Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham

City of Manningham

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. At the 2006 Census, Donvale had a population of 11,667. The major Melbourne road, Springvale Road ends in Donvale.

Schools

• Carey Junior Campus Donvale
• Donvale Christian College
• Donvale Primary School
• Our Lady of the Pines Parish Primary School
• Whitefriars College
  Whitefriars College
  Whitefriars College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Donvale. Established in 1961, the College reflects the tradition of the Carmelites, and is recognised for its uniform's brown blazer with the College Crest appearing on the breast pocket...
  
  
• Donvale High School - merged with Mullauna College in 1992
• Mullauna College
  Mullauna College
  Mullauna College is a public, co-educational high school in Mitcham, Victoria, Australia servicing year 7 to 12. It is located on the corner of Mitcham and Springfield Roads, and presently has an enrolment of approximately 500 local and international students.- History :The school was formed as an...
  
   - formed in 1989 (technically located in Mitcham)

Sport

The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The Donvale Magpies, competing in the Eastern Football League

Eastern Football League (Australia)

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It also has an indoor sports centre with a gymnasium, complete with a sprung floor and a foam pit. The centre also has two basketball courts which are played on every Saturday by the children in the Doncaster District Primary School Basketball Association.

See also

• City of Doncaster and Templestowe - the former local government area of which Donvale was a part.