Alphington is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km north-east of Melbourne's Central

Business District. Its local government area are the Cities of Darebin and Yarra. At the 2016

census, Alphington had a population of 5,080.
Alphington shares a postcode with neighbouring suburb Fairfield,[2] and is bounded by the Yarra
River in the south and the Darebin Creek in the east.
Darebin Creek area is the traditional country of the Wurundjeri-willam people who are part of the
Woiworung clan of the Kulin Nation, who are traditional owners of the country from west of
Melbourne along to the Darebin Creek and to outer eastern Melbourne.[citation needed] For the
Wurundjeri-willam people, the fertile Alphington region provided fresh water from the Darebin
Creek and seasonal fish, tubers and shoots from water plants; while birds and animals provided
clothing and food, trees and plants provided food and tools.[citation needed]

The genesis of Alphington was the Bridge Hotel and Darebin Creek Bridge on Heidelberg Road,
both commenced in the 1840s, with a new stone arch bridge erected in 1864.[3]

Alphington was named by Sir William Manning after his birthplace, Alphington in Devon, England.
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Alphington Post Office opened on 2 February 1858.[6]

Alphington was originally part of the Jika Jika Parish, bounded by Rathmines Street to the west,
Darebin Creek to the east, and the Yarra River to the south.