Beaconsfield, Victoria


Beaconsfield is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 44 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Beaconsfield recorded a population of 6,714 at the 2016 Census.
The suburb has its own railway station.

History

The area was named after Benjamin Disraeli.
Beaconsfield Post Office opened on 7 October 1878 and the original weatherboard building still stands. Beaconsfield Railway Station Post Office opened on 1 January 1883. In 1891 Beaconsfield was renamed Beaconsfield Upper and around 1902 Beaconsfield Railway Station was renamed Beaconsfield.

Facilities

The suburb has some small shopping centres such as "Beaconsfield Shopping Plaza" with shops such as an Aldi, Woolworths, bakery, post office, chemist, many cafés and fish and chips shop and the nearby "Beaconsfield Hub". Schools include , and . There are many cafés, restaurants and hairdressers around the commercial shopping area. The Beaconsfield CFA has their fire station in Woods Street, which was built in 2016 as a replacement for an older building also previously on Woods Street.

Sport

The town has an Australian Rules football club and a netball club that compete in the South East Football Netball League, which was where football stars Brendan Fevola, Chris Newman, Tim Barker and Austinn Jones formerly played.
There is also a cricket club and a .

Notable people from Beaconsfield