Devon Meadows, Victoria
| Devon Meadows Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Worthing Road | |||||||||||||||
  Devon Meadows Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,548 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3977 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Casey | ||||||||||||||
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| Federal division(s) | Holt | ||||||||||||||
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Devon Meadows is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2016 Census, Devon Meadows had a population of 1,548.[1]
Devon Meadows Post Office was located at 89 Finsubury Devon Meadows and opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.The original building was one of the oldest buildings in Devon Meadows. It became a residential home and was known as being haunted, but burnt down around 1984. The oldest home was owned by the Rawlins family in Worthing Road.[2]
Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300,[3] a CFA fire station, community hall, and tennis club.
Just east of the main township is a locality known Five Ways after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway bound for Berwick, Koo Wee Rup and Cannons Creek. A general store at the intersection provides services to travelers.[4]
The town has an Australian Rules football team The Devon Meadows Panthers competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.,[5] and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.
Transport
- 795 Cranbourne – Warneet (Monday to Friday). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.
- 796 Cranbourne – Cranbourne (Monday to Friday (school days)). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Devon Meadows (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
- ^ Schools Online listing, Department of Education (Victoria). Accessed 23 November 2006.
- ^ Map 138, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
- ^ Full Points Footy, Devon Meadows, archived from the original on 12 June 2010, retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Cranbourne Transit website, accessed 23 November 2006
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