Braeside is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
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,
Australia, 25 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District, located within the
City of Kingston
The City of Kingston is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Ph ...
local government area. Braeside recorded a population of 25 at the .
Braeside is a largely industrial suburb with little residential areas.
History
Braeside Post Office opened on 15 October 1915 and closed in 1972.
Today
Braeside is a primarily
industrial suburb
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bordered on its north by Lower Dandenong Road, on the east by
Springvale Road, on the west by Boundary Road and to the south by
Mordialloc Creek
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. On the south it is also bordered by Governor Road becoming Hutton Road towards
Keysborough
Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Keysborough recorded a population of 30,018 at the .
...
. Beyond these limits there is a new subdivision called
Waterways
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.
Braeside is also known for
Braeside Park, a reserve that opened in 1987. It was formerly farmland and owned by the
Board of Works. Located on the east side of the proposed
Peninsula Freeway, and taking up over half the suburb, Braeside Park has walking/bicycle trails including the Howard Road Trail, Red Gum Trail and the
Bayside Trail.
There is also heathland and the Southern Golf Club.
The industrial sector of Braeside has been greatly developed in the past thirty years, with the preponderance of development taking place in the mid-1980s, by converting farmland into small or large factory units. Woodlands Industrial Estate is particularly notable in Braeside. Launched in 1992 and completed in 2003, tenants include
Tyco,
Wilson, the distribution centre of
Kmart
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The company was inc ...
,
Toro and Gale Pacific. This industrial estate took its name from the gum trees and open area, including the
environmental
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wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ...
s area close by.
A campus of the
Mentone Grammar School is in Braeside, including the Sports Centre with facilities to play soccer, cricket, tennis, field hockey, Australian rules football, and a rifle range. Close to the Sports Centre is the Pot of Colour Garden Nursery, Freccia Azzurra Club for the Italian community of Braeside, and the Croatian-Australian Church and Community Centre. Prominent commercial enterprises on the west of Springvale Road include Gardenworld and J.V.
Marine World.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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is there as well.
See also
*
City of Springvale
The City of Springvale was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.
History
Springvale was first incorporated as part o ...
– Braeside was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
Australian Places – Braeside
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Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Kingston (Victoria)