Glen Iris, Victoria
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Glen Iris (postcode 3146) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is split between two local municipalities: roughly three quarters lies in the City of Boroondara, and the other quarter lies in the City of Stonnington.
The division between the two municipalities follows the course of Gardiners Creek, which is a tributary of the Yarra River. A tributary of Gardiners Creek running north through the suburb, Back Creek, has largely been turned into a drain. Also roughly following the course of Gardiners Creek is the Monash Freeway, and the Glen Waverley train line.
Transport
Two train stations on the Glen Waverley line, Gardiner and Glen Iris, lie within the suburb. Passing through the eastern part of Glen Iris is the Alamein train line, with Burwood station also within the boundaries of the suburb. (Glen Iris did not originally cover this far east, and this station and its surrounds were originally in the suburb of Burwood). Residents are also served by the numbers 6 and 72 tram routes, as well as the numbers 612 and 734 bus routes.Glen Iris lies 11 km roughly to the east of the central business district. It is also Melbourne's demographic centre, as the city's urban sprawl spreads further to the east of the city than to the west.
Neighbourhood
| Melbourne suburbs near Glen Iris (City of Boroondara and City of Stonnington) | ||
| Hawthorn East | Camberwell | Burwood |
| Malvern | Glen Iris | Burwood |
|---|---|---|
| Malvern | Ashburton | Malvern East
|
Notable citizens
- Wayne Arthurs (tennis player) - Australian tennis player and Davis Cup representative.
- Colin McDonald - born 1928 in Glen Iris, is an Australian cricketer who played in 47 Tests from 1952 to 1961.
- Matthew Wales - resident of Glen Iris who was convicted of the murders of Margaret Wales-King and Paul King in 2003 in what became known as the Society Murders.
- Sophie Taylor - Born in 1987 in Glen Iris, is an Australian hockey player who has represented her school, district, region, state from 2000 to present. She is currently in the Australian Squad
| Suburbs of the City of Boroondara | |
|---|---|
|
Ashburton |
Auburn |
Auburn South |
Balwyn |
Balwyn East |
Balwyn North |
Balwyn West |
Barker |
Bellevue |
Burwood |
Camberwell |
Camberwell East |
Canterbury |
Chatham |
Cotham |
Deepdene |
Glen Iris |
Glenferrie |
Greythorn |
Hartwell |
Hawthorn |
Hawthorn East |
Kew |
Kew East |
Kew North |
Mont Albert |
Riversdale |
Solway |
Surrey Hills
Willison |
Yooralla |
| |
| Suburbs of the City of Stonnington | |
|---|---|
|
Armadale |
Glen Iris |
Kooyong |
Malvern |
Malvern East |
Prahran |
South Yarra |
Toorak |
Windsor
| |
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