Devon Meadows, Victoria

Devon Meadows
Victoria

Worthing Road
Devon Meadows

Location in metropolitan Melbourne

Coordinates 38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°E / -38.162; 145.303Coordinates: 38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°E / -38.162; 145.303
Population 1,606 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3977
Location
LGA(s) City of Casey
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s) Flinders
Localities around Devon Meadows:
Junction Village Cranbourne East Clyde
Cranbourne South Devon Meadows Clyde
Pearcedale Cannons Creek Tooradin

Devon Meadows is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2011 Census, Devon Meadows had a population of 1,606.[1]

Devon Meadows Post Office opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.[2]

Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300,[3] a CFA fire station, community hall and tennis club.

Just east of the main township is a locality known Five Ways after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway bound for Berwick, Koo Wee Rup and Cannons Creek. A general store at the intersection provides services to travellers.[4]

The town has an Australian Rules football team The Devon Meadows Panthers competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.,[5] and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.

Transport

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Devon Meadows (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
  3. Schools Online listing, Department of Education (Victoria). Accessed 23 November 2006.
  4. Map 138, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
  5. Full Points Footy, Devon Meadows, archived from the original on June 12, 2010, retrieved 2008-07-25
  6. Cranbourne Transit website, accessed 23 November 2006


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