For other places called Sydenham, see Sydenham (disambiguation)

Sydenham (disambiguation)

Sydenham is a suburb and ward of London, United Kingdom.Sydenham may also refer to:-Australia:* Sydenham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney* Sydenham, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne** Sydenham railway line, Melbourne...

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Sydenham is a suburb 25 km north-west of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank

City of Brimbank

The City of Brimbank is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the western suburbs between 10 and 20 km west and northwest from the Melbourne city centre.It has an area of 123 km²...

. At the 2006 Census, Sydenham had a population of 9644.

History

The Post Office opened on 26 August 1861. A railway station, known as Keilor Road, was opened in 1859 and renamed Sydenham in 1887. The station was relocated before reopening as Watergardens in 2002, with the extension of the electric rail service to the suburb. Watergardens is the terminus of the Sydenham railway line.

Today

Education facilities in the area include Catholic Regional College Sydenham

Federation of Catholic Regional Colleges

The Federation of Catholic Regional Colleges is a collaboration of five Catholic coeducational secondary colleges, located in the rapidly expanding North Western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Each College within the Federation is partially autonomous with its own administrative structures...

, a coeducational Catholic senior high school. It also includes the Sydenham-Hillside Primary School, which is one of the country's largest government primary school and the Sydenham Campus of Copperfield College.

Sport

Sydenham Hillside Football Club

Sydenham Hillside Football Club

The Hillside Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 27 km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of Hillside and was founded in 1999 by a small group of parents residing in the Sydenham, Hillside and surrounding areas...

, an Australian Rules football team, competes in the Essendon District Football League

Essendon District Football League

The Essendon District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.The EDFL consists of 24 senior clubs, 10 clubs in A Grade and 14 clubs in B Grade...

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See also

• City of Keilor
  City of Keilor
  The City of Keilor was a Local Government Area located about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994.-History:...
  
   - the former local government area of which Sydenham was a part.
• Sydenham railway line
• Watergardens railway station