Seaholme is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, south-west of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
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.
It was founded on 22 June 1994 during the amalgamation of l ...
local government area
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. Seaholme recorded a population of 2,067 at the
2021 census.
[
Seaholme was the name of a housing estate developed in the early 1920s, which was marketed as the next stage of development of the adjoining suburb of Altona. It is a bayside enclave within Altona, bounded in the west by Millers Road and in the north by the Altona Coastal Park.
Seaholme Post Office opened on 2 July 1951 and closed in 1971.]
Transport
Train
* Seaholme has a railway station
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, which is served by trains on the Werribee railway line
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The line runs from Flinders Street station in cent ...
.
Bus
* Route 411-412: Laverton to Footscray
* Route 944: City to Point Cook
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(Night Bus
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Service)
See also
* City of Altona
The City of Altona was a Local government in Australia, local government area about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1957 until 1994.
History
Th ...
– Seaholme was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
Cr Tony Briffa, Councillor for Altona and SeaholmeHobsons Bay Community Online Forum
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Hobsons Bay
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