page_title: Spotswood, Victoria
hierarchical_section_title: Spotswood, Victoria
caption_attribution_description: A photo of Spotswood from the Westgate Bridge. If you are wondering how i got onto the Westgate Bridge to take this photo, it was during a site inspection for a project i am involved with&#160;:)
context_page_description: Spotswood is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2016 census, Spotswood had a population of 2,604.
  The suburb is bounded generally by the Geelong railway line in the west, the West Gate Freeway in the north, the Yarra River in the east and by the boundaries of the properties below Burleigh Street in the south.
  Spotswood was named after J.S. Spottiswoode, one of the first farmers who owned much of the area in the 1840s.
context_section_description: Spotswood is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2016 census, Spotswood had a population of 2,604.
  The suburb is bounded generally by the Geelong railway line in the west, the West Gate Freeway in the north, the Yarra River in the east and by the boundaries of the properties below Burleigh Street in the south.
  Spotswood was named after J.S. Spottiswoode (shortened Spotswood), one of the first farmers who owned much of the area in the 1840s.
caption: Overview of the industrial area below the West Gate Bridge
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