Beaconsfield ( born Beaconsfield ) - a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Located 46 km southeast of the central business district of Melbourne. According to the 2011 census, Beaconsfield had a population of 6412 people.
| Suburb | |
| Beaconsfield | |
|---|---|
| English Beaconsfield | |
 | |
| A country |  Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| History and Geography | |
| Population | |
| Population | 6,412 people ( 2011 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 3807 |
| beaconsfield.org.au | |
The suburb has its own railway station.
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Famous People from Beaconsfield
- 3 notes
- 4 References
History
A suburb was created at the Cardinia Creek railway station by Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield), died the day before the station opened. They decided to name the suburb in his honor [1] . The first post office was opened on October 7, 1878, and the post office of the railway station opened on January 1, 1883. In 1891, the suburb was renamed High Baconfields , and in 1902 the railway station was renamed Baconfields . [2]
Famous people from Beaconsfield
- Vanessa Amorosi is a famous Australian singer.
- Len Maddox is a former Australian cricketer.
- Brendan Fevola - soccer player
- Austin Jones - soccer player
Notes
- ↑ Beaumont, Early Days of Berwick 1979 p. 112
- ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List , < https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= >