| City of Greater Dandenong Victoria (Australia) |
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| Population: | 137,600(2009)[1] | ||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 137,600 people.[1]
It was formed in 1994 by the merger of parts of the former City of Dandenong and City of Springvale.
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Clare O'Neil became the youngest female mayor in Australian history when she served as Mayor of Greater Dandenong from 2003 to 2004.
The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) completed a review of Greater Dandenong’s electoral system in May 2008. As a result, the City of Greater Dandenong is now divided into four wards - Lightwood (three councillors), Paperbark (three councillors), Red Gum (three councillors) and Silverleaf (two councillors).
Dandenong Rangers play home games at the Dandenong Basketball Stadium and compete in the WNBL. Two championships have been won in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons and again in 2005/2006 the team reached the Grand Final only to lose to the Canberra Capitals.
Dandenong Thunder compete in the Victorian Premier League, playing at George Andrews Reserve.
The Greater Dandenong Warriors Hockey Club is based at the Bill Toon Playing fields on Cleeland Road, Dandenong North. The club currently fields 5 Men's teams, 2 Women's teams, 6 Junior teams and 3 Veteran's team.
Due to this connection these schools in Greater Dandenong have established relationships with schools in Xuzhou:
See List of localities (Victoria) for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities.
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