Murrumbeena, Victoria
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| Murrumbeena Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 8232 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3163 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.5 km² (1.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $639,500 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 15 km (9 mi) 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. They have junior and senior sides.
[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 Perceval, Sidney Nolan, Hatton Beck, and Peter Herbst.
Mark Trevorrow, the creator of Bob Downe, the camp safari-suit wearing comic and singer was born and raised in Murrumbeena.
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 until 1987, also grew up in the suburb.
Australian Workers Union national secretary Bill Shorten grew up in Neerim Rd, Murrumbeena and attended Mass at the Good Shepherd Convent, on the current site of Chadstone Shopping Centre.
[edit] See also
- City of Caulfield - the former local government area of which Murrumbeena was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Murrumbeena (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Murrumbeena, accessed 9 August 2007
[edit] External links
- Murrumbeena, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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