Mordialloc is a beachside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria,

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, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the City of Kingston

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. Mordialloc recorded a population of 8,886 at the .

History

Originally "Moody Yallock", the name is derived from the term ''moordy yallock'' which originated from the

Aboriginal Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to: *Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology * Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area *One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...

language Boonwurrung, in which "yallock" means "creek" or "water", and is listed in some sources as meaning ''muddy creek'', and in others as "little sea." from c.1850 was the site of the Mordialloc Aboriginal Reserve. Mordialloc Post Office opened on 17 October 1863. In 1995 it was renamed Braeside Business Centre, and a new Mordialloc office opened near the railway station. In the 1970s, a green ban imposed by the Builders Labourers Federation stopped a Coles Supermarket being built that would result in the eviction and destruction of several homes. The namesaked Mordialloc Creek is arguably the most significant feature of the suburb. Home to Pompei's boat works, Mordialloc Creek has a rich history of traditional wooden boat building. Many classic boats line the banks of the creek. The creek mouth section below Nepean Highway is also home to the Mordialloc Motor Yacht Club and Mordialloc Sailing Club, and the creek drains into the Beaumaris Bay flanked by the Mordialloc Pier. On 8 June 2018, a pilot of a Moorabbin-bound light plane, Cessna 172 (VH-EWE), died when his plane crashed and burst into flames in a street in Mordialloc. ATC recordings indicated he had an engine failure on approach.

Transport

* Mordialloc railway station is on the

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. * Moorabbin Airport is just located next door * Bus routes 903, 708, 902, 709, 705 pass/start in Mordialloc

Schools

* Mordialloc College – Mordialloc * Mordialloc Beach Primary School – Mordialloc * St Brigids Mordialloc

Sport

The suburb has an

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team competing in the

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

. Golfers play at the Woodlands Golf Club on White Street, Mordialloc. The Epsom Park Horse Racing track was situated in Mordialloc. Now a housing estate, in its heyday at the beginning of the 20th century it was one of Victoria's premier race tracks. Later in life it became a training track before being eventually closed in the 1980s. In 2008, Doug Denyer Reserve, situated in Epsom Park hosted it first ever cricket season with Mordialloc Redbacks being the home team, Redbacks being a part of the Mordialloc Cricket Club. The Redbacks first Junior Head Coach at Epsom Park was David Beckett. The suburb has a social baseball team, the Mordialloc Ducks Baseball Club, competing in the Dandenong Baseball Association in winter and the Victorian Baseball Summer League in summer. They play at the Kingston Heath Reserve in Cheltenham, where the grounds are primarily used by the Cheltenham Baseball Club.

Walking/cycling trails

There are numerous walking/cycling trails in Mordialloc, including the: *

Long Beach Trail The Longbeach Trail is a shared-use bicycle and pedestrian path running from Patterson River, Carrum, Victoria, Carrum, along the southwestern side of the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands, to the Mordialloc Creek, Mordialloc, Victoria, Mordialloc. In Mor ...

from the Patterson River to the Mordialloc Pier. * Bay Trail from Seaford to Port Melbourne. * Mordialloc Creek Trail from the Mordialloc Pier to Aspendale Gardens. * Numerous 'desire paths' (or goat tracks) that run next to the Mordialloc Creek between the Wells Road bridge and the Boat Ramp near Chute Street.

Notable locals

* Scott Boland, test cricketer *

Geoffrey Connard Geoffrey Philip Connard (13 October 1925 – 27 January 2013) was the member for Higinbotham Province in the Parliament of Victoria, Australia from 1982 to 1996. He played a crucial role in a number of Victorian, Australian and International he ...

AM, politician * "Smacka" Fitzgibbon, entertainer * Mary Hannay Foott, author * Winnie George cricketer * George Hanlon, horse trainer * Janine Ilitch netball player * Julius Herz, musician * Jack Holt, a horse trainer known as the "Wizard of Mordialloc" * Cecilia John, singer and social activist * George Furner Langley, soldier and teacher * Katie Loynes footballer, teacher * Daniel Mackinnon, pastoralistDaniel Mckinnon, ''ADB''
/ref> * Rex Mortimer, solicitor and academic * Sir Murray Tyrrell, public servant * Tim Richardson (politician) *

Bill Templeton Thomas William Templeton (23 December 1927 – 20 May 2005) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hamilton to Donald Polson Templeton and Thelma Edith Nellie Nunn. He was a pharmaceutical chemist, and owned a business at Mordialloc f ...

, politician * Bill Williamson, jockey * Tommy Woodcock, horse trainer * Lorraine Wreford politician

Gallery

File:Mordialloc_Creek.jpg, Path along Mordialloc Creek File:Boats on Mordialloc Creek.jpg, Boats on Mordialloc Creek File:Mordialloc Beach and Pier.jpg, Beach and Pier at Mordialloc File:St Brigid's.jpg, St Bridgid's Catholic Church File:Clarice Beckett - Mordialloc Pier (The Petrol Pump), 1927.jpg, Clarice Beckett – Mordialloc Pier (The Petrol Pump) File:Cross Mordialloc 2021.jpg, Mordialioc Cross File:Plaque Mordialloc 2021.jpg, The cross Plaque Mordialloc

References

External links

Australian Places – Mordialloc
{{Authority control Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Kingston (Victoria) Green bans Port Phillip