Devon Meadows, Victoria
Devon Meadows Victoria |
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Population | 1,606 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3977 | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | City of Casey | ||||||||||||||
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Federal Division(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||||
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Devon Meadows is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2011 Census, Devon Meadows had a population of 1,606.[1]
Devon Meadows Post Office opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.[2]
Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300,[3] a CFA fire station, community hall and tennis club.
Just east of the main township is a locality known Five Ways after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway bound for Berwick, Koo Wee Rup and Cannons Creek. A general store at the intersection provides services to travellers.[4]
The town has an Australian Rules football team The Devon Meadows Panthers competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.,[5] and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.
Transport
- 795 Cranbourne – Warneet (Monday to Friday). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.
- 796 Cranbourne – Cranbourne (Monday to Friday (school days)). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.
References
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- ↑ Schools Online listing, Department of Education (Victoria). Accessed 23 November 2006.
- ↑ Map 138, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
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- ↑ Cranbourne Transit website, accessed 23 November 2006
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