Park Orchards is an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. The suburb is home to the Park Orchards Tennis Club, Basketball Club, Netball Club and BMX club. The area is considered to be rather affluent with houses often selling for $1 million or above. The suburb is also home to the Domeney sporting facility, which hosts the home games of the Park Orchards Cricket Club and the Park Orchards North Ringwood Parish Junior Football Club, also known as the Sharks (probably the longest sporting club name in Victoria), as well as the Yarra Valley Old Boys football club. There are two local primary schools and a number of private and state secondary schools in close proximity. 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. ... 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 2. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... This article is about the area with the postcodes 3000 and 3004 in Victoria, Australia known as Melbourne. ... 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 Manningham 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 Warrandyte 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 Menzies is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of 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. ... Warrandyte is an outlying semi-rural suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27km east-north-east of the Melbourne central business district. ... Warrandyte is an outlying semi-rural suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27km east-north-east of the Melbourne central business district. ... Warrandyte South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24km east-north-east of Melbourne. ... Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Ringwood North, Victoria is a residential suburb 24 km. ... Nunawading is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Mitcham is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Ringwood North, Victoria is a residential suburb 24 km. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... 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 Manningham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

Adjacent to Domeney is an area of natural bushland known as 'The 100 Acres'. It is home to a wide variety of local indigenous plants, birds and animals such as echidnas and sugar gliders.

It is little known that Park Orchards has its beginnings as a picnic ground of Melbourne's elite 140 years ago. (Please continue or edit for those who know more).

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Coordinates: 37°46′59″S 145°12′58″E / -37.783, 145.216 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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The circular design of the central area of Park Orchards was designed by Walter Burley Griffin who is best known in Australia for designing the layout of the capital, Canberra.