Cranbourne (pronounced Cran-bogan) is a large suburb and shithole of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia approximately 49 kilometres south-east of the CBD (via the M1 and the South Gippsland Highway) and is situated at an elevation of 50 metres above sea-level. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... VIC redirects here. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... See also Mount Dandenong, Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral District of Cranbourne is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Holt is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... This is a list of Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Lynbrook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Junction Village is an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, near Cranbourne. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... VIC redirects here. ... Melbourne CBD Trees surrounded by buildings - King St. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

The greater Cranbourne area consists of Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne South, Cranbourne West, and Junction Village. Some suburbs that surround Cranbourne are Narre Warren, Devon Meadows, and Clyde. Cranbourne North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Junction Village is an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, near Cranbourne. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Devon Meadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Clyde is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

History

Panoramic view of the Red Sand Garden, Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cranbourne was formerly a town in its own right and was the site of the old Shire of Cranbourne offices. The council building is still in existence, on the corner of South Gippsland Highway and Sladen Street. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3206x1024, 1106 KB) Summary Red Sand Garden Panorama, Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3206x1024, 1106 KB) Summary Red Sand Garden Panorama, Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The South Gippsland Highway is a highway in Victoria, Australia and connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland region of Victoria. ...

Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Boonwurrung Aborigines. The first white settlers, the Ruffy brothers, arrived in 1836. They later opened the Cranbourne Inn.

The area was greatly opened up by settlers from the 1860s. Progress in developing the land around Cranbourne was hampered by the Koo Wee Rup swampland. However William Lyall (who bought land in the swamp area) assisted in coordinating the draining of the swamp to make it usable as farmland. A town in Victoria, Australia, 60 km south-east of Melbourne near Western Port bay, pop. ... A Melbourne pastoralist, established a hunting lodge at Tooradin south east of Cranbourne in the 1870s and became a councillor on the shire in the 1880s. ...

In 1850's a number of meteorites were unearthed in the area. The largest, at 3.5 tonnes, was then considered the world's largest.

Cranbourne was proclaimed a town in 1861 and the Shire of Cranbourne was proclaimed in 1868. In 1994 the Shire was proclaimed a City but later in the same year most of the City was amalgamated with the City of Berwick to form the City of Casey. The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

At the 2006 census Cranbourne had a population of 14,750^[1].

Places

The Water Saving exhibition garden in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne

In the south of Cranbourne is the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, and the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve. Cranbourne also contains the Cranbourne Golf Club, the Amstel Golf Club, the Ranfurlie Golf Club and a swimming pool. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 771 KB) Summary Water Saving Exhibition Garden, Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 771 KB) Summary Water Saving Exhibition Garden, Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Panoramic view of the Red Sand Garden, Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia The Ephemeral Lake Sculpture in the Red Sand Garden The Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, is a division of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. ...

The Cranbourne Complex is located off Berwick-Cranbourne Road, and features a wide variety of community facilities, including The Shed (an indoor skating facility), the Cranbourne Indoor Sports Centre (basketball, netball, and indoor soccer), the Cranbourne Branch of the Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, The Factory – Rehearsal Centre for the Arts (Cranbourne), Caseyville (traffic school) and Bowland (a ten-pin bowling complex). The new Cranbourne Multicultural Community Centre is set to open in early 2007, while tenders have been issued for the new Cranbourne Aquatic and Leisure Centre (CALC).

Further out of Cranbourne on the Berwick-Cranbourne Road is the new Casey Fields Complex.

Schools

Schools in the Cranbourne area include St. Peters Catholic Co-Ed College, St. Agathas Catholic School, St. Theresa's Catholic Primary School, Cranbourne Secondary College, Lyndhurst Secondary College, Casey Grammer School (Formally known as Cranbourne Christian College), Cranbourne Primary School, Cranbourne South Primary School, Cranbourne Park Primary School, Cranbourne West Primary School, Rangebank Primary School, Courtenay Gardens Primary School, and Cranbourne Specialist School. Chisholm Institute of TAFE also has a campus in Cranbourne, to the city's east. To cater for the growth in Cranbourne several primary schools have been proposed. Chisholm Institute is a TAFE Institute located throughout Victoria, Australia. ...

Shopping

Cranbourne has two major shopping precincts. In the north on the corner of Thompsons Road and the South Gippsland Highway is the Thompson Parkway Shopping Centre (anchored by Safeway) and Great Southern Homemaker Centre complex. This complex has largely developed around the Bunnings Warehouse. The South Gippsland Highway is a highway in Victoria, Australia and connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland region of Victoria. ...

In the centre of town is the Cranbourne High Street and Centro Cranbourne, anchored by Coles and Safeway supermarkets and Kmart and Harris Scarfe department stores. Centro can refer to: Centro, one of the regions of Portugal Centro, the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority in the USA. Centro, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive in the United Kingdom. ... Safeway is a brand name used by several fraudulent supermarket chains around the world: Safeway Inc. ... Kmart store at Kurralta Park in Adelaides western suburbs. ... A Harris Scarfe store in Tasmania Harris Scarfe Department Stores was founded in South Australia in 1850 in Adelaide, South Australia. ... A department store organizes its goods by departments, such as womens clothes, home furnishings, electronics, and the like. ...

Smaller shopping centres include the Sandhurst Shopping Centre (anchored by Coles Supermarket) in Cranbourne West, and the planned Hunt Club Shopping Centre development.

Churches

Cranbourne is home to several Christian churches. These include the Cranbourne Salvation Army, the Anglican Regional Church Cranbourne, Cranbourne Regional Uniting Church, Crossover (Cranbourne Assembly of God), Scots Presbyterian Church, St Agathas Catholic Church, Life Community Church and TurningPoint Family Church. Cranbourne North has Hope Christian Centre.

Sports facilities and clubs

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Australian Football/Cricket

There are 8 Australian football/cricket ovals available at J&P Camm Reserve (2 ovals), the Donnelly Recreation Reserve (2 ovals), the Clyde Recreation Reserve (1 oval), the Lawson Poole Reserve (1 oval), the Junction Village Reserve (1 oval) and the Glover Recreation Reserve (1 oval). Seven of the eight ovals each have a synthetic centre cricket wicket, whilst the E.G. Allen Oval at the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve has the only turf centre wicket within the Cranbourne Area. High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Cricket pitch (not to scale) A wicket consists of three stumps that are placed into the ground, and topped with two bails. ...

Rugby

There are 2 rugby fields at the Lawson Poole Reserve (1 field) and the Clyde Recreation Reserve (1 field). For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ...

Football

There are currently 3 football fields available on the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

Athletics

There is an athletics track (grass) at Lawson Poole Reserve. A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ...

Basketball and Netball

There are 6 basketball courts available at the Terry Vickerman Centre at the Casey Indoor Leisure Complex (shared netball). There is a netball court the Glover Recreation Reserve (1 outdoor court). This article is about the sport. ... A netball game in Australia Netball is a sport similar to, and derived from, basketball. ...

Tennis

There are 20 tennis courts available at Cranbourne Tennis Club, Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve (6 porous); the Clyde Tennis Club, Clyde Recreation Reserve (4 plexipave); the Devon Meadows Tennis Club, Glover Recreation Reserve (4 porous, 2 asphalt); and the Cranbourne South Tennis Club, Morning Mist Recreation Reserve (2 artificial grass; 2 plexipave). There are an additional 8 courts (sand-filled artificial grass) available inside the Terry Vickerman Centre at the Casey Indoor Leisure Complex. For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A pore, in general, is some form of opening, usually very small. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Aerobics/Fitness/Gymnasium

The Cranbourne Indoor Pool, Beach House Fitness and Cranbourne Fitness Centre offer health & fitness facilities. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Golf

There are 3 golf courses privately owned and managed: This article is about the sport. ...

• Amstel Golf Club (public course).
• Rainfurlie Golf Club (members course).
• Cranbourne Golf Club (public course).

Gymnastics

A club-based gymnastics program is available at the Cranbourne Park Primary School. Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ...

Horse Riding and Racing

Club-based horse riding is available at the Morning Mist Recreation Reserve. There are other privately owned and managed facilities, such as the Briars Equestrian Centre in Clyde. Both Cranbourne greyhound and harness racing clubs are on Grant Street. horse, see Horse (disambiguation). ... Clyde is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Several greyhounds before a race. ... A trotter training at Vincennes hippodrome Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. ...

Lawn Bowls

Two lawn bowls club facilities are available at the Cranbourne Bowls Club (Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve) and the Cranbourne RSL Bowls Club. Men playing bowls Bowls (or Lawn Bowls) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack) than ones opponent is able to do. ... RSL National HQ, on Constitution Ave, Canberra, nearest the Australian Defence Force Russell Offices HQ The Returned and Services League of Australia (often abbreviated to RSL) is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. ...

Shooting

Shooting facilities are available at the Cranbourne Dandenong Pistol Club (Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve). The Cranbourne RSL Gun Club (Thompsons Road, Cranbourne North) was demolished in late 2006 and relocated to Beaconsfield, Victoria. The Thompsons Road site is now used by the Victorian Deer Association. The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns (see Archery for more information on shooting sports that make use of bows and arrows). ... RSL National HQ, on Constitution Ave, Canberra, nearest the Australian Defence Force Russell Offices HQ The Returned and Services League of Australia (often abbreviated to RSL) is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. ... Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ...

Skating/BMX

There are skating and BMX facilities available at the following locations: A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or performing tricks with a skateboard. ... A BMX race. ...

• Merinda Park (outdoor skate park).
• The Shed (indoor skate park). The Shed is managed and fully supervised by the Salvation Army.

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Swimming

The Cranbourne Indoor Pool offers public swimming facilities. Swimmer redirects here. ...

Events

The MRA Cranbourne GP Run is held each year on the Saturday of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Cranbourne races are an established event on the racing calendar. Greyhound and harness racing are also held.

Public transport

The terminus of the Cranbourne railway line is at Cranbourne railway station. The Cranbourne line is part of the South Gippsland Railway, which is currently disused between Cranbourne and the start of the private South Gippsland Tourist Railway in Nyora. The restoration and reopening of the disused line was proposed by the Victorian Government in 2001, at which time the government described the line as being in a state of significant disrepair^[3]. The Cranbourne railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Cranbourne is the termius for the Cranbourne railway line. ... The South Gippsland Railway is a tourist railway located in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. ... Nyora is a railway station on the former South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. ...

References

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External links

Coordinates: 38°06′18″S 145°16′44″E / -38.105, 145.279 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, Google Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps and WikiMapia.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Cranbourne Area Recreation Facilities Study, City of Casey
• The Shed Skatepark and Recreation Centre