City of Hawthorn Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 31,500 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 3,244/km2 (8,402/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1860 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 9.71 km2 (3.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Hawthorn | ||||||||||||||
Region | Eastern Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
County | Bourke | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Hawthorn was a local government area about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the southeast bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of 9.71 square kilometres (3.75 sq mi), and existed from 1860 until 1994.