Parkdale, Victoria
| Parkdale Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 10,618 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3195 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.6 km² (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 24 km (15 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Kingston | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Mordialloc | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Isaacs | ||||||||||||
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Parkdale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston. At the 2006 Census, Parkdale had a population of 10,618.
Parkdale was founded in 1920, and named for early homesteader William Parker when engineers decided to build a railway station alongside a cluster of five bayside shops. Parkdale Post Office opened on 6 January 1921.[2]
On Parkers road there is a Kingston Library. It is a 5 minute walk to the beach from Parkdale Station.
[edit] Education
- Parkdale Primary School
- Parktone Primary School
- St. John Vianney's
- Parkdale Secondary College (technically, PSC is located in the adjacent suburb of Mordialloc, Victoria)
[edit] Transport
Parkdale is accessible by a number of Metlink bus routes servicing the area. There is also a train line servicing the area via Parkdale Station, located on the Frankston Line, operating in Zone 2.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Parkdale (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21533&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
Coordinates: 37°59′28″S 145°04′48″E / 37.991°S 145.08°E
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