Clyde, Victoria
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| Population: | 1,224 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3978 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Casey | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Bass, Cranbourne, Hastings | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | La Trobe | ||||||||||||
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Clyde is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Clyde had a population of 1,224.[1]
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[edit] History
Clyde Post Office on the Berwick-Cranbourne Road opened on 25 January 1864. In 1915 it was renamed Clyde North, and Clyde Railway Station office (open since 1888) was renamed Clyde.[2]
[edit] Description
The town centre is located in a small triangle between Twyford Road, Clyde-Five Ways Road and Ballarto Road and contains a primary school, CFA fire station, general store and community hall. Nearby are the Inghams poultry feed mill, built in 1979, and Lineham Oval, a sports oval which is home to the Clyde club in the West Gippsland Cricket Association.
[edit] Transport
From 1888 until 1993, Clyde had a railway station on the South Gippsland line. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Clyde (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25355&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Cranbourne Transit website, accessed 23 November 2006
Coordinates: 38°07′55″S 145°19′37″E / 38.132°S 145.327°E
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