Skye is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, 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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, 38 km south-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 Frankston

City of Frankston

The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 131 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 128,576 people....

. At the 2006 Census, Skye had a population of 6898.

History

Skye Post Office opened on 1 June 1889 and closed in 1895. In 1964 Lyndhurst South office (open since 1902) was renamed Skye. This office closed in 1972.

Prior to December 15, 1994, Skye was part of the City of Cranbourne

City of Cranbourne

The City of Cranbourne was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994...

 formerly the Shire of Cranbourne. It still shares the postcode, 3977, with Cranbourne

Cranbourne

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Today

The suburb has one school, Skye Primary School. The suburb has a number of newer housing developments (many which have been developed since 2005).

Southern Lights Church http://www.southernlights.org.au/ serves the Skye region.

Skye enjoys a large area of land to the east of the suburb which is outside the main growth area and is semi-rural. It forms a green wedge between Skye

Skye

Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills...

 and Cranbourne West, which is in the neighboring municipality of 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...

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Sport

The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Southern Football League

Southern Football League (Victoria)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for both seniors and juniors....

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Golfers play at the Skye Public Golf Course on Ballarto and Taylors Roads, or at the course of the Sandhurst Club on Thompsons Road.