its neighbouring township is Queenscliff, and it is 27 km. south-east of Geelong. Point Lonsdale...
--> Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne, a residential and industrial suburb, is 4 km. south-west of Melbourne. It is bounded on its north and west by the Yarra River, on the south by Hobsons Bay and on the east Bay South...
--> Port Melbourne
Established in 1990, the Port Melbourne Business Association (PMBA) is one of Melbourne's oldest, organised trading associations. Established to lobby council on the needs of local businesses,...
--> Portarlington
Portarlington, a coastal township on the north-east side of the Bellarine Peninsula, is 26 km. east of Geelong and 43 km. across Port Phillip Bay from the centre of Melbourne. The origin of the...
--> Prahran
Prahran, an inner suburb and a former municipality, is about 5 km. south-east of Melbourne, and was originally surveyed for farm allotments. Land sales occurred in 1840 and later in 1849-50. Although...
--> Preston
Preston is a residential and industrial suburb 9 km north of Melbourne. It was originally known as Irish Town and a municipality from 1885 to 1994. The area was surveyed by Robert Hoddle and...
--> Rainbow
Rainbow is a town situated where the Wimmera merges with the Mallee in north-western Victoria. It is 340 km. from Melbourne. The nearest large towns are Dimboola and Nhill to the south. About 12...
--> Research
Research is a mixed urban and rural locality 24 km. north-east of Melbourne, immediately east of Eltham.. In 1855-6 gold was found in a gully in the Research district, then known as Swipers Gully....
--> Reservoir
Reservoir is a residential suburb 12 km. north of Melbourne and 2 km. north of Preston. Its named derives from three reservoirs built in 1864, 1909 and 1913, north of Preston to hold the metropolitan...
--> Richmond
Richmond is roughly 3 km east of Melbourne and has been a residential, industrial and residential, and latterly a more residential, suburb. Its western boundary is Punt Road (Hoddle Street),...
--> Ringwood
Ringwood is a residential suburb 23 km. east of Melbourne, situated on the Maroondah Highway. The precursor of the Maroondah Highway was the track to the Gippsland and Upper Goulburn gold fields,...
--> Ringwood East
Ringwood East is a residential suburb 25 km., east of Melbourne. Its name derives from that of Ringwood. Early settlement points in Ringwood East were the Burnt Bridge Hotel on the Maroondah...
--> Ringwood North
Ringwood North is a residential suburb 24 km., east of Melbourne, mostly in the former Ringwood municipality but also in the former Croydon and Doncaster/Templestowe municipalities. It includes...
--> Rockbank
Rockbank is a small township with rural surrounds 27 km., west-north-west of Melbourne, on the Western Freeway between Melton and Deer Park. An early settler of the Rockbank district was William...
--> Rosanna
Rosanna is a residential suburb 12 km. north-east of Melbourne, about 2 km. beyond Heidelberg. In 1838 the land around the Warringal (Heidelberg) village was divided into nine portions of between...
--> Rowville
Rowville is a recent residential suburb 26 km. south-east of Melbourne. It is centered approximately on the intersection of Wellington and Stud Roads, where an electricity terminal station and the...
--> Roxburgh Park
Roxburgh Park is an area of 650 ha. about 20 km. north of Melbourne, between Craigieburn and Greenvale. It was in the Broadmeadows city council, now Hume city, and generally in the Merri growth...
--> Rubicon
Rubicon is the site of hydro-electric power generation stations and of former extensive timber harvesting operations. It is 93 km. north-east of Melbourne and 20 km. south-east of Alexandra. It is on...
--> Runnymede
Runnymede is a rural locality in northern Victoria 5 km. south of Elmore, near where Mt. Pleasant Creek joins the Campaspe River. It is identified only by a cemetery, a few ruins and the Runnymede...
--> Sandringham
Sandringham, a bayside residential suburb, is 16 km. south-south-east of Melbourne and 4 km. south of Brighton. The area was first known as Gipsy Village, from a fishing community which occupied the...
--> Sassafras
Sassafras, in the Dandenong Ranges between Olinda and Ferny Creek, is 35 km. east of Melbourne. It was originally called Sassafras Gully, descriptive of the damp, hilly terrain in which trees...
--> Scoresby
Scoresby is a suburb 25 km. south-east of Melbourne, urbanised on its eastern half and open country on its western half, adjoining the Dandenong Creek. In 1857 Scoresby and the surrounding country...
--> Selby
Selby is a semi-rural township 37 km. east-south-east of Melbourne. It is 2 km. east of Belgrave, and was the first station on the narrow-gauge railway to Gembrook (now the "Puffing Billy"scenic...
--> Seville
Seville is a township in the Yarra Ranges, 44 km. east of Melbourne, and was the third station on the former Lilydale to Warburton railway line. The first settlers in the Seville district came in...
--> Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke is a small township adjoining the Sherbrooke Forest in the Dandenong Ranges, about 35 km. east-south-east of Melbourne. The forest was part of a timber reserve, most of which was excised...
--> Silvan
Silvan is a rural township 42 km. east of Melbourne on the eastern side of the Dandenong Ranges. The area was originally South Wandin Yallock (which is briefly discussed under Wandin). In 1876 a...
--> South Melbourne
South Melbourne, between the south bank of the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay, originated at the elevated area first known as Emerald Hill, 2 km. south of Melbourne. Emerald Hill, an old...
--> South Yarra
South Yarra is a residential suburb extending from St. Kilda Road to Williams Road, Toorak, bordered on the north by the Domain, the Botanic Gardens and the Yarra River, and on the south by...
--> Southbank
Southbank, on the south side of the Yarra River opposite Melbourne's central city area, was first defined as an area for redevelopment by the State Government in 1984. Two years later the Government...
--> Springhurst
Springhurst is a rural township in north-eastern Victoria, situated on the Hume Freeway at its junction with the road to Wahgunyah. It is also the junction of the railway lines from Melbourne to...
--> Springvale
Situated in the south-east of metropolitan Melbourne near Dandenong, Springvale is on the Princes Highway, 23 km. from Melbourne. Until 1994 Springvale was also a municipal city. The name...
--> Springvale South
Springvale South, between Springvale and Keysborough, was subdivided for housing during the early postwar grid pattern of Springvale and the later pattern found throughout Keysborough which protects...
--> St Andrews
St. Andrews is a rural locality 36 km. north-east of Melbourne, between Kangaroo Ground and Kinglake. It was originally named Queenstown, a goldfield, in the area known as the Caledonia Diggings. By...
--> St Helena
Between Greensborough and Diamond Creek is the residential locality of St. Helena, 21 km. north-east of Melbourne. It is named after a church built by Major Anthony Beale, who arrived in Port Phillip...
--> St Kilda
St. Kilda is a residential suburb on Port Phillip Bay, 6 km. south-east of Melbourne. During 1841-42 a cargo yacht "Lady of St. Kilda"was anchored in the bay, having been placed there for sale or...
--> St Kilda East
St. Kilda East extends form Chapel Street, St. Kilda, to Caulfield, and is 6 km. south-east of Melbourne. Along its northern edge is the Dandenong Road tram (1928) and another east-west tram (1913)...
--> St Leonards
St. Leonards is a coastal township on the end of the Bellarine Peninsula facing eastwards on to Port Phillip Bay. It is 46 km. south-south-west across the bay from Melbourne and 30 km. east of...
--> Stanhope
Stanhope is a rural township and district in the west Goulburn Valley irrigation area in northern Victoria. It is 16 km. south-west of Kyabram. Stanhope was the name of one of several pastoral...
--> Strathbogie
Strathbogie is a rural village and locality 18 km. south-east of Euroa. It is situated at the northern foot of the Strathbogie Ranges which are about 125 km. north-east of Melbourne. Strathbogie is...
--> Mywee-Bearii Road Strathmerton
Strathmerton is a rural township district in northern Victoria, 20 km. north of Numurkah and extending to the Murray River. It is the junction of railway lines which branch to Cobram and Tocumwal,...
--> Studfield
Studfield is a residential locality in Wantirna, immediately north of the Knox City shopping centre, Burwood Highway. It is 25 km. east-south-east of Melbourne, and adjoins Stud Road - hence the...
--> Sunbury
Sunbury is a residential "satellite"township 35 km. north-west of Melbourne, east of the Calder Highway. It is situated on Jacksons Creek, which enters the Maribyrnong River at Sydenham. Two minor...
--> Surrey Hills
Surrey Hills is a residential suburb 12 km. east of Melbourne, between Camberwell and Box Hill. Surrey Hills was in each of those former municipalities and remains divided between the amalgamated...
--> Tallarook
Tallarook is a rural township and district in central northern Victoria, 10 km. south of Seymour. It is on the railway line from Melbourne and on the Hume Freeway, which pass between hilly ranges...
--> Tatura
Tatura is a rural township in northern Victoria, 17 km. east-south-east of Shepparton in the western Goulburn Valley. The name is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning a lagoon with...
--> Tecoma
Tecoma is a residential suburb in hilly surrounds 35 km. east-south-east of Melbourne and one km. west of Belgrave. Until 1925 Tecoma did not have a separate identity, being known as part of Upper...
--> The Basin
The Basin is a rural and residential suburb 31 km. east of Melbourne in the western foothills of the Dandenong Ranges National Park. Several tributaries of the Dandenong Creek pass through The...
--> The Patch
The Patch is a mainly rural locality, 40 km. east-south-east of Melbourne, next to the east side of the Sherbrooke Forest. In the 1860s a timber-getter felled a stand of black-butts for palings,...
--> Thomastown
Thomastown is a residential and industrial suburb 15 km. north of Melbourne, with a station on the railway line to Epping. Unlike the land further west which is littered with basalt, Thomastown has...
--> Thornton
Thornton, a township in an agricultural district, is 93 km. north-east of Melbourne and between Alexandra and Eildon. It is situated on good river-front land where the Goulburn River and the Goulburn...
--> Toolern Vale
Toolern Vale is an agricultural and pastoral locality 40 km. north-west of Melbourne and 9 km. north of Melton. It is on the Toolern Creek, which flows southwards through Melton before joining the...
--> Toorak
Toorak is a residential area 5 km. south-east of Melbourne. Its social boundaries have been precisely fixed by its postal district boundaries (SE2 and 3142), which are Williams Road, Malvern Road,...
--> Torquay
Torquay is a township facing Bass Strait, 21 km. south of Geelong (i.e. across the Bellarine Peninsula from Geelong). It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek and its coastal features include Point...
--> Tullamarine
Tullamarine's residential area is contained in a circular loop of the Moonee Ponds Creek, and its western boundary is the Melbourne Airport, originally called the Tullamarine Airport. Tullamarine...
--> Tungamah
Tungamah is a rural town north-north-east of Melbourne, approximately 29 km. from Yarrawonga and the Murray River. It is situated on slightly undulating land which is surrounded by almost treeless...
--> Undera
Undera is a rural village and locality in northern Victoria, in the Goulburn Valley irrigation area. It is 20 km. north-west of Shepparton. In 1874, when the area came under farm-selection...
--> Upfield
Upfield is a residential and industrial locality 17 km. north of Melbourne, situated in Campbellfield. The name is descriptive of the area's open country. In 1956 the Ford motor car factory was...
--> Upwey
Upwey is a residential suburb in hilly surrounds 34 km. east-south-east of Melbourne and 2 km. west of Belgrave. Until the turn of the century Upwey did not have a separate identity. In the middle...
--> Vermont
Vermont is a residential suburb 21 km. east of Melbourne, south of Mitcham and the Maroondah Highway and railway line Ringwood. The name seems to have been bestowed either by derivation from Limerick...
--> Vermont South
Vermont South is 20 km. east of Melbourne. It is a residential area either side of the Burwood Highway, with Burwood East on its western border and the Dandenong Creek/Wantirna as its eastern...
--> Viewbank
Viewbank is a residential suburb 15 km. north-east of Melbourne, and east of Rosanna. Its name comes from the property and residence Viewbank, owned by Dr. Robert Martin who came to the Heidelberg...
--> Wahgunyah
Wahgunyah, on the south-east side of the Murray River, is 235 km. north-east of Melbourne. The nearest medium-size town to it is Rutherglen, about 8 km. to the south-east. The name came from the...
--> Wallington
Wallington is a rural town on the Bellarine Peninsula, roughly 4 km east-south-east of Geelong. Landholder, Fairfax Fenwick, subdivided part of his property in 1853, and named the subdivision...
--> Wandin
Wandin is a rural town 42 km. east of Melbourne and 8 km. beyond Lilydale. There are adjoining agricultural districts of Wandin North and (eastwards) Wandin Yallock. The name is first recorded in...
--> Wantirna
Wantirna is a residential locality 23 km. east of Melbourne, a few kilometres west of Bayswater. It is neither on a railway line nor on a radiating main road from Melbourne, and consequently...
--> Warburton
Warburton is a town on the Yarra River 60 km. east of Melbourne, surrounded by foothills of the Great Dividing Range. In late 1859 gold was discovered in the Warburton area, at Britannia Creek...
--> Warrandyte
Warrandyte and the surrounding suburbs of Wonga Park and Park Orchards are located approximately 35 kilometres North East of the city of Melbourne. The original township is on the south side of...
--> Warrenbayne
Warrenbayne is a rural township and locality 18 km. south-west of Benalla. Its name is believed to have been formed form Messrs. Warren and Bayne, early pastoral settlers who occupied a station...
--> Watsonia
Watsonia, a residential suburb south-west of Greensborough, is 15 km. north-east of Melbourne. Whilst Greensborough has the sub-regional shopping centre, Watsonia has several State schools which...
--> Wattle Glen
Wattle Glen, a mostly rural locality on the Diamond Creek, is 25 km. north-east of Melbourne, between Diamond Creek and Hurstbridge. Its name arose from the wattle trees which are still profuse in...
--> Waurn Ponds
Waurn Ponds is a rural/residential and University area 9 km. south-west of Geelong. It is named after the Waurn Chain of Ponds, a watercourse which flows from the region of Mt. Moriac to the Barwon...
--> Werribee
Werribee, about 27 km south-west of Melbourne, is midway on the Princes Highway to Geelong. It is situated on the Werribee River, which has its headwaters north of Ballan. Early pastoral...
--> Werribee South
Werribee South is a rural area on alluvial land at the southern end of the Werribee River where it enters Port Phillip Bay. It is situated on the east side of the river and extends further eastwards...
--> Wesburn
Wesburn, a rural township between Yarra Junction and Warburton, is 62 km. east of Melbourne. In 1894, after passing the Village Settlement Act two years before, the State Government subdivided 325...
--> West Melbourne
West Melbourne, an industrial, commercial and residential suburb, adjoins the north-west corner of Melbourne's central business area. The Flagstaff Gardens and the Queen Victoria Market are included...
--> Western Gardens
Western Gardens is a residential suburb between Laverton and Hoppers Crossing, 21 km. west-south-west of Melbourne. Its northern boundary is the Princes Freeway and its southern boundary is the Point...
--> Westgarth
Westgarth is a residential suburb where the tram and train services cross the Merri Creek, south of Northcote, 5 km. north-east of Melbourne. Land sales occurred in Northcote in 1840, but the land...
--> Westmeadows
Westmeadows contains the original Broadmeadows village on the Moonee Ponds Creek, but is now west of the present Broadmeadows. It is north of Tullamarine/Gladstone Park, and is 17 km. north of...
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