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Cannons Creek, Victoria
Cannons Creek is a town near the top of Western Port Bay in Victoria, Australia, 54 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cannons Creek recorded a population of 650 at the 2021 census. The townships of both Warneet and Blind Bight are south of Cannons Creek. The community centre is located on Cannons Creek Road. See also * City of Cranbourne The City of Cranbourne was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. It was notable for being the last local government area ... – Cannons Creek was previously within this former local government area. References Western Port Towns in Victoria (state) Coastal towns in Victoria (state) City of Casey {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Hastings
The electoral district of Hastings is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election due to population increases in Melbourne's outer south east. It covers Hastings, Tyabb, Somerville, Bittern and part of Langwarrin. French Island is also included within the electoral boundary. The seat is currently held by former actor and TV presenter Paul Mercurio for the Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po .... Members for Hastings Election results References External links Electorate profile: Hastings, Victorian Electoral Commission 2002 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 2002 Electoral districts of Victoria (state) City of Frankston Shire of Mornington Peninsula< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Holt
The Division of Holt is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. , the division is located in outer south-east Melbourne and covers the southern half of City of Casey. It includes the suburbs of Blind Bight, Victoria, Blind Bight, Botanic Ridge, Victoria, Botanic Ridge, Cannons Creek, Victoria, Cannons Creek, Clyde, Victoria, Clyde, Cranbourne, Victoria, Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne South, Cranbourne West, Devon Meadows, Victoria, Devon Meadows, Hampton Park, Victoria, Hampton Park, Junction Village, Victoria, Junction Village, Lynbrook, Victoria, Lynbrook, and Warneet, Victoria, Warneet; and parts of Clyde North, Cranbourne North, Lyndhurst, Victoria, Lyndhurst, Narre Warren South, Victoria, Narre Warren South, Pearcedale, Victoria, Pearcedale and Tooradin, Victoria, Tooradin. Since 2022, the division is represented by Cassandra Fernando of the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranbourne, Victoria
Cranbourne () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Casey Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Cranbourne recorded a population of 21,281 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. The ever expanding greater Cranbourne area consists of Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Victoria, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne East, Victoria, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne South, Victoria, Cranbourne South and Cranbourne West, Victoria, Cranbourne West. History Prior to European settlement the Cranbourne area is thought to have been occupied by the Boonwurrung Aboriginal people. The first white settlers, the Ruffy brothers, arrived in 1836. They later opened the Cranbourne Inn. The area was greatly opened up by settlers from the 1860s, with Cranbourne Post Office having been opened on 1 August 1857. Progress in developing the land aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Port
Western Port, ( Boonwurrung: ''Warn Marin'') commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is dominated by two large islands; French Island and Phillip Island. At the time it was renamed, its position was west of other known ports and bays, but Western Port has become something of a misnomer as it lies just to the east of the larger Port Phillip and the city of Melbourne. It is visited by Australian fur seals, whales and dolphins, as well as many migratory waders and seabirds. It is listed under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international significance. The area around the bay and the two main islands were originally part of the Boonwurrung nation's territory prior to European settlement. Western Port was first seen by Europeans in 1798 when an exploration crew in a whaleboat led by George Bass, journeyed sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a States and territories of Australia, state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km2). Victoria's economy is the List of Australian states and territories by gross state product, second-largest among Australian states and is highly diversified, with service sectors predominating. Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate climate, temperate coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne City Centre
The Melbourne central business district (colloquially known as "the City" or "the CBD", and gazetted simply as Melbourne) is the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As of the 2021 census, the CBD had a population of 54,941, and is located primarily within the local government area City of Melbourne, with some parts located in the City of Port Phillip. The central business district is centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837. It also includes parts of the parallel and perpendicular streets to the north, bounded by Victoria Street and Peel Street; and extends south-east along much of the area immediately surrounding St Kilda Road. The CBD is the core of Greater Melbourne's metropolitan area, and is a major financial centre in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. It is home to several major attractions in Melbourne, including many of the city's famed lanes and arcades, the distinct blend of contemporary and Victorian architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Casey
The City of Casey is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2021 population of 365,239. It has an area of . The city is named after Lord Casey, the 16th Governor-General of Australia, and was formed in 1994 by the merger of most of the City of Berwick with parts of the Shire of Cranbourne (including Cranbourne itself), and the Churchill Park Drive estate within the City of Knox. Geography Casey spreads from the base of the Dandenong Ranges in the north to the shoreline of Western Port in the south. It features a wide variety of geographical features, due to its outer metropolitan location. The north, in the foothills of the Dandenongs, is primarily made up of large blocks of land used for grazing, with some small vineyards in operation. An Urban Growth Boundary has been in place since 2005 to protect this area from future residential subdivision. South of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Australian Census
The 2021 Australian census, simply called the 2021 Census, was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). It had a response rate of 96.1%, up from the 95.1% at the 2016 census. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 25,422,788, an increase of 8.6 per cent or 2,020,896 people over the previous 2016 census. Results from the 2021 census were released to the public on 28 June 2022 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. A small amount of additional 2021 census data was released in October 2022 and in 2023. Australia's next census is scheduled to take place in 2026. The census was undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic. It therefore provided a clear snapshot of how the pandemic impacted Australian society. Overview In Australia, completing the census is compulsory for all people in Australia on census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warneet, Victoria
Warneet is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Warneet recorded a population of 565 at the . Warneet is located on Rutherford inlet, an arm off the North end of Western Port. For education, most children go to Tooradin Primary School or Koo Wee Rup Secondary College. History Warneet Post Office opened on 1 July 1959 Transport Cranbourne Transit operates route 795, which operates 5 weekday return journeys between Cranbourne and Warneet, via the nearby towns of Blind Bight, Tooradin, and Cannons Creek. The town is also easily accessible by car via the South Gippsland Highway South Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway connecting the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne through the South Gippsland region of in Victoria, Australia to the town of Sale. The highway serves as a gateway from Melbourne to man ... (M420), and Baxter-Tooradin Road (C781). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
