Devon Meadows is a town in

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, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Devon Meadows recorded a population of 1,551 at the 2021 census. Devon Meadows Post Office was located at 89 Finsbury Road and opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.The original building was one of the oldest buildings in Devon Meadows. It became a residential home and was known as being haunted, but burnt down around 1984. The oldest home was owned by the Rawlins family in Worthing Road. Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300, a CFA fire station, community hall, and tennis club. Just east of the main township is a locality known ''Five Ways'' after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway: Clyde-Five Ways Road, bound for Berwick, Fisheries Road, bound for Cannons Creek, and one of either Finsbury, Manks or Browns Roads, the latter two of which are bound for

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and

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respectively. A general store at the intersection provides services to travelers. The town has an

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football team (the Devon Meadows Panthers) competing in the

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, and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.

Transport

* ''795'' Cranbourne – Warneet (Monday to Friday). Operated by

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. * ''796'' Cranbourne – Clyde (Monday to Friday). Operated by

References

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