The Division of Fawkner was an

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. The division was created in 1906 as a replacement for Southern Melbourne, and was abolished itself in 1969. It was named for

John Pascoe Fawkner John Pascoe Fawkner (20 October 1792 – 4 September 1869) was an early Australian pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania), to sail ...

, one of the founders of

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. It was located in the inner southern suburbs of Melbourne, including at various times

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, St Kilda and

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. It was usually a safe conservative seat, but was occasionally won by the

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. The seat is best known as the starting point for the career of future

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, who held the seat from 1935 until 1949, when he followed most of its wealthier portion into Higgins.

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Fawkner Fawkner is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Hume, Hume and City of Merri-bek, Merri-bek ...