Croydon South, Victoria
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Croydon South is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 30 km east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Croydon South had a population of 4242.
Croydon South has a small shopping strip on the corner of Eastfield and Bayswater Roads incorporating over 20 retail outlets and a Post Office. It is close to the foothills of Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges
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Croydon South Post Office opened on 1 February 1961 as the suburb was developed.
In 2009 Term One, Croydon South Primary School will merge with Tinternvale Primary School. Unfortunately, falling enrolments, have necessitated the merger. The Education Department has agreed to a large increase in funding for the merger at the Tinternvale site and to bring the newly merged school into line with current standards.
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Croydon South has two cricket teams, South Croydon based at Cheong Park and Eastfield based at Benson Oval. Both the teams compete in the RDCA, Ringwood District Cricket Association. The South Croydon Youth Club (S.C.Y.C) Scorpions basketball club is also based at Cheong Park, offering basketball to local youth age 6 to 18. There is also a netball team,SCYC Flames Inc Netball Club, which competes in the Lilydale-Yarra Valley Netball Association.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
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, 30 km east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Croydon South had a population of 4242.
Croydon South has a small shopping strip on the corner of Eastfield and Bayswater Roads incorporating over 20 retail outlets and a Post Office. It is close to the foothills of Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges
Dandenong Ranges
The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately 35 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
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Croydon South Post Office opened on 1 February 1961 as the suburb was developed.
In 2009 Term One, Croydon South Primary School will merge with Tinternvale Primary School. Unfortunately, falling enrolments, have necessitated the merger. The Education Department has agreed to a large increase in funding for the merger at the Tinternvale site and to bring the newly merged school into line with current standards.
Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The South Croydon Bulldogs, competing in the Eastern Football LeagueEastern Football League (Australia)
The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....
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Croydon South has two cricket teams, South Croydon based at Cheong Park and Eastfield based at Benson Oval. Both the teams compete in the RDCA, Ringwood District Cricket Association. The South Croydon Youth Club (S.C.Y.C) Scorpions basketball club is also based at Cheong Park, offering basketball to local youth age 6 to 18. There is also a netball team,SCYC Flames Inc Netball Club, which competes in the Lilydale-Yarra Valley Netball Association.
See also
- City of CroydonCity of CroydonThe City of Croydon was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1961 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which Croydon South was a part.