1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hawthorn (Victoria)

HAWTHORN, a city of Bourke county, Victoria, Australia, 4⁠1/2⁠ m. by rail E. of and suburban to Melbourne. Pop. (1901), 21,339. It is the seat of the important Methodist Ladies’ College. The majority of the inhabitants are professional and business men engaged in Melbourne and their residences are numerous at Hawthorn.