Mentone is a suburb in

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, 21 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Mentone recorded a population of 13,197 at the . It is known locally for

Mentone Beach Mentone Beach is a beach located in Mentone, on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 21 kilometres south from the Melbourne City Centre. Mentone beach is the northern section of a beach that extends alongside Beaumaris Bay from the cliffs at R ...

, which extends alongside

Beaumaris Bay Beaumaris Bay ( ) is a bay in the east of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. Beaumaris Bay commences at the cliffs at Rickett's Point in the south of the suburb of Beaumaris Beaumaris ( ; cy, Biwmares ) is a town and community on the Isl ...

from the cliffs in

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and ends at

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where it meets Parkdale. Mentone is associated with the

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of Australian artists.

History

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A holiday at Mentone ''A holiday at Mentone'' is an 1888 painting by the Australian artist Charles Conder. The painting depicts a beach in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone on a bright and sunny day. Conder's depiction of people engaged in seaside activities and the ...

'', 1888, oil on canvas by

Charles Conder Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 – 9 February 1909) was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer. He emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australi ...

. File:Tom Roberts - Slumbering sea, Mentone - Google Art Project.jpg,

Tom Roberts Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe i ...

, ''Slumbering Sea, Mentone'' (1887)

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, ''Mentone'', (1889),

. File:Mentone Vic Australia-Dragan Jankovic Fazan - panoramio.jpg, Mentone street scene (2009). File:Mentone Beach 1, Mentone, Vic, jjron, 08.01.2014.jpg, View over Mentone Beach and

south towards

Mordialloc Mordialloc is a beachside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Mordialloc recorded a population of 8,886 at the . ...

and Frankston, Victoria, View over Mentone Beach and Beaumaris Bay south towards Mordialloc and Frankston Mentone was founded as a resort town named after the Italian spelling of the formerly-Italian French town Menton. In order to keep with the Italian resort theme many streets in Mentone were named after Italian cities for example, Cremona Street, Florence Street, Venice Street and Milan Street and Naples street The development of Mentone began in the late 1800s, the Post Office opening on 16 May 1884.

and

Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...

were painting on the beach at Mentone one day in the summer of 1886-87 when they noticed a young man painting nearby. This was

Arthur Streeton Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter and a leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism. Early life Streeton was born in Mt Moriac, Victoria, sou ...

who they asked to join them. They, and others, later became known as the

Heidelberg school The Heidelberg School was an Australian art movement of the late 19th century. It has latterly been described as Australian impressionism. Melbourne art critic Sidney Dickinson coined the term in an 1891 review of works by Arthur Streeton and ...

of artists. The original Mentone Fire station was located on the corner of Brindisi Street and Mentone Parade, Mentone in 1906 and after the new fire station was built it was relocated to

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in 1957. According to the , the median individual income in Mentone was $664 per week, which was slightly higher than the Australian average of $577 per week. Similarly, the median household weekly income of $1,288 in Mentone was slightly higher than the Australian average of $1,234.

Shopping

Mentone is home to a lively shopping area along Como Parade West, Balcombe Road, Mentone Parade and surrounding streets and laneways. This shopping strip offers a wide range of restaurants, cafes, bakeries, clothing stores, supermarkets, travel agents, fancy dress, craft, home, book stores and more. A second commercial area has grown along

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; this may expand as the former Nylex factory site between Nepean Highway and Warrigal road is redeveloped into a bulky goods retail precinct. Neighbouring suburb,

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, comprises one of the biggest shopping centres in Australia –

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. This shopping mall incorporates a two-level bridge that spans the six lanes of Nepean Highway. It is the main shopping centre for people of Mentone and surrounds. A new

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opened in 2017 on the west side of Southland near Bay Street. In late 2010 Thrift Park shopping centre between Lower Dandenong Road and Nepean Highway just east of Warrigal Road went through with a $35-million redevelopment. The redevelopment included demolishing the original centre that was "ageing" and building a larger Woolworths supermarket plus additional stores. The centre officially opened in December 2010.

Politics

In terms of

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and

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Mentone is situated in the

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and

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for state parliament and the Electoral district of Isaacs in the federal system. In the 2018 Victorian State election and the 2019 Australian Federal Election, every booth in Mentone reported a majority of votes for the Labor Party.

Transport

Mentone is located on the

. Mentone is serviced by a variety of

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buses, which are the 903 bus from

, 811 and 812 from

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and

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, The 708 to

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and

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and the 825 and

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services, focused on the

Mentone railway station Mentone railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mentone, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as Balcombe Road. It was renamed Balcombe on 1 September 1882, and was ...

, a station on the Frankston train line. The station opened on 19 December 1881 as Balcombe Road. On the day of the , 15.6% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 63.5% by car (either as driver or as passenger). A new railway station was built at Mentone in 2020 as part of the Victorian government’s removal of the level crossing previously on Balcombe Road.

Entertainment and leisure

The Mentone Beach and Mentone Lifesaving Club provide leisure space and activities, as do the parkland and oval near the council offices. Mentone is also home to numerous sporting clubs including cricket, football, tennis, swimming, field hockey, and lawn bowling. Mentone Bowling Club was established in the early 1900s and has a successful history, including an Australian champion. The club is next to the train station in the centre of the suburb. Mentone were promoted to the Premier Division in 2010. In late 2013 it was announced the iconic Mentone Tenpin Bowl on the corner of the Nepean Hwy and Warrigal Rd would close by the end of that year after fifty years of operation in order to make way for a new multi-storey residential apartment and retail complex. The Mentone Hotel was a historical hotel building overlooking

Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip (Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is completel ...

. It has been renovated into a number of apartments. The Mentone RSL is housed in a building dating to 1884–1886. One of Australia's last

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stores was in Mentone but has since closed down.

Schools

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Kilbreda College , motto_translation = Strength and Kindliness , established = , type = Independent secondary day school , denomination = Roman Catholic , religious_affiliation = Brigidine Sisters , gende ...

- A Catholic Secondary School for girls, founded in 1904. The school is owned and administered by the Brigidine Sisters. * St Bede's College - A Catholic Secondary School for boys, founded in 1938. It is owned and administered by the

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. *

Mentone Grammar School (by work and with honour) , city = Mentone , state = Victoria , zipcode = 3194 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Indepen ...

- An Anglican school founded in 1923. Co-ed since 2006, Kindergarten to Secondary Education. The school competes in the AGSV (associated Grammar Schools of Victoria). *

Mentone Girls' Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing truer than Truth , established = 1899 , type = Independent, single-sex, day school , denomination = Anglican , slogan = Mentone Girls. Remar ...

- An Anglican school for girls from ELC to year 12, founded in 1899. *

Mentone Girls' Secondary College Mentone Girls’ Secondary College is a government secondary school for girls located in Melbourne's southeast beachside suburb of Mentone, Victoria. Over 1100 students are enrolled throughout Years 7 to 12, with students transitioning to the co ...

* St Patrick's Catholic Primary School * Mentone Primary School * Mentone Park Primary School - a school situated in Mentone East, Mentone Park PS is a smaller school with around 200 students (as of 2021). It prides itself on having small classes and offers specialist Italian, visual arts, PE and performing arts programs. It received state government funded for a substantial upgrade in the 2019/20 Victorian budget.

Notable people

Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire and Australia ...

– attended final years of high school at

Mentone Grammar (by work and with honour) , city = Mentone , state = Victoria , zipcode = 3194 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Indepen ...

; spin bowler, Test cricketer *

Ian Meckiff Ian Meckiff (born 6 January 1935) is a former cricketer who represented Australia national cricket team, Australia in 18 test cricket, Test matches between 1957 and 1963. A left-arm Fast bowling, fast bowler, he is best known for two matters tha ...

– Test cricketer, best known for "chucking" incident *

Eddie Perfect Eddie Perfect (born 17 December 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, comedian, writer and actor. Widely known for his role as Mick Holland in Channel Ten's TV series ''Offspring'' in which he performs his own music, he has record ...

– actor, singer, comedian and composer *

Gerard Healy Gerard Healy (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the senior football captain. Gerard is a trained physiotherapist. VFL career Melbourne Dem ...

– student at St Bede's College;

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footballer and

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

list * John Morrison - author, lived in Mentone in the 1950s, working as a jobbing gardener, before he became a professional writer

References

External links

Mentone, Victoria Weather StationMentone Baptist Church
{{Authority control Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Kingston (Victoria) Port Phillip