Skye, Victoria
| Skye Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 6898 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3977 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 19 km² (7.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Frankston | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Cranbourne | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Dunkley, Isaacs | ||||||||||||
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Skye is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston. At the 2006 Census, Skye had a population of 6898.
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[edit] History
Skye Post Office opened on 1 June 1889 and closed in 1895. In 1964 Lyndhurst South office (open since 1902) was renamed Skye. This office closed in 1972.[2]
Prior to December 15, 1994, Skye was part of the City of Cranbourne formerly the Shire of Cranbourne. It still shares the postcode, 3977, with Cranbourne.
[edit] Today
The suburb has one school, Skye Primary School. The suburb has a number of newer housing developments (many which have been developed since 2005).
Southern Lights Church [1] serves the Skye region.
Skye enjoys a large area of land to the east of the suburb which is outside the main growth area and is semi-rural. It forms a green wedge between Skye and Cranbourne West, which is in the neighboring municipality of the City of Casey.
[edit] Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Southern Football League.[3]
Golfers play at the Skye Public Golf Course on Ballarto and Taylors Roads,[4] or at the course of the Sandhurst Club on Thompsons Road.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Skye (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21609&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Full Point Footy, Southern Football League, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/southern_football_league.htm, retrieved 2008-10-21
- ^ Golf Select, Skye, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=2207, retrieved 2009-05-11
- ^ Golf Select, Sandhurst, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=2122, retrieved 2009-05-11
Coordinates: 38°07′08″S 145°12′00″E / 38.119°S 145.200°E
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