Spotswood, Victoria
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| Spotswood Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 2,142 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3015 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.1 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $377,000[1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 7 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Hobsons Bay | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Williamstown | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Gellibrand | ||||||||||||
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Spotswood is a south-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay.
Spotswood was the setting of the eponymous Australian film, Spotswood, made in 1992. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Toni Collette, and Bruno Lawrence. Russell Crowe played a minor character. Most of the scenes in Spotswood were shot in the suburb, but the Moccasin factory is fictional and doesn't exist in Spotswood; the factory scenes in the movie were shot in the old sewage pumping station. Moccasins are a derogatory stereotype for the western suburbs of Melbourne; implying a lack of class, culture and sophistication even though they are commonly used elsewhere in Australia.
Spotswood is also known for the Victorian Science Museum, known as Scienceworks. Scienceworks is near the old sewage pumping station of Spotswood, constructed in 1897. This location was also used as the police headquarters in Mad Max and for the Academy award winning short film Harvie Krumpet.
The suburb was named after Jane Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon.
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Altona | Altona Meadows | Altona North | Brooklyn | Laverton | Newport | Seabrook | Seaholme | South Kingsville | Spotswood | Williamstown | Williamstown North |
