Geography
The City of Brunswick was a stable geographic area from 1870 until 1994, comprising an area of 11.01 square kilometres (4.25 sq mi) bounded by Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Merri Creek to the east, Moreland Road to the north and Park Street (one block south of Brunswick Road), Nicholson Street and May Street to the south. The boundaries enclosed the suburbs of Brunswick West, Brunswick and Brunswick East and also included a 15-hectare (37-acre) strip of Fitzroy North along Glenlyon Road.
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—Derek Wall (b. 1965)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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