Langwarrin is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston. Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... km redirects here. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... km redirects here. ... Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 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 Frankston 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 Electoral district of Hastings is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Dunkley is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Carrum Downs is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Skye is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Cranbourne South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston South, on the Frankston Peninsula is typically an upper, middle-class place compared to the counterpart of Frankston North (commonly referred to as The Pines) and is usually referred to as including some of the area east of Frankston CBD as well. ... Baxter is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Pearcedale is a township 10 km south of Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

Langwarrin's most prominent landscape feature is a large Flora and Fauna reserve (formerly the Langwarrin Military Reserve). The nature reserve has many walking tracks and is an ideal place for quiet recreation activities such as walking, nature study and photography.

Another prominent feature, located in the centre of Langwarrin is the picturesque Cruden Farm, home to Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, a long time resident.

McLelland Gallery and its surrounding sculpture park is another highlight.

Langwarrin is the location of the now-defunct Leisureland Fair amusement park, the largest operating amusement park in Victoria at that time. There is a small lake with the old bridge going over it, this is a not so well-known fishing spot but young kids love to get down to catch eels and redfin. A now defunct amusement park in Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia which operated from approximately 1984 to 1992. ...

Langwarrin has a skatepark, this has been in Langwarrin for several years and plans to upgrade it are coming up in the Frankston Council. There is a fire station on Centre Road which celebrated its 75th year of service on Australia Day 2007.

Langwarrin has an Australian Rules Football Team (Langwarrin Kangaroos), Football (soccer) team (Langwarrin Lions - Langwarrin Soccer Club), Several junior Basketball teams, tennis, netball, cricket and dancing teams.

Langwarrin has two main shopping centres, including The Gateway Shopping Village (owned by Centro Properties Group), with a Coles and 40 specialty stores, and Langwarrin Plaza Shopping Centre. It also has a number of small shopping strips, including the Foot St Shops, and the Corner Shops at North & Warrandyte Rds. Centro Properties Group Limited (ASX: CNP) is an Australian company (also known as an Australian Stock Exchange listed stapled entity) that is a property investor and manager mainly in shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. ...

Schools

• Elisabeth Murdoch College (formerly Langwarrin Secondary College)
• Langwarrin Park Primary School
• Langwarrin Primary School
• St. Jude's Primary School
• Woodlands Primary School
• Bayside Christian College

Elisabeth Murdoch College logo Elisabeth Murdoch College (formerly Langwarrin Secondary College) is a government-run state high school located in Langwarrin, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Bayside Christian College is an independent, small, Christian school located in Langwarrin of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Prominent residents

• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, opening a drug rehabilitation centre in Melbourne, May 2005 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, AC, DBE, (born 1909), philanthropist, is the widow of Australian media proprietor Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of United States-based media magnate Rupert Murdoch. ... Keith Rupert Murdoch AC, KCSG (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian born, American citizen who is a global media executive and is the controlling shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York. ...

External links

Coordinates: 38°09′04″S 145°10′52″E / -38.151, 145.181 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.