City of Greater Dandenong

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City of Greater Dandenong Victoria (Australia)
Map of Melbourne showing City of Greater Dandenong
Population:	132,000
Area:	130 km²
Mayor:	Youhorn Chea
Website: http://www.greaterdandenong.com/

The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 132,000.

1 Geography
2 Wards and councillors
3 Places of Interest
4 Suburbs and Towns
5 Sport
6 Sister cities
- 6.1 Schools
7 See Also
8 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Wards and councillors

Councillor Youhorn Chea, Current mayor - Springvale Central Ward
Councillor Jim Memeti - Dandenong Ward
Councillor Paul Donovan - Cleeland Ward
Councillor John Kelly - Dandenong North Ward
Councillor Roz Blades - Keysborough Ward
Councillor Peter Brown - Keysborough South Ward
Councillor Sue Walton - Lyndale Ward
Councillor Pinar Yesil - Noble Park Ward
Councillor Maria Sampey - Noble Park North Ward
Councillor Alan Gordon - Springvale North Ward
Councillor Yvonne Herring - Springvale South Ward

Clare O'Neil became the youngest female mayor in Australian history when she served as Mayor of Greater Dandenong from 2003 to 2004.

[edit] Places of Interest

Drum Theatre
Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens

[edit] Suburbs and Towns

[edit] Sport

Dandenong Rangers play home games at the Dandenong Basketball Stadium and compete in the WNBL. Two championships have been won in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons and again in 2005/2006 the team reached the Grand Final only to lose to the Canberra Capitals.

[edit] Sister cities

Xuzhou, China 1996

[edit] Schools

Due to this connection these schools in Greater Dandenong have established relationships with schools in Xuzhou:

Wallarano Primary School & Minzulu
Coomoora Secondary Collage & Xuzhou No. 3
Springvale Primary School & Xuzhou Arts School
Maralinga Primary School & Jinshinqaun
Noble Park English Language School & Xingi Middle School
Springvale Secondary College & Xuzhou No.1 Middle School
Maralinga Primary School & Jinshinqaun

[edit] See Also

See List of localities (Victoria) for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities.

[edit] External links

Official website

Local Government Areas of Melbourne
Metropolitan City of Banyule • City of Bayside • City of Boroondara • City of Brimbank • City of Casey • City of Darebin • City of Frankston • City of Glen Eira • City of Greater Dandenong • City of Hobsons Bay • City of Hume • City of Kingston • City of Knox • City of Manningham • City of Maribyrnong • Maroondah City Council • City of Melbourne • City of Monash • City of Moonee Valley • City of Moreland • City of Port Phillip • City of Stonnington • City of Whitehorse • City of Whittlesea • City of Wyndham • City of Yarra • Outer Metropolitan Shire of Cardinia • Shire of Melton • Shire of Mornington Peninsula • Shire of Nillumbik • Shire of Yarra Ranges