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Encyclopedia > Mount Dandenong, Victoria
Mount Dandenong from Mooroolbark
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Mount Dandenong from Mooroolbark
Mount Dandenong as seen from Kilsyth
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Mount Dandenong as seen from Kilsyth


Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 623 KB)Mount Dandenong as seen from Mooroolbark. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 623 KB)Mount Dandenong as seen from Mooroolbark. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 603 KB) Mount Dandenong as seen from Kilsyth area File links The following pages link to this file: Mount Dandenong, Victoria Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 603 KB) Mount Dandenong as seen from Kilsyth area File links The following pages link to this file: Mount Dandenong, Victoria Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Kilsyth is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...


Mount Dandenong is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ...


Mount Dandenong is also a mountain which is 693 metres tall, on which the suburb is located.

For a different suburb with a similar name, see Dandenong, Victoria.

There is a lookout where people can eat and look out from the mountain toward Melbourne, where the CBD is usually visible. Dandenong coat of arms See also Mount Dandenong, Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name. ...


Attractions include parks, forests, an arboretum and many restaurants such as the recently reopened Sky High Restaurant. Located at Mount Dandenong Observatory, it recently underwent a multi-million dollar renovation after it closed soon after bushfires in 1997. It is probably the biggest tourist attraction of Mt Dandenong.

Close up view of the Towers atop Mt. Dandenong
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Close up view of the Towers atop Mt. Dandenong

William Rickett Sanctuary is situated in Mount Dandenong - a unique sculpture park with 93 ceramical sculptures woven into eucalyptus forest. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 705 KB) William Rickett William Ricket Sanctuary. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 705 KB) William Rickett William Ricket Sanctuary. ... William Rickett Sanctuary William Rickett (1898-1993) was an Australian sculptor. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1311x1159, 170 KB)Close up view of The Towers atop Mt Dandenong. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1311x1159, 170 KB)Close up view of The Towers atop Mt Dandenong. ... William Rickett Sanctuary William Rickett (1898-1993) was an Australian sculptor. ...


The peak of the mountain is also the site of the city's TV signal towers. They range in height from 131m to 180m. These towers are visible from quite a distance and distinguish Mount Dandenong from others in the Dandenong Ranges.


Around 2002 it was proposed that the word "Melbourne" be erected in large letters at the peak of the Mountain in the style of the Hollywood, visible from the city centre. However this was met with outrage from local residents and was not pursued.


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Dandenong, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (652 words)
Dandenong is a highly multicultural city, with approximately 54% of residents born overseas from 151 different birthplaces and 48% from non-English speaking backgrounds.
The city is situated on Dandenong Creek in the flat land at the foothills of Mount Dandenong and is a major manufacturing and commercial area, and the Dandenong CBD is one of the largest activity centres outside of central Melbourne.
Dandenong is situated 31 kilometres south-east of Melbourne on the outskirts of the city.
Dandenong Ranges, Victoria Australia (561 words)
The Dandenong Ranges is a region east of Melbourne and south of the famous wine region, the Yarra Yarra Valley.
Dandenong Ranges has a Tulip Festival at Silvan from mid September to mid October and the National Rhododendron Gardens at Olinda is a spectacular 40 ha display of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and daffodils.
At Mount Dandenong is the internationally famous William Ricketts Sanctuary which is a moving collection of clay sculptures of Aboriginal figures set among weaving walking trails and ferns trees.
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