Mulgrave, Victoria

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Mulgrave Melbourne, Victoria
Population:	16105 (2001 census)
Postcode:	3170
Area:	11.1 km²
Property Value:	AUD $330,000 [1]
Location:	26 km from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Monash
State District:	Mulgrave
Federal Division:	Bruce
Suburbs around Mulgrave Notting Hill Wheelers Hill Scoresby Clayton Mulgrave Rowville Springvale Springvale Dandenong North

Mulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The local government area is the City of Monash. The suburb takes its name from Sir George Phipps, the Earl of Mulgrave and 2nd Marquess of Normanby, who served as the Governor of Victoria between 1879 and 1884.

Most notably, the suburb gave its name to the Mulgrave Freeway, which was later renamed to the Monash Freeway

With the settlement of the Colony of Victoria Mulgrave, like surrounding areas, was used primarily for agricultural purposes. None of the original homesteads remain, though some were demolished as late as the latter part of the 20th Century. Remains of some homesteads have been uncovered during the construction of the EastLink Tollway, temporarily halting work while they were archaeologically examined.

Mulgrave is one of the few suburbs split into two distinct areas, with each sharing the common name but not prefixing it with ‘East' or ‘West’. This came about as a result of the renaming of parts of Mulgrave to Wheelers Hill, Victoria in the late 1990’s. So separated by distance are the two parts that a group local residents from the south eastern area campaigned in 2004 to have the area renamed to Waverley Park, Victoria. Their campaign was unsuccessful.

Most noteably, Mulgrave is where "Jacksons Road" is situated, this is the point all the radio news bullitins gauge their traffic reports for travel times into the city.

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Coordinates: -37.92° 145.167°

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Suburbs of the City of Monash
Ashwood | Chadstone | Clayton | Glen Waverley | Hughesdale | Huntingdale | Mount Waverley | Mulgrave | Notting Hill | Oakleigh | Oakleigh East | Oakleigh South | Wheelers Hill