{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Delahey | city = Melbourne | state = vic | image = | caption = | lga = City of Brimbank | alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne | coordinates = {{coord|37.719|S|144.777|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 3037 | pop = 8,077 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=abs>{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20731 | name = Delahey (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 19 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref> | area = 3.6 | est = | stategov = Sydenham | fedgov = Gorton | dist1 = 20 | location1 = Melbourne | dist2 = | location2 = | near-nw = Sydenham | near-n = Sydenham | near-ne = Taylors Lakes | near-w = Taylors Hill | near-e = Keilor Downs | near-sw = Burnside | near-s = Kings Park | near-se = St Albans | local_map = yes | zoom = 13 }}
'''Delahey''' is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. At the 2021 census, Delahey recorded a population of 8,077.<ref name=abs/>
==History==
Delahey originally contained several farming properties. The Government acquired the land in the mid-to-late 1980s<ref>[http://www.id.com.au/Brimbank/commprofile/default.asp?id=103&gid=140&pg=1&bhcp=1 City of Brimbank Community Profile]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 8 July 2007</ref> for re-subdivision as mostly residential properties. The suburb is named after William Delahey, who whilst still a baby, had arrived from Ireland with his parents and siblings Henry Delahey and Mary (née Dodd) in June 1840. William Delahey had been connected with the Keilor Shire Council for 18 years and was elected president for 1882–83. The suburb's name was formally adopted in 1994.
Delahey is the home of the transmitter for the major Melbourne station of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 774 ABC Melbourne, with its {{convert|215|m|ft|adj=on}} high-guyed transmitter mast.
==Facilities== ===Education=== * [http://mackellarps.vic.edu.au/ MacKellar Primary School] * Copperfield College – Senior Campus
==See also== * City of Keilor – Delahey was previously within this former local government area.
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{{City of Brimbank suburbs}}
Category:Suburbs of Melbourne Category:Suburbs of the City of Brimbank
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