Whittington, Victoria

Whittington, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Whittington
city = Geelong
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Greater Geelong
postcode = 3219
pop = 4056 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC22146 | name = Whittington (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area =
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=buy&suburb=Whittington&postcode=3219#mapanchor $181,250] (2007)
stategov =
fedgov =
near-nw =
near-n = Newcomb
near-ne = Moolap
near-w = East Geelong
near-e = Leopold
near-sw = Breakwater
near-s = St Albans Park
near-se =
dist1 = 4
location1= Geelong

Whittington is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located 4km south-east of the city centre. It is bordered by Boundary, Townsend and Coppards roads and by the former Geelong to Queenscliff railway line now known as the Bellarine Rail Trail. [ [http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/whittington.html Whittington, Victoria at Australian Place names gazette] ]

A large part of Whittington is laid out in cul-de-sacs and courts to inhibit traffic and to help create numerous neighbourhood reserves. Whittington contains a shopping centre, a community centre, recreation reserves and the Whittington Primary School.

History

The area of Whittington was originally part of Breakwater, and was named after an early land owner James Whittington during the 1920s. [ [http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/whitting.html The History of Whittington / St Albans] ] .A Post Office of that name had been open since 1914 Citation

last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Education

[http://www.whittingtonps.vic.edu.au/ Whittington Primary School] is a small Primary School located in Whittington, Victoria. The school has a large steel post picket fence surrounding it and has its gates can be padlocked shut to form a fortress during an emergency lockdown, as happened on the 22 August, 2007 [ [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22292975-421,00.html www.News.com.au] - Boy, 11, forces school lockdown] when a former 11 year old student threatened students of the school.

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