Whittington is a residential suburb of

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

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, located 4 km south-east of the city centre. It is bordered by Boundary, Townsend and Coppards roads and by the former Geelong to Queenscliff railway line now known as the

Bellarine Rail Trail The Bellarine Rail Trail is a 32 km walking and cycling track on the Bellarine Peninsula, in Victoria, Australia, that follows the route of the former South Geelong to Queenscliff branch line. It runs from South Geelong to Queenscliff, pa ...

. At the 2021 census, Whittington had a population of 3,990. A large part of Whittington is laid out in

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s and courts to inhibit traffic and to help create numerous neighbourhood reserves. Whittington contains a shopping centre, a community centre, recreation reserves and the Whittington Primary School.

History

The area of Whittington was originally part of Breakwater, and was named after an early land owner, James Whittington, during the 1920s.The History of Whittington / St Albans
/ref> A Post Office of that name had been open since 1914.

Notable people

Damien Birkinhead – Olympic shot putter

Lee Troop Lee Joseph Troop (born 22 March 1973) is an Olympic marathon runner from Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He started out as a long-distance track runner and he represented Australia in the 5000 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and attended hi ...

– Olympic marathon runner

George Blagojevic George Blagojevic (born 18 October 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Geelong Supercats of the NBL1 South. Blagojevic played college basketball for the Hartford Hawks. Early life Blagojevic grew up in Geelong and p ...

– NBL Basketball player

Education

Whittington Primary School is a small Primary School located in Whittington, Victoria.

References

{{Geelong suburbs Suburbs of Geelong