Glenesk is a suburb of

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, and is located in Region F of the

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. The suburb lies just north of

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and is south of the CBD.

History

The suburb was surveyed in 1928 and then proclaimed on 30 September 1931. The name has a Scottish origin, named after Glenesk House in

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References

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