Hoppers Crossing, Victoria

Hoppers Crossing is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23.1 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Hoppers Crossing recorded a population of 38,701 at the 2016 Census.The suburb is named after Stephen Hopper (1832-1908) and his family, who were residents in the area. Hoppers Lane runs through the site of the former State Research Farm at Werribee, and its crossing of the Geelong-Melbourne railway, adjacent to the present Hoppers Crossing railway station, led to the naming of the area.HistoryUntil 1963, Hoppers Crossing's only notable feature was a general store. In 1963 the town started to take shape, with the first subdivision of residential land. Hoppers Crossing grew rapidly and consistently into the 1970s, and the Post Office opened on 2 June 1975. Hoppers Crossing's first shopping centre, Woodville Park, was built and in 1970, the area's first primary school, Mossfiel Primary School, had its first student intake.