Hoppers Crossing, Victoria

Hoppers Crossing, Victoria

Hoppers Crossing is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28.8 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2011 Census, Hoppers Crossing had a population of 37,598.

The suburb is named after Stephen Hopper (1832-1908) and his family, who were residents in the area. Hoppers Lane runs through the site of the former State Research Farm at Werribee, and its crossing of the Geelong-Melbourne railway, adjacent to the present Hoppers Crossing railway station, led to the naming of the area.

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