| Harkness Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Harkness Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°39′15″S 144°32′45″E / 37.65417°S 144.54583°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 12,463 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3337 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 38 km (24 mi) W of Melbourne CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Melton | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Melton | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hawke | ||||||||||||||
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Harkness is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km (24 mi) North west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area. Harkness recorded a population of 12,463 at the 2021 census.[1]
The suburb was gazetted by the Office of Geographic Names on 9 February 2017,[2] following a proposal for eleven new suburbs by the City of Melton. The new name officially took effect from 23 August 2017.[3][4]
Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was mostly part of Melton West, in addition to a small section of Toolern Vale in the north.
The name "Harkness" was the surname of an early settler, William Scott Harkness, who was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1839 and arrived in Melbourne at Port Phillip in 1852. He was the manager of Strathtulloh and a farmer. He died in 1908.[5]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Harkness (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Locality boundaries". Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Landy, Samantha (10 February 2017). "Eleven new suburbs to be established in the Melton growth area, west of Melbourne's CBD". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "New suburbs". City of Melton. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council" (PDF). City of Melton. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Victorian Electoral Commission.
