Langwarrin South is a rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 47 km south-east of Melbourne's
central business district
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, located within the
City of Frankston
The City of Frankston (officially known as Frankston City Council'')'' is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area (LGA) in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 squ ...
local government area
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. Langwarrin South recorded a population of 1,346 at the
2021 census.
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Langwarrin South is bounded in the north by Robinsons Road, in the east by Dandenong-Hastings Road, in the south by Golf Links and Baxter-Tooradin Roads and in the west by the route of the proposed extension of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway.
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Mulberry Hill
Langwarrin South is the location of Mulberry Hill, the former home of Daryl Lindsay
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Early life
He was the youngest son in a large family born to Anglo-Irish surgeon Robert Charles Alexander and Jane Elizabeth Linds ...
and writer Joan Lindsay
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, author of Picnic at Hanging Rock. Joan Lindsay bequeathed the house to the National Trust of Australia
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. Situated on Golf Links Road, the house is open to the public.National Trust
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Schools
* Woodleigh School
Sport
Langwarrin South has a soccer
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club Langwarrin SC competing in the National Premier League
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which is the third tier of Australian soccer behind the national A-League
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.
See also
* City of Frankston
The City of Frankston (officially known as Frankston City Council'')'' is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area (LGA) in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 squ ...
– Langwarrin South is located within this local government area
* List of people from Frankston – notable people from the City of Frankston (including Langwarrin South)
References
External links
Images of Mulberry Hill
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