Hawthorn

Hawthorn is a ‘middle-ring’ residential suburb 6 km east of Melbourne. Its topography rises immediately east of the Yarra River valley, and it has the Gardiners Creek on its south. The suburb’s northern boundary is Barkers Road and its eastern boundary is Auburn Road.

The municipality of Hawthorn (1860-1994) was bounded by the two river valleys, Burke Road on its east and Barkers Road on its north.