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Glenferrie Oval

Defunct Australian Football League groundsSports venues in MelbourneUse Australian English from January 2018Victorian Heritage Register
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Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL club from 1925–1973, and retained the ground as an administrative and training base until 2006. Hawthorn moved to a redeveloped Waverley Park early in 2006 in preparation for the 2006 AFL season.

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Linda Crescent, Melbourne Hawthorn

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Linda Crescent
3122 Melbourne, Hawthorn
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