Dandenong
Sign in to saveDandenong ( ) is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the . Situated mainly on the northwest bank of the lower Dandenong Creek, it is from the eponymous Dandenong Ranges to its northeast and completely unrelated in both location and nature of the settlement.
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Place details
- Locality
- Melbourne
- Region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 30,127
- Timezone
- Australia/Melbourne
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Key facts
- Australian place.type
- suburb
- Australian place.name
- Dandenong
- Australian place.city
- Melbourne
- Australian place.state
- vic
- Australian place.image
- File:Dandenong Town Hall.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- View from Harmony square of the historical Dandenong Town Hall built in 1890, converted to the Drum Theatre in 2006. Overlooking the intersection of Lonsdale and Walker Streets.
- Australian place.lga
- City of Greater Dandenong
- Australian place.alternative_location_map
- Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
- Australian place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in metropolitan Melbourne
- Australian place.postcode
- 3175
- Australian place.pop
- 30,127
- Australian place.area
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- Victoria
- Population
- +30127
- Elevation
- +34
- Capital of
- City of Greater Dandenong
- Image
- Dandenong Town Hall.jpg
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Article
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- History
- Early history
- European settlement
- Postwar era
- Urban renewal
- Demographics
- Transport
- Sport
- Climate
- Notable residents
- Sister cities
- See also
- References
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Dandenong ( ) is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the . Situated mainly on the northwest bank of the lower Dandenong Creek, it is from the eponymous Dandenong Ranges to its northeast and completely unrelated in both location and nature of the settlement.
A regional transport hub and manufacturing centre of Victoria, Dandenong is located at the junctional region of the Dandenong Valley Highway, Princes Highway, Monash Freeway and Dingley Freeway, and is the gateway town of the Gippsland railway line into West Gippsland. It is directly neighboured from the north and south by the two sister suburbs Dandenong North and Dandenong South, from the east by Doveton, and from the northwest and southwest by Noble Park and Keysborough, respectively. The easternmost and westernmost neighbourhoods of the suburb are also unofficially named Dandenong East and Dandenong West, separated from the main portions of the suburb by Stud Road and Princes Highway, and Cheltenham Road and Gladstone Road/Jones Road/Bennet Street, respectively.