Murrumbeena, Victoria
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| Murrumbeena Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 7607 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3163 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.5 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $670,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 15 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Glen Eira | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Oakleigh | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Higgins, Hotham | ||||||||||||
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Murrumbeena is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
It is located in the south east of Melbourne. Murrumbeena is quite small, and is generally known for its parklands.
It is close to the larger suburbs Caulfield and Bentleigh.
It has a suburban railway station, and a small strip shopping centre located on Neerim and Murrumbeena Roads which is generally dominated by the nearby Chadstone Shopping Centre. The predominant style of the buildings in the shopping strip, station and surrounding homes are Federation and Interwar.
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[edit] Schools
There are two schools in Murrumbeena, Murrumbeena Primary School and St Patrick's Primary School. Murrumbeena High School was closed by the Kennett Government in the early 1990s, putting pressure on neighboring schools such as McKinnon and Bentleigh High to take on new students.
[edit] Sport
The suburb is home to the Murrumbeena Football Club, an Australian rules football club with a history that can be traced back to the formation of the Murrumbeena Junior Football Club in 1918. The club currently plays in the Southern Football League.
[edit] Famous people from Murrumbeena
The potter Merric Boyd (1888–1959) established a studio in Murrumbeena and produced his own distinctive style of Art Nouveau ceramics. Through the Boyds, Murrumbeena played host to other well-known artists including John Percival, Sidney Nolan, Hatton Beck, and Peter Hebst.
Musician Nick Cave grew up in the suburb, and TISM played their first show at the Murrumbeena athletics track club rooms.
Australian Rules footballer Robert Flower who played with Melbourne Demons from 1973-87, also grew up in the suburb.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira | |
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Bentleigh | Bentleigh East | Caulfield | Caulfield East | Caulfield North | Caulfield South | Carnegie | Elsternwick | Gardenvale | Glen Huntly | McKinnon | Murrumbeena | Ormond | St. Kilda East |
