Essendon North is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia, north-west of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
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, and in June 2018, ...
local government area. Essendon North recorded a population of 3,071 at the
2021 census.
[
Essendon North is adjacent to ]Essendon Airport
Essendon Fields Airport , colloquially known by its former name Essendon Airport, is a public airport serving scheduled commercial, corporate-jet, charter and general aviation flights. It is located next to the intersection of the Tullamarin ...
. The airport was proclaimed by the Commonwealth Government
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in 1921, which had been known as St Johns, after an early landowner. Local residents complained about noise periodically from 1930. Commercial international flights were transferred to the new Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport , colloquially known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is ...
in 1970, and commercial domestic flights followed in 1971.
See also
* City of Essendon
The City of Essendon was a local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994.
History
Essendon was first incorporated as a borough ...
– Essendon North was previously within this former local government area.
References
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Moonee Valley
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