City of Essendon

This article is about a former local government area. For the suburb, see Essendon, Victoria.

City of Essendon
Victoria
Location in Melbourne
Population57,000 (1992)[1]
 • Density2,686/km2 (6,960/sq mi)
Established1861
Area21.22 km2 (8.2 sq mi)
Council seatMoonee Ponds
RegionNorthwest Melbourne
CountyBourke
LGAs around City of Essendon:
Keilor Broadmeadows Coburg
Keilor City of Essendon Brunswick
Sunshine Melbourne Melbourne

The City of Essendon was a local government area about 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 21.22 square kilometres (8.19 sq mi), and existed from 1861 until 1994.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 49. ISSN 0067-1223.