Cranbourne North is a suburb in

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, 39 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Cranbourne North recorded a population of 24,683 at the . Merinda Park railway station is located within the suburb's boundaries. The station is located on the

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. Merinda Park Railway Station was opened in March 1995, upon completion of the electrification of the line between

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and the junction with the

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. Vic Roads has completed duplication of Thompsons Road between Lesdon Avenue and

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- Cranbourne Road, which runs the length of the suburb. Thompson Parkway shopping centre is located on the corner of Thompsons Road and

. It was opened in March 1994, and contains a

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/ Woolworths store, Priceline Chemist, Han's Sushi Bar, Daniel's Donuts and a number of other specialty shops. Cranbourne North Post Office opened here on 21 March 1994. The Cranbourne Homemaker Centre is located just outside the formal boundary of the suburb, which includes

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, Spotlight (Formerly Harvey Norman until the early-mid 2010s),

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, The Good Guys,

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, Beacon Lighting,

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and more. It also included a masters From 2015 until Woolworths permanently closed all Masters stores in 2016. The Cranbourne Golf Club is located on South Gippsland Highway. The Camden Green Estate is one of the largest developments in the suburb. Formerly a market garden, construction commenced in 2003. It is alongside Narre Warren – Cranbourne Road. More recently construction has commenced on the opposite side of Narre Warren – Cranbourne Road on further subdivisions. These include the 'Sierra', 'Eve' and 'The Avenue at Casey' estates. The latter skirts the

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. Glasscocks Road is currently under construction and will run east–west from

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to Berwick – Cranbourne Road when completed.

Schools

Cranbourne North has two secondary schools, Lyndhurst Secondary College, and

Alkira Secondary College Alkira Secondary College, formerly Casey Central Secondary College, is a public government secondary school in Cranbourne North, Victoria, Australia. It opened with Year 7 classes in 2009 and currently has a student population of 1,621 students. ...

, previously known as Casey Central College, and two primary schools; St Theresa's (a Catholic Primary), Courtenay Gardens Primary.

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{{City of Casey suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Casey

Schools

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