Spotswood, Victoria

Spotswood, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Spotswood
city = Melbourne
state = vic



caption =
lga = City of Hobsons Bay
area = 3.1
postcode = 3015
pop = 2234 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21629 | name = Spotswood (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-26 | quick = on]
propval = $500,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Spotswood&postcode=3015 Spotswood] , accessed 25 January 2008]
stategov = Williamstown
fedgov = Gellibrand
near-nw = Yarraville
near-n = Yarraville
near-ne = Yarraville
near-w = South Kingsville
near-e = Port Melbourne
near-sw = South Kingsville
near-s = Newport
near-se = Newport
dist1 = 7
location1= Melbourne

Spotswood is a south-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay.

Locality

Spotswood is also known for the Victorian Science Museum, known as Scienceworks. Scienceworks is near the old sewage pumping station of Spotswood, constructed in 1897. This location was also used as the police headquarters in Mad Max and for the Academy award winning short film Harvie Krumpet. The suburb was named after Jane Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon. The suburb is served by the Spotswood railway station. The Spotswood Cricket Club plays at McLean Reserve and competes in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.

Film

Spotswood was the setting of the eponymous Australian film, "Spotswood", made in 1990-1991. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Toni Collette, and Bruno Lawrence. Russell Crowe played a minor character. Most of the scenes in Spotswood were shot in the suburb, but the Moccasin factory is fictional and doesn't exist in Spotswood; the factory scenes in the movie were shot in the old sewage pumping station. Moccasins are a derogatory stereotype for the western suburbs of Melbourne; implying a lack of class, culture and sophistication even though they are commonly used elsewhere in Australia.

See also

* City of Footscray - the former local government area of which Spotswood was a part.
* City of Williamstown - the former local government area of which Spotswood was a part.

References

External links


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