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Division Of Dunkley
The Division of Dunkley is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The division is located south-east of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. It covers an area of approximately from in the north to in the south and Langwarrin South in the southeast. Jodie Belyea has represented the seat since the 2024 Dunkley by-election. List of Localities in Dunkley * Frankston, Victoria, Frankston (seat) * Frankston South * Frankston North * Bonbeach * Carrum * Carrum Downs * Chelsea, Victoria, Chelsea * Chelsea Heights, Victoria, Chelsea Heights * Karingal * Langwarrin * Langwarrin South * Mount Eliza, Victoria, Mount Eliza * Patterson Lakes * Skye, Victoria, Skye * Sandhurst, Victoria, Sandhurst * Seaford, Victoria, Seaford Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Dunkley 2022
Division may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting of 10,000 to 25,000 troops **Divizion, a subunit in some militaries *Division (naval), a collection of warships Science *Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply *Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds *Division (taxonomy), used differently in botany and zoology *Division (botany), a taxonomic rank for plants or fungi, equivalent to phylum in zoology *Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method * Division, a medical/surgical operation involving cutting and separation, see ICD-10 Procedure Coding System Technology *Beam compass, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Dunkley By-election
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skye, Victoria
Skye is a suburb and semi-rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district via the Monash Freeway, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Skye recorded a population of 8,088 at the . 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. There are still a couple of houses standing from the 1890s today in Skye. Prior to 15 December 1994, Skye was a part of the City of Cranbourne (formerly the Shire of Cranbourne until April 1994). It still shares the postcode, 3977, with Cranbourne. In January 2018, Skye's Darnley Drive and Skye Valley residential developments were threatened by the Carrum Downs Bushfire, with a few houses damaged. Transport Public Transport Skye is serviced by one local bus service, the 760 operated by Ventura Bus Lines, which connects Skye to neighbouring suburbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterson Lakes
Patterson Lakes is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Patterson Lakes recorded a population of 7,793 at the 2021 census. Patterson Lakes is a canal-rich suburb. It was built around the lower section of the Patterson River just upstream of the river mouth. The suburb consists predominantly of new housing developments, and is home to popular boat launching facilities. The Patterson River and its tidal canals are popular boating portals into Port Phillip Bay. It includes four public boat ramps, joins the Tidal Canal system to Port Phillip Bay; and includes the Patterson Lakes Marina and its facilities in Middle Harbour and Inner Harbour. History Early history After the melting of the last great ice age, sea levels were 1–2 metres higher than today. When sea levels subsided to their current levels, fresh water from the Dandenong Ranges flowed into low-lyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eliza, Victoria
Mount Eliza is a seaside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Mount Eliza recorded a population of 18,734 at the 2021 census. History The traditional Boonwurrung name for the mount is ''Berringwallin''. The mount was given its European name in 1836 after Captain William Hobson’s wife, Eliza Elliott. Prior to large scale subdivision, Mount Eliza was mainly a location for holiday homes, with the Mount Eliza Post Office opening on 15 November 1920. This began to change in the early half of the 20th century when many old estates were subdivided. One such subdivision was Ranelagh Estate, designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin in 1924 in tandem with the surveyors Tuxen and Miller. Daveys Bay was named after James Davey who constructed a jetty in the 1840s to ship his produce to Melbourne. In 1909 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langwarrin
Langwarrin ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, central business district, located within the City of Frankston Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Langwarrin recorded a population of 23,588 at the . Langwarrin is bounded in the north mostly by Valley Road, in the east by Dandenong-Hastings Road, in the south by Robinsons Road and in the west by the Mornington Peninsula Freeway and by McClelland Drive to the northwest. History In 1843, Langwarrin was coined after the Lang Warring Pastoral lease, pastoral run which ran from the current Langwarrin to the Western Port Coastal Reserve in Tyabb, Victoria, Tyabb. By the 1880s the entire pastoral run was reduced to the Langwarrin Estate of about 7000 acres. Subsequently, a military reserve named the Langwarrin Military Reserve was built on the area's western edges, being famous for holding Prisoner of war, prisoners of war in World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karingal
Karingal is a local area within the suburb of Frankston located in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It is in the local government area of the City of Frankston (app. 45 km South East from the Melbourne CBD). The locality has no predefined borders, but it is generally accepted as the region between Ashleigh AvenueThe Pines Flora and Fauna Reserveand west of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. History European settlement of the area now known as Karingal is first recorded in 1847, with the first wooden house and in 1855, the first brick house, both being the first in Frankston. Agricultural and pastoral land use continued in the area into the 1960s. Frankston East Primary School would be built in the latter time. Frankston East High School opened in temporary accommodation in 1959. For two years this included a Scouts Hall, Yacht Club, Life Saving Club and the rear of the Pier Hotel. In 1961 the school moved to a permanent site on Ashleigh Avenue, near Jacana Avenue, and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Heights, Victoria
Chelsea Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Chelsea Heights recorded a population of 5,393 at the . The suburb is home tChelsea Heights Primary School The Chelsea Heights Cricket & Football Club and the Bonbeach Blue Jays Baseball Club. On the border of Chelsea Heights and Chelsea, Victoria, Chelsea is the Bay Trail (Australia), Bayside Trail bicycle track, which begins in Seaford, Victoria, Seaford and continues north for approximately 43 km to Port Melbourne, Victoria, Port Melbourne. History Prior to the 1870s, Chelsea Heights was known as the Isles of Wannarkladdin, being the only high land of the Carrum Carrum Swamp. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea, Victoria
Chelsea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Chelsea recorded a population of 8,347 at the . Chelsea is located on Port Phillip and is the most important bayside suburban centre between Mordialloc, Victoria, Mordialloc and Frankston, Victoria, Frankston. Chelsea is very popular with beachgoers during summer. Also popular is Bicentennial Park, located about 1 km inland on the site of a former rubbish tip. It has recently been redeveloped with modern barbecue and play equipment, most notably the Mount Chelsea adventure playground. The Frankston railway line first cut through the Chelsea area in 1882 and Chelsea railway station, Melbourne, Chelsea station was opened during 1907, as was the Chelsea Post Office. These facilities served a modest slowly gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrum Downs
Carrum Downs (also known as Crime District) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district via the Monash Freeway, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Carrum Downs recorded a population of 21,976 at the 2021 census. Prior to December 1994 the majority of Carrum Downs was within the City of Cranbourne. However, following statewide local government reform, the suburb was moved to be part of a new, larger City of Frankston. History Karrum Karrum Before European settlers arrived at Port Phillip, Aborigines resting after the stiff climb of Oliver's Hill, Frankston, and looking north along the bay would have viewed a long ribbon of sandy beach shaped vaguely like a boomerang. The area was called Karrum Karrum, or as some of the early squatters interpreted it, Garem Gam, meaning "Boomerang". The swampy marshland behind the sand dunes was a rich hunting ground teeming with wildlife. Carrum Swam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrum
Carrum is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston Local Government Areas of Victoria, local government area. Carrum recorded a population of 4,239 at the . History The suburb of Carrum is located on what was originally part of the Carrum Carrum Swamp. The Carrum Carrum Swamp was drained in 1879 when the Patterson Cut (formed in 1876), and other drainage measures were undertaken to prevent flooding of the Eumemmerring Creek, Eumemmering Creek, which overflowed into the Carrum Carrum Swamp. The swamp opening was mostly only open during the Winter months, so heavy Spring and Summer rains often caused flooding to properties on the edge of the swamp area. It also often caused flood damage as far north as Edithvale. The only remnants of the Carrum Carrum Swamp now form the Ramsar Convention, Ramsar-listed Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands. Old Carrum ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonbeach
Bonbeach is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Bonbeach recorded a population of 6,855 at the . Facilities The entire coastline of Bonbeach consists of a sandy beach facing Port Phillip. Bonbeach has a string of cafés and restaurants along the Nepean Highway. Since 1926, Bonbeach has been serviced by Bonbeach railway station; a two-platform station on the Frankston line. This station was used during the filming of a scene in the Australian television series ''Kath & Kim''. Bonbeach Post Office opened on 19 November 1922 (closing in 1923, then reopening in 1926 on the opening of the railway station) and finally closed in 1985. Bonbeach has a school calleBonbeach Primary School The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League and a cricket team competing in the Cricket Southern Bayside c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
