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| Brunswick West Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 12,197 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 3055 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 7 km (4 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of poo in a hole and die city i hate poo that is brown with hunks of corn in it braoreland | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Brunswick | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wills | ||||||||||||||
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Brunswick West is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland.
Brunswick West lies 6 km north of Melbourne. Adjoining Parkville to the south, Moonee Ponds at the Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Pascoe Vale South and Coburg along Moreland Road to the north, and Brunswick along Grantham, Pearson and Shamrock streets to the east.
Brunswick West is primarily a residential suburb with some light industry. It borders the Tullamarine Freeway.
Commerce
Grantham St and Melville Rd are the two main commercial activity centres in Brunswick West, comprising small-scale traditional shopping strips, with a small shopping centre (Union Sq) in Grantham St.
Transport
The number 55 tram provides the main north-south link through the suburb and to the city, with a route that runs along Grantham St, Dawson St and Melville Road. There are several bus routes on the main east-west streets: 510 (Moreland Rd), 503 (Albion St), 509 (Hope St & Melville Rd), 508 (Victoria St), 506 (Dawson, Pearson, Smith & Allard Sts) and 504 (Brunswick Rd). For cyclists, many streets have cycle lanes and the suburb also adjoins the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail to the west, and the Capital City Trail to the south.
Educational facilities
Brunswick West has two government primary schools, Brunswick South West PS and Brunswick North West PS, and a Catholic school, St. Josephs.
Open space
The largest area of public open space is formed by the reservations along the Moonee Ponds Creek, which runs adjacent to the Tullamarine Freeway. Dunstan Reserve, in the suburb's north, has two ovals, and there are several smaller reserves distributed evenly through the residential area.
See also
- City of Brunswick - the former local government area of which Brunswick West was a part.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Brunswick West (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ Brunswick West, accessed 27 November 2006
External links
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