Clyde North is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia

Australia

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, 46 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey

City of Casey

The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214,960. The municipality's population growth rate during both 1996-2001 and 2001-2006 was...

.

Clyde North is centred around Berwick

Berwick, Victoria

Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....

 - Cranbourne

Cranbourne, Victoria

Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 14,750....

 Road and was the original Clyde

Clyde, Victoria

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.-History:...

 township before it moved to the area around the railway station to the south.

History

Clyde Post Office opened on 25 January 1864. In 1915 it was renamed Clyde North, when Clyde Railway Station office was renamed Clyde.

Today

The area to the west of Berwick-Cranbourne Road is mostly within the Urban Growth Boundary

Urban growth boundary

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, with a residential development known as 'Cascades On Clyde' is under construction, having begun in late 2007.

Parks Victoria

Parks Victoria

-Department:Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority, reporting to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The Parks Victoria Act 1998 makes Parks Victoria responsible for managing national parks, reserves and other land under the control of the state,...

 are also investigating the creation of a new regional park, on land bounded by Berwick - Cranbourne and Thompson Roads.

The area of Clyde North to the east of Berwick - Cranbourne road is classed as Green wedge land, is distinctly rural in nature, and is outside of the main growth corridor. The land is used in this area for a mixture of market gardening (notably around Pattersons Road) and dairy farming. The land is mainly flat, and most of the roads in the area are dirt roads maintained by the City of Casey.