Mordialloc ( ) is a beachside suburb in

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, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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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 language

Boonwurrung The Boonwurrung, also spelt Bunurong or Bun wurrung, are an Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who are the traditional owners of the land from the Werribee River to Wilsons Promontory in the Australian state of Victoria. Their territory ...

, 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 Aboriginal Reserve was an Aboriginal reserve on the coast of Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, within the modern-day City of Kingston. It was a remnant of the traditional land of the Bunurong people, to which they gradually retreated from ...

. 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

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imposed by the

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stopped a

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being built that would result in the eviction and destruction of several homes. The namesaked

Mordialloc Creek The Dandenong Creek (Aboriginal Bunwurrung: ''Narra Narrawong'' or ''Dandinnong'') is an urban creek of the Port Phillip catchment, located in the eastern and south-eastern Greater Melbourne region of the Australian east coast state of Vict ...

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

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is also home to the Mordialloc Motor Yacht Club and Mordialloc Sailing Club, and the creek drains into the

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flanked by the Mordialloc Pier. On 8 June 2018, a pilot of a

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-bound light plane,

Cessna 172 The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.Mordialloc Mordialloc ( ) is a beachside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Mordialloc recorded a population of 8,886 at the ...

– Springvale. Operated by

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. * :

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–

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. Operated by

. * : Mordialloc – Noble Park Station. Operated by

. * : Chelsea –

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. Operated by

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. *

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: Altona station – Mordialloc. Operated by

Train

Mordialloc railway station Mordialloc railway station is a commuter railway station on the Frankston line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Mordialloc, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Mordialloc station is a groun ...

is on the

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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

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. 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 from the

Patterson River The Patterson River is a partly man-made, tidal river urban river of the Port Phillip catchment in the Australian east coast state of Victoria, located in the outer southeastern suburbs of the Greater Melbourne region. Under the name "Patters ...

to the Mordialloc Pier. * Bay Trail from Seaford to

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. * 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 Scott Michael Boland (born 11 April 1989) is an Australian international cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he also plays domestically for Victoria and the Melbourne Stars. In March 2019, he was named the Sheffield Shield Player of the ...

, 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 h ...

AM, politician * "Smacka" Fitzgibbon, entertainer *

Mary Hannay Foott Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille; 26 September 1846 – 12 October 1918), was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem," Where the Pelican Builds". Early life Mary Hannay Foott was born ...

, author * Winnie George cricketer *

George Hanlon George Hanlon (July 1917 – 28 January 2010) was an Australian race horse trainer. Inducted in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, Hanlon trained three Melbourne Cup winners; Piping Lane in 1972, Arwon in 1978 and Black Knight in 1984. ...

, horse trainer *

Janine Ilitch Janine Claire Ilitch (née Lynch; born 27 January 1972) is an Australian netball player. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1993. Ilitch was born in Mordialloc, Victoria. She has been a frequent member of the Aust ...

netball player * Cat Hope, composer and academic * Julius Herz, musician * Jack Holt, a horse trainer known as the "Wizard of Mordialloc" *

Cecilia John Cecilia Annie John (5 November 187728 May 1955) was an Australian social activist, peace campaigner, and musician. Early life John was born on 5 November 1877 in Hobart, Tasmania to parents who were immigrants from Wales. She left her parent ...

, singer and social activist *

George Furner Langley Brigadier George Furner Langley, (1 May 1891 – 24 August 1971) was an Australian soldier who served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was also an educationist, and the headmaster of a number of high schools in Victoria. Early life ...

, 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, politician *

Bill Williamson William James Williamson (19 December 1922 – 28 January 1979) was an Australian jockey who enjoyed considerable success in Australia during the 1950s and in Europe during the 1960s. He was named after his father William James Williamson, a m ...

, jockey *

Tommy Woodcock Aaron Treve Woodcock Jr. (8 October 190527 April 1985) professionally Tommy Woodcock, was the Australian racehorse trainer and handler of the thoroughbred racehorse Phar Lap. Early life Tommy Woodcock was born in 1905 at Uralgurra in Bellbrook ...

, horse trainer *

Lorraine Wreford Lorraine Joan Wreford (born 10 August 1961) is an Australian politician, and was the member of Mordialloc in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014. She was Mayor of the City of Casey before defeating Janice Munt in the 2010 stat ...

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:Church 2024 Mordialloc b.jpg, Catholic Church at Mordialloc File:Clarice Beckett - Mordialloc Pier (The Petrol Pump), 1927.jpg,

Clarice Beckett Clarice Marjoribanks Beckett (21 March 1887 – 7 July 1935) was an Australian artist and a key member of the Australian Tonalism, Australian tonalist movement. Known for her subtle, misty landscapes of Melbourne and its suburbs, Beckett develop ...

– Mordialloc Pier (The Petrol Pump) File:Cross Mordialloc 2021 b.jpg, Mordialioc Cross File:Plaque Mordialloc 2021 b.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