Essendon Fields, Victoria

Essendon Fields
Melbourne, Victoria
Essendon Fields; Melbourne, Victoria
	Essendon Fields Shopping Centre
	Essendon Fields
Coordinates	37°43′41″S 144°54′00″E / 37.728°S 144.900°ECoordinates: 37°43′41″S 144°54′00″E / 37.728°S 144.900°E
Established	2008
Postcode(s)	3041
Location	11 km (7 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Moonee Valley
State electorate(s)	Essendon
Federal division(s)	Maribyrnong
	Suburbs around Essendon Fields:

Essendon Fields is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moonee Valley.

Essendon Fields comprises the Essendon Airport and surrounding commercial areas. The suburb was formally gazetted on 14 August 2008 under the Geographic Place Names Act.^[1]

On 21 February 2017 just before 9am, a Beechcraft Super King Air on a passenger charter flight bound for King Island, Tasmania crashed shortly after takeoff from nearby Essendon Airport. All 5 people aboard the flight were killed. As the shopping centre had not opened yet, only staff were at the centre, all of whom were accounted for. The incident was the worst aviation accident in Victoria for 30 years.

References[]

^ Benson, Eugene (26 August 2008). "New post code Essendon Fields gets nod". Moonee Valley Community News. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

External links[]

Essendon Fields website

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[MVCN-1] Benson, Eugene (26 August 2008). "New post code Essendon Fields gets nod". Moonee Valley Community News. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

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