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Suburbs & Localities

From its origins in the 1830s down to the present day, Melbourne has been amongst the most self-consciously suburban of Australian cities. At the end of the 19th century it was already one of the most extensive areas of low-density urban settlement in the world; its residents were more likely to own their own detached homes than residents of most other contemporary cities and the suburban ideal, along with its assumptions of domestic privacy and bourgeois conformity, was already deeply etched in the city's consciousness. Asking 'What suburb do you come from?' has long been a standard way for Melburnians to place each other, reflecting the well-founded assumptions that the city consists of nothing but suburbs, and that knowing where a person lives is a sure guide to where they belong socially. Only perhaps in the past two decades as suburban expansion has slowed, and ideals of urban consolidation have gained ground, has the long dominance of the suburban ideal been challenged, if not dethroned.

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Abbotsford
Aberfeldie
Airport
Airport West
Albanvale
Albert Park
Albion
Alphington
Altona
Amstel
Ardeer
Armadale
Arthurs Creek
Ascot Vale
Ashburton
Ashwood
Aspendale
Attwood
Auburn
Avondale Heights
Avonsleigh
Badger Creek
Balaclava
Balcombe
Ballam Park
Balnarring
Balwyn
Bangholme
Banyule City
The Basin
Baxter
Bayside City
Bayswater
Beaconsfield
Beaumaris
Beenak
Belgrave
Bell
Bellevue
Bennettswood
Bentleigh
Berwick
Big Pats Creek
Bittern
Black Rock
Blackburn
Blairgowrie
Bonbeach
Boronia
Boroondara City
Box Hill
Braeside
Brandon Park
Braybrook
Briar Hill
Brighton
Brimbank City
Britannia Creek
Broadmeadows
Brooklyn
Brunswick
Bulla
Bulleen
Bundoora
Bunyip
Burleigh
Burnley
Burwood
Buttlejorrk
Caldermeade
Camberwell
Campbellfield
Canterbury
Cape Schanck
Cardinia Shire
Carlton
Carnegie
Carringbush
Carrum
Carrum Downs
Carrum Swamp
Casey City
Caulfield
Central Melbourne
Chadstone
Chatham
Chelsea
Cheltenham
Chirnside Park
Christmas Hills
Clayton
Clematis
Clifton Hill
Clyde
Coatesville
Coburg
Cockatoo
Coldstream
Collingwood
Coolaroo
Coonans Hill
Cottles Bridge
Craigieburn
Cranbourne
Crib Point
Croxton
Croydon
Dandenong
Darebin City
Debney's Paddock
Deepdene
Deer Park
Dennis
Devon Meadows
Diamond Creek
Diamond Valley
Diggers Rest
Dingley Village
Dixons Creek
Docklands
Doncaster
Donnybrook
Donvale
Doreen
Doveton
Dromana
Eaglemont
East Melbourne
Eden Park
Edithvale
Elsternwick
Eltham
Elwood
Emerald
Emerald Hill
Endeavour Hills
Epping
Essendon
Eumemmerring
Exford
Fairfield
Fawkner
Ferntree Gully
Ferny Creek
Fishermans Bend
Fitzroy
Flagstaff Hill
Flemington
Flinders
Footscray
Forest Hill
Frankston
Frankston City
Garden City
Gardenvale
Garfield
Gembrook
Gladstone Park
Glen Eira City
Glen Huntly
Glen Waverley
Glenferrie
Glenroy
Gowanbrae
Gowerville
Greater Dandenong City
Greensborough
Greenvale
Greythorn
Gruyere
Hadfield
Hallam
Hampton
Harkaway
Harrisfield
Hartwell
Hastings
Hawksburn
Hawthorn
Healesville
Heatherton
Heathmont
Heidelberg
Highett
Hobsons Bay City
Hoddles Creek
Holmesglen
Hoppers Crossing
Hotham
Hughesdale
Hume City
Humevale
Huntingdale
Hurstbridge
Images of the Suburbs
Iona
Irishtown
Ivanhoe
Jacana
Jolimont
Jordanville
Kalkallo
Kallista
Kalorama
Kangaroo Ground
Keilor
Kensington
Keon Park
Kerrimuir
Kew
Keysborough
Kilsyth
Kingsbury
Kingston City
Kingsville
Knox City
Koo Wee Rup
Koonung Heights
Laburnum
Lalor
Lang Lang
Langwarrin
Launching Place
Laverton
Lilydale
Little River
Lower Plenty
Lyndale
Lyndhurst
Macclesfield
Macleod
Maidstone
Malvern
Manningham City
Maribyrnong
Maribyrnong City
Maroondah City
Maryknoll
Mccrae
Mckinnon
Melbourne City
Melton
Melton Shire
Mentone
Menzies Creek
Mernda
Merri
Merriang
Merricks
Middle Park
Mill Park
Millgrove
Mitcham
Monash City
Monbulk
Mont Albert
Montague
Montmorency
Montrose
Moonee Ponds
Moonee Valley City
Moorabbin
Moorooduc
Mooroolbark
Mordialloc
Moreland
Moreland City
Mornington
Mornington Peninsula Shire
Mount Dandenong
Mount Donna Buang
Mount Eliza
Mount Evelyn
Mount Martha
Mount Waverley
Mulgrave
Murrumbeena
Nar Nar Goon
Narre Warren
Newport
Niddrie
Nillumbik Shire
Noble Park
North Melbourne
Northcote
Notting Hill
Nunawading
Oak Park
Oaklands Junction
Oakleigh
Officer
Olinda
Olivers Hill
Ormond
Osborne
Pakenham
Panton Hill
Park Orchards
Parkville
Pascoe Vale
The Patch
Patterson Lakes
Pearcedale
Pennydale
Pentridge
Pines Forest
Pinewood
Plenty
Point Cook
Point Gellibrand
Point Leo
Point Nepean
Port Melbourne
Port Phillip City
Portsea
Powelltown
Prahran
Preston
Princes Hill
Red Hill
Regent
Research
Reservoir
Richmond
Ringwood
Ripponlea
Riversdale
Rockbank
Rosanna
Rosebud
Rowville
Roxburgh Park
Ruthven
Rye
Sandown Park
Sandridge
Sandringham
Sassafras
Scoresby
Seabrook
Seaford
Seddon
Selby
Seville
Shenley
Sherbrooke
Shoreham
Silvan
Skye
Smiths Gully
Somers
Somerton
Somerville
Sorrento
South Melbourne
South Morang
South Yarra
Spotswood
Springvale
St Albans
St Andrews
St Helena
St Kilda
Steels Creek
Stonnington City
Stony Point
Strathmore
Suburbs and Suburbanisation
Sunbury
Sunshine
Surrey Hills
Sydenham
Syndal
Tarneit
Taylors Lakes
Tecoma
Templestowe
Thomastown
Thornbury
Tonimbuk
Toolangi
Toolern Vale
Tooradin
Toorak
Tooronga
Tootgarook
Tottenham
Travancore
Tremont
Truganina
Tullamarine
Tyabb
Tynong
Upfield
Upper Yarra
Upwey
Vermont
View Bank
Wandin
Wandin Yallock
Wantirna
Warburton
Warneet
Warrandyte
Watsonia
Wattle Glen
Wattle Park
Waverley
Werribee
Wesburn
West Melbourne
Westall
Westgarth
Westmeadows
Wheelers Hill
Whitehorse City
Whittlesea
Whittlesea City
Williamstown
Willison
Windsor
Wollert
Wonga Park
Woodstock
Woori Yallock
Wyndham City
Yallambie
Yan Yean
Yannathan
Yarra City
Yarra Glen
Yarra Junction
Yarra Ranges Shire
Yarra Valley
Yarraman
Yarrambat
Yarraville
Yellingbo
Yering