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Construction of the new West Footscray Community Centre has been completed. It incorporates a local library, replacing the former West Footscray Library on the same site. The site is a part of the "Barkly Village" strip.
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In West Footscray, 53.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 8.0%, India 5.9%, Italy 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8% and England 1.7%.
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The fire caused consequences to the health of local residents in the few weeks after the fire. Firefighters were also concerned about the long term effect of the chemicals on their health.
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team, and League games are regularly played on Sunday afternoons. The North Footscray Devils are also located there and North Footscray and West Footscray are usually locked in battle.
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The 2nd Footscray Scout Group is located at Gaudion Reserve, Barkly Street. The group has a website and is open to youth aged 7 to 26 years. It is part of Kariwara District.
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is located on Barret Reserve, Essex Street. 10th Footscray Scout, open to all youth aged 6–26, share the reserve with the YMCA meeting in a their hall on Graham St.
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51.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 10.4%, Italian 3.2%, Greek 2.0%, Cantonese 1.8% and Telugu 1.6%.
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works, a third platform was built on the Cross Street side of the station to allow services to terminate. Work commenced in 2018 and was completed in 2020.
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and one of six such sites in Melbourne. Their office in the new complex at 77 Ashley Street includes equipment donated by the Footscray Rotary Club.
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The most common responses for religion in West Footscray were Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 24.3%, Buddhism 8.4%, Anglican 6.1% and Islam 5.6%.
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started in a warehouse storing chemicals illegally resulting in environmental and health damages. It took up to 16 days to end the fire.
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The most common ancestries in West Footscray were English 16.2%, Australian 15.9%, Vietnamese 7.8%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.2%.
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although in an area many local residents consider to be West Footscray (Formerly Western General Hospital, Footscray Hospital).
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There is another Catholic School, Corpus Christi Catholic School located in the southern "Kingsville" part of the suburb.
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Kingsville Kindergarten (Located in the southern part of the suburb, but in an area many residents consider to be part of
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and North Footscray Football Club. The Druids Cricket Club is also based in West Footscray, playing at Shorten Reserve.
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The Western Private Hospital is located adjacent to the Western Hospital, on the corner of Eleanor and Marion Streets.
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Footscray – Laverton via Geelong Road, Altona Gate SC, Altona, Altona Meadows (every day). Operated by CDC Melbourne.
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Sunshine – Gardenvale via Footscray, Melbourne, St Kilda Road, Prahran (every day). Operated by Kinetic Melbourne.
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After investigation, it was found that the storage of chemical was linked to ones found be stored illegally at
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Shorten Reserve on Essex Street is home of the Druids Cricket Club and the West Footscray Roosters, a local
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A large number of other private medical practices are also located on Eleanor Street and Stanlake Street.
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Fox Koob, Simone; Cunningham, Melissa; Emery, Sarah; Preiss, Benjamin; Towell, Noel (31 August 2018).
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via Sunshine, Footscray, Melbourne, St Kilda Road, Prahran (every day). Operated by Kinetic Melbourne.
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Barkly Village is a section of Barkly Street in West Footscray that hosts many local and ethnic
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West Footscray Post Office (listed in reference as Footscray West) opened on 15 April 1914.
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The hospital's Emergency and Triage entrances are located in Eleanor Street, Footscray.
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Practices located on Barkly Street. West Footscray Veterinary Clinic and VetCall.
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Within hours of the fire, dead fish and other wildlife were found dead around
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Phat Quang Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple, is located in the suburb.
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The Western Scout centre is a training centre for the adult volunteers of
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Ilanbey, Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston, Sumeyya (7 November 2019).
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Ilanbey, Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston, Sumeyya (7 November 2019).
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Ilanbey, Sumeyya; Vedelago, Chris; Cooper, Adam (2 January 2019).
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Australians. There is a particularly large Indian grocery store,
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The Footscray United Soccer Club plays at Hansen Reserve.
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The Western General Hospital's grounds are located in
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in West Footscray is the home training ground of the
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Operated by CDC Melbourne. 451: 913:West Footscray has two railway stations on the 651:and includes many stores owned and operated by 724:is based in West Footscray in the Drill Hall. 538:, 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Melbourne's 83:Written with dot points and very little prose. 1367: 1133: 1270:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 1204:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 50:Learn how and when to remove these messages 1374: 1360: 1055: 263: 1062: 1040:"West Footscray (Suburbs and Localities)" 226:Learn how and when to remove this message 208:Learn how and when to remove this message 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 968:Warehouse fire in West Footscray in 2018 963: 796: 690:The suburb has its own #wefo hashtag on 240:Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1310: 1244: 1178: 959: 1448: 287: 1355: 1218: 1030: 1028: 1212: 1127: 146:adding citations to reliable sources 117: 56: 15: 757:West Footscray Neighbourhood House. 13: 1461:Suburbs of the City of Maribyrnong 1219:Smith, Rohan (20 September 2018). 1025: 1013:2018 West Footscray warehouse fire 809:that pass through West Footscray; 14: 1472: 1340: 647:. 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West Footscray is located in Melbourne
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37°48′32″S 144°52′26″E / 37.809°S 144.874°E / -37.809; 144.874
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Melbourne
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City of Maribyrnong

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