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| Coordinates: 37°48′47″S 145°4′04″E / 37.81306°S 145.06778°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Established | April 2010 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,101 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3103 | ||||||||||||
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Deepdene is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Deepdene recorded a population of 2,101 at the 2021 census.[1]
Formerly a neighbourhood within the suburb of Balwyn, Lachlan Williams, former Councillor for Cotham Ward, took the idea of having Deepdene gazetted as a suburb to the 2004 Boroondara Council Elections. As Councillor he obtained budget approval in 2006 for local consultation on gazetting and boundaries. After a positive community response, Council sought formalisation and the Office of Geographic Names officially gazetted the proposal in the Victoria Government Gazette on 4 December 2008 and recognised Deepdene as a bounded locality in April 2010.[2] A proposal to extend the suburb boundaries east to Balwyn Road and north to Belmore Road was voted down by Boroondara Council in April 2014.[3]
History
Deepdene Post Office, on Whitehorse Road, opened on 14 July 1913.[4]
Deepdene railway station was on the Outer Circle railway line, which opened on 24 March 1891 and closed to the public on 9 October 1927 due to lack of passengers. The train which ran on the line was known by locals as the "Deepdene Dasher". A documentary called Melbourne's Forgotten Railway - The Outer Circle, which details the history of the line, was released in 2014.[5]
The railway has been converted into the Outer Circle Railway Anniversary Trail, a walking and cycling path,[6] which includes informative signs detailing the history of the line.
Shops in the period 1959 to 1966 included Mrs Gebbie's haberdashery, Lanyon's grocery store (Lanyon obtained a liquor licence in this historically dry area), a Kevin Dennis car yard, a classic corner milk bar, a hardware store, a garden landscaping supply business, and a commercial bakery.[citation needed]
Education
Sport
Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club[9] (known as the "Deeners") and Deepdene Bears Cricket Club are both based in Deepdene. The suburb is also home to the Deepdene Tennis Club.
References
- 1 2 "2021 Census QuickStats Deepdene". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ↑ City of Boroondara, Deepdene - our newest suburb, archived from the original on 18 March 2012, retrieved 25 July 2011
- ↑ Jo, Davy. "Deepdene will not be extended, after proposal rejected". The Weekly Review Boroondara. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "The Outer Circle Line". Facebook. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ↑ "Outer Circle Railway Anniversary Trail". Boroondara City of Harmony. Boroondara City Council. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ↑ Our Lady of Good Counsel
- ↑ Deepdene Primary School
- ↑ Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club
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