Chelsea Heights is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia
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, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Kingston
The City of Kingston is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port P ...
local government area
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. Chelsea Heights recorded a population of 5,393 at the .
[
The suburb is home t]
Chelsea Heights Primary School
The Chelsea Heights Cricket & Football Club and the Bonbeach Blue Jays Baseball Club.
On the border of Chelsea Heights and Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
is the Bayside Trail bicycle track, which begins in Seaford and continues north for approximately 43 km to Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Port Phillip local government areas. Port Melbourne recorded a populatio ...
.
History
Prior to the 1870s, Chelsea Heights was known as the Isles of Wannarkladdin, being the only high land of the Carrum Carrum Swamp.Carrum Carrum Swamp: Swamped with History
Popular reference
The aerial photography at the beginning of the
Network 7
''Network 7'' was a short-lived but influential youth music and current affairs programme screened on Channel 4 over two series in 1987 and 1988. The series was created by Jane Hewland and Janet Street-Porter, who was also editor of the first se ...
show ''
Kath & Kim
''Kath & Kim,'' (also written as ''Kath and Kim'') is an Australian sitcom created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter. ...
'' shows the central portion of Chelsea Heights.
See also
*
City of Springvale
The City of Springvale was a Local government in Australia, local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.
H ...
– Chelsea Heights was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
Australian Places: Chelsea Heights
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Kingston (Victoria)
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