Kooyong is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia

Australia

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, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington

City of Stonnington

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. At the 2006 Census, Kooyong had a population of 781.

Kooyong takes its name from Kooyong Koot Creek which was the original name given to Gardiners Creek by the government surveyor, Robert Hoddle

Robert Hoddle

Robert Hoddle was a surveyor of Port Phillip in the 1830s, and the creator of the Hoddle Grid, the street grid system upon which inner city Melbourne is based. He was also an accomplished artist and depicted scenes of the Port Philip region as well as New South Wales...

, in 1837. It is thought that the name derives from an Aboriginal word meaning camp or resting place, or haunt of the wild fowl.

Transport

The suburb is serviced by the Kooyong railway station, as well as tram route 16

Melbourne tram route 16

Tram route 16 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Kew in the eastern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, St Kilda, Balaclava, Malvern, and Kew...

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