Cranbourne, Victoria

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Cranbourne Melbourne, Victoria
Population:	13612 (2001 census)
Postcode:	3977
Area:	9.6 km²
Property Value:	AUD $218,000 [1]
Location:	47 km from Melbourne 16 km from Dandenong
LGA:	City of Casey
State District:	Cranbourne
Federal Division:	Holt
Suburbs around Cranbourne Lynbrook Cranbourne North Cranbourne North Cranbourne West Cranbourne Cranbourne East Cranbourne South Cranbourne South Junction Village

Cranbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia approximately 49 kilometres south-east of the CBD (via the M1 and the South Gippsland Highway) and is situated at an elevation of 50 metres above sea-level. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey.

The Cranbourne area consists of the following suburbs/districts: Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne South, Cranbourne West, and Junction Village.

Contents 1 History 2 Places 3 Schools 4 Shopping centres 5 Sports facilities and clubs 5.1 Australian Football/Cricket 5.2 Rugby 5.3 Football 5.4 Athletics 5.5 Basketball and Netball 5.6 Tennis 5.7 Aerobics/Fitness/Gymnasium 5.8 Golf 5.9 Gymnastics 5.10 Horse Riding and Racing 5.11 Lawn Bowls 5.12 Shooting 5.13 Skating/BMX 5.14 Swimming 6 Events 7 Public transport 8 External links

[edit] History

Cranbourne was formally a town in its own right and was the site of the old Shire of Cranbourne offices, (the building is still existent on the corner of South Gippsland Highway and Sladen Street).

Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Boonwurrung Aborigines. The first white settlers, the Ruffy brothers, arrived in 1836. They later opened the Cranbourne Inn.

The area was greatly opened up by settlers from the 1860s. Progress in developing the land around Cranbourne was hampered by the Koo Wee Rup swampland. However William Lyall (who bought land in the swamp area) assisted in coordinating the draining of the swamp to make it useable as farmland.

In 1860 a number of meteorites landed in the area. The largest, at 1.5 tonnes, was then considered the world's largest.

Cranbourne was proclaimed a town in 1861 and the Shire of Cranbourne was proclaimed in 1868. In 1994 the Shire was proclaimed a City but later in the same year most of the City was amalgamated with the City of Berwick to form the City of Casey.

The population of Cranbourne was 1,800 in 1976, rising to 14,005 in 1986 and 18,886 in 1991. Cranbourne currently has an estimated population of at least 39,000.

[edit] Places

In the south of Cranbourne is the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, and the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve. Cranbourne also contains the Cranbourne Golf Club, the Amstel Golf Club, the Ranfurlie Golf Club, a swimming pool, The Shed (an indoor skating facility), a Sports Centre (basketball, netball, and indoor soccer), Casey Indoor Sports Centre, a public library, and Bowland (a ten-pin bowling complex).

[edit] Schools

Schools in the Cranbourne area include St. Peters Catholic Co-Ed College, St. Agathas Catholic School, St. Theresa's Catholic Primary School, Cranbourne Secondary College, Lyndhurst Secondary College, Cranbourne Christian College, Cranbourne Primary School, Cranbourne South Primary School, Cranbourne West Primary School, Rangebank Primary School, Courtenay Gardens Primary School, and Cranbourne Specialist School. Chisholm Institute of TAFE also has a campus in Cranbourne, to the city's east. To cater for the growth in Cranbourne several primary schools have been proposed.

[edit] Shopping centres

Shopping centres in the Cranbourne area include the Thompson Parkway Shopping Centre, the Great Southern Home Centre, and Cranbourne Centro Shopping Centre.

[edit] Sports facilities and clubs

[edit] Australian Football/Cricket

There are 8 Australian football/cricket ovals available at J&P Camm Reserve (2 ovals), the Donnelly Recreation Reserve (2 ovals), the Clyde Recreation Reserve (1 oval), the Lawson Poole Reserve (1 oval), the Junction Village Reserve (1 oval) and the Glover Recreation Reserve (1 oval). Seven of the eight ovals each have a synthetic centre cricket wicket, whilst the E.G. Allen Oval at the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve has the only turf centre wicket within the Cranbourne Area.

[edit] Rugby

There are 2 rugby fields at the Lawson Poole Reserve (1 field) and the Clyde Recreation Reserve (1 field).

[edit] Football

There are currently 3 football fields available on the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve.

[edit] Athletics

There is an athletics track (grass) at Lawson Poole Reserve.

[edit] Basketball and Netball

There are 6 basketball courts available at the Terry Vickerman Centre at the Casey Indoor Leisure Complex (shared netball). There is a netball court the Glover Recreation Reserve (1 outdoor court).

[edit] Tennis

There are 20 tennis courts available at Cranbourne Tennis Club, Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve (6 porous); the Clyde Tennis Club, Clyde Recreation Reserve (4 plexipave); the Devon Meadows Tennis Club, Glover Recreation Reserve (4 porous, 2 asphalt); and the Cranbourne South Tennis Club, Morning Mist Recreation Reserve (4 asphalt). There are an additional 8 courts (sand-filled artificial grass) available inside the Terry Vickerman Centre at the Casey Indoor Leisure Complex.

[edit] Aerobics/Fitness/Gymnasium

The Cranbourne Indoor Pool, Beach House Fitness and Cranbourne Fitness Centre offer health & fitness facilities.

[edit] Golf

There are 3 golf courses privately owned and managed:

• Amstel Golf Club (public course).
• Amstel Golf Club (members course).
• Cranbourne Golf Club (public course).

Amstel Golf Club also has a mini-golf facility.

[edit] Gymnastics

A club-based gymnastics program is available at the Cranbourne Park Primary School.

[edit] Horse Riding and Racing

Club-based horse riding is available at the Morning Mist Recreation Reserve. There are other privately owned and managed facilities, such as the Briars Equestrian Centre in Clyde. Both Cranbourne greyhound and harness racing clubs are on Grant Street.

[edit] Lawn Bowls

Two lawn bowls club facilities are available at the Cranbourne Bowls Club (Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve) and the Cranbourne RSL Bowls Club.

[edit] Shooting

Shooting facilities are available at the Cranbourne Dandenong Pistol Club (Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve) and the Cranbourne RSL Gun Club (Thompsons Road, Cranbourne North).

[edit] Skating/BMX

There are skating and BMX facilities available at the following locations:

• Merinda Park (outdoor skate park).
• The Shed (indoor skate park). The Shed is managed and fully supervised by the Salvation Army. Website

[edit] Swimming

The Cranbourne Indoor Pool offers public swimming facilities.

[edit] Events

The MRA Cranbourne GP Run is held each year on the Saturday of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Cranbourne races are an established event on the racing calendar. Greyhound and harness racing are also held.

[edit] Public transport

The terminus of the Cranbourne railway line is at Cranbourne railway station.The Cranbourne Line is part of the South Gippsland Railway, which is currently disused between Cranbourne and the start of the private South Gippsland Tourist Railway in Nyora.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -38.105° 145.279°

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
• Cranbourne Area Recreation Facilities Study, City of Casey
• Cranbourne photos
• The Shed Skatepark and Recreation Centre

Suburbs and Rural Townships of the City of Casey
Berwick | Blind Bight | Cannons Creek | Clyde | Clyde North | Cranbourne | Cranbourne East | Cranbourne North | Cranbourne South | Cranbourne West | Devon Meadows | Doveton | Endeavour Hills | Eumemmerring | Hallam | Hampton Park | Harkaway | Junction Village | Lynbrook | Lysterfield South | Narre Warren | Narre Warren North | Narre Warren South | Pearcedale | Tooradin | Warneet