Maryknoll, Victoria
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| Maryknoll Victoria |
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| Population: | 496 (2001 census) |
| Postcode: | 3812 |
| Location: | |
| LGA: | Shire of Cardinia |
| State District: | Bass |
| Federal Division: | McMillan |
Maryknoll is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located north of Pakenham in the Shire of Cardinia. It was one of the youngest townships to develop in the former Shire of Berwick.
[edit] History
In 1950, society in Victoria was still recovering from World War II - not just the returned soldiers and their families, but migrants from Eastern Europe who had lived and lost through the war. Father Wilfrid Pooley of the Catholic Church envisaged a new 600-acre settlement in West Gippsland where people could heal physically and emotionally. The name Maryknoll replaced the original name of St Mary's in 1955. The original settlement consisted of about 30 families.
By the 1970s, land in the area was being opened up for wider settlement.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Maryknoll - The Catholic Settlement 1950s (Casey-Cardinia)
| Suburbs of the Shire of Cardinia | |
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Beaconsfield | Beaconsfield Upper | Beenak | Bunyip | Cardinia | Clematis | Cockatoo | Cora Lynn | Dewhurst | Emerald | Garfield | Gembrook | Koo Wee Rup | Lang Lang | Maryknoll | Nar Nar Goon | Officer | Pakenham | Rythdale | Tonimbuk | Tynong |
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