Heidelberg Heights is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia

Australia

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, 10 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Heidelberg Heights had a population of 6051.

History

The first Heidelberg Heights Post Office was renamed in 1950 from Heidelberg West (open since 1923) and closed in 1982. In 1983 Heidelberg North office was renamed Heidelberg Heights; this closed in 1993.

Sport

North Heidelberg Football Club

North Heidelberg Football Club

North Heidelberg Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Heidelberg West, Victoria, currently competing in Division 1 of the Northern Football League.-Notable players:*Ross 'Twiggy' Dunne*Jason Heatley*Jake King*Shane Harvey*Jamie Shaw...

, an Australian Rules football

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 team, competes in the Northern Football League.

See also

• City of Heidelberg
  City of Heidelberg
  The City of Heidelberg was a Local Government Area located about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1840 until 1994.-History:...
  
  - the former local government area of which Heidelberg Heights was a part.