Fawkner (disambiguation)

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Fawkner may refer to:

In geography:

The Division of Fawkner was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1906 as a replacement for Southern Melbourne, and was abolished itself in 1969. It was named for John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne. It was located in the inner southern suburbs of Melbourne, including at various times Prahran, South Yarra, St Kilda and Toorak. It was usually a safe conservative seat, but was occasionally won by the Australian Labor Party.

Fawkner, Victoria Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fawkner is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government areas are the City of Moreland and the City of Hume. At the 2016 Census, Fawkner had a population of 14,043.

Fawkner railway station railway station in Hadfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fawkner railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Hadfield, as well as neighbouring suburb Fawkner. The station opened on 8 October 1889 as Fawkner. It closed on 13 July 1903, reopening on 12 December 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery, and resumed the Fawkner name in 1914.

In people:

John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869) early pioneer to Victoria, Australia

John Pascoe Fawkner was an early Australian pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land, to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize. Fawkner's party sailed to Port Phillip and up the Yarra River to found a settlement which became the city of Melbourne.

Steve Fawkner Australian software designer, programmer and composer

Steve Fawkner is an Australian video game designer, programmer, and composer. He created the Warlords game series in 1989 and more recently the Puzzle Quest series.

Jonathan Fawkner is a visual effects artist.

In sports:

Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues

Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues is a former Australian association football (soccer) club based in Epping, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed towards the end of 2004 from a merger of the senior teams of the Fawkner Blues and Whittlesea Stallions, and played in the 2005 and 2006 Victorian Premier League seasons. At the end of 2006, Fawkner and Whittlesea dissolved the merger, with Fawkner opting to go back to being a stand-alone club, and Whittlesea forming a partnership with Bulleen to form the Whittlesea Zebras.

See also

William Faulkner was an American author.

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Melbourne City Centre Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the area in which Melbourne was established in 1835, by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and its boundaries are defined by the Government of Victoria's Melbourne Planning Scheme. Today it comprises the two oldest areas of Melbourne; the Hoddle Grid and Queen Victoria Market, as well as sections of the redeveloped areas of Docklands and Southbank/South Wharf. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne.

Fawkner SC

Fawkner Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club from Fawkner, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1967 by local Italian Australians after Fawkner SC separated from Fawkner Blues now known as Manningham United FC. After being granted full ownership of CB Smith Reserve the re-branded Fawkner Soccer Club fielded their rebuilt senior side in 2012. In 2015, Fawnker were crowned champions of the State League Division 4 North, earning promotion to the State League Division 3 North-West.

Pascoe is a Cornish given name and surname which means "Easter children" from the Cornish language Pask, cognate of Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Pascoe is a Cornish pet form of name Pascal, introduced by the Norman knights into England after the Conquest started in 1066, and derives from the Latin paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Alternative spellings are: Pasco, Pascow, Pascho. Pascoe is the most common Cornish name.

John Fawkner College

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Pascoe Vale FC Association football club in Melbourne

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Manningham United FC

Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 by local Italian Australians and was formerly known as Fawkner Blues.

CB Smith Reserve is a football facility based in Fawkner, Victoria, a suburb 12 km north of the centre of Melbourne. The venue is home to the Pascoe Vale Soccer Club who compete in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, and Moreland Zebras FC and Brunswick City SC in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, State League side Fawkner SC and hosts home games for Melbourne City FC in the national W-League competition.

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