Narre Warren South, Victoria
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Narre Warren South Melbourne, Victoria |
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Population: | 25,505 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 3805 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 13.3 km² (5.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Property Value: | AUD $296,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
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LGA: | City of Casey | ||||||||||||
State District: | Narre Warren South | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Holt | ||||||||||||
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Narre Warren South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. As of April 2005, the area is one of the fastest growing areas within the state of Victoria.[3]
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[edit] History
Until the mid 1990s Narre Warren South was a rural fringe suburb. In the last 10 years many subdivisions have been developed, including Berwick Springs estate, which was launched in 1999, and Cypress Hill estate/Hillsmeade which was launched around the same time. There are now other estates in the area, such as Golden Grove estate, Camden Greens Estate, Narre Warren Springs and Silverleaf.
[edit] Education
Narre Warren South is home to Narre Warren South P-12 College, a public school catering for students from Prep to Year 12. The college has one of the largest student enrollments in Victoria with nearly 2000 students and more than 150 staff members. Narre Warren South is also serviced by Hillsmeade Primary School, a public primary school, ICA Casey College, a private primary school and Trinity Catholic Primary School, a co-educational Catholic primary school.
[edit] Retail
Narre Warren South has two shopping centres. Casey Central Shopping Centre, located on Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road, is anchored by a Coles Supermarket, and features a large number of specialty stores. Amberley Park Shopping Centre on Ormond Road is a smaller centre, next door to Narre Warren South College.
Also close by in adjoining suburbs are the newly built Eden Rise Shopping Centre on the corner of Clyde Road and Greaves Road in Berwick, and Westfield Fountain Gate in Narre Warren.
[edit] References
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Narre Warren South (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ Narre Warren South, accessed 27 November 2006
- ^ About Casey | City of Casey - www.casey.vic.gov.au
[edit] External links
- Narre Warren South, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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