Parkdale, Victoria
| Parkdale Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 10,618 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | Lua error: Unable to convert population "10618 (2006) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000000-QINU`"'" to a number. | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3194 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 24 km (15 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kingston | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mordialloc | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Isaacs | ||||||||||||||
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Parkdale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Kingston and has a population of a little over 10,000 people. Parkdale has two post codes: 3195 and 3194.
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 23km south of Melbourne.
Gavan Mitchell lives with his dog, Dexter, in Parkdale
In 1958 Parkdale was chosen as the site of one of Victoria’s first drive-in shopping centres; Thrift Park.
Education
- Parkdale Primary School
- Parktone Primary School
- St. John Vianney's
- Parkdale Secondary College (technically, PSC is located in the adjacent suburb of Mordialloc)
Transport
- Bus-708,811,812 and 700
- Train-Parkdale Station is located on the Frankston Line.Zone 2
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Parkdale (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ Parkdale, accessed 9 August 2007
External links
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