Gardenvale, Victoria
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Gardenvale Melbourne, Victoria |
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Population: | 918 (2001 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1908 | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 3185 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 0.3 km² | ||||||||||||
Property Value: | AUD $678,250 [2] | ||||||||||||
Location: | 12 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
LGA: | City of Glen Eira | ||||||||||||
State District: | Caulfield | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Melbourne Ports | ||||||||||||
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Gardenvale is an inner southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Glen Eira. At just 0.3 km², it is the smallest suburb in metropolitan Melbourne by land area.[1]
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[edit] History
Prior to subdivision in 1908, the area was a paddock owned by the Lemprière family. The railway station, built in 1907, was named Garden Vale, possibly due to market gardens in the surrounding countryside. The name was gazetted in 1966.[3].
[edit] Geography
The suburb is a mostly residential area with a strip shopping centre on Gardenvale Road. The suburb is bounded by Nepean Highway to the west, Elster Avenue to the north, Kooyong Road to the east and North Road
to the south, and the Elster Creek flows through the suburb before entering the Elwood Canal.[4]
[edit] Transport
Gardenvale is 12 km from Melbourne CBD via Nepean Highway, which enters the city as St Kilda Road. North Road connects the suburb with Monash University at Clayton, Oakleigh and Mulgrave.
The suburb contains the Gardenvale railway station on the Sandringham line, and is served by several bus routes, most notably the 219 and 220, to the Melbourne CBD.
[edit] Postcodes
Prior to 2000, Gardenvale was one of several small Melbourne suburbs with two postcodes - being served by both Elsternwick (3185) to its north, and Brighton East (3187) to its south.[5] However, from 2000 onwards, only 3185 was valid.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2001 Census Data by Location Name (State Suburbs), Australian Bureau of Statistics, released 19 November 2002. Accessed 2006-12-21
- ^ Gardenvale, accessed 27 November 2006
- ^ Land Victoria. Place Details - Gardenvale. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
- ^ Map 67 H7, Melway (edition 33, 2006) - ISBN 0-9094391-4-1
- ^ Grant Schmarr (1999-11-24). Australian Post Codes - Suburbs beginning with G. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
- ^ Telstra White Pages (Perth 2000-01), issued September 2000. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.
[edit] External links
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Australian Places - Gardenvale
Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira | |
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Bentleigh | Bentleigh East | Caulfield | Caulfield East | Caulfield North | Caulfield South | Carnegie | Elsternwick | Gardenvale | Glen Huntly | McKinnon | Murrumbeena | Ormond | St. Kilda East |