Olivers Hill is a locality located in the

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. It is the first major rise in

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along the eastern

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, between

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and the

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. It was named after local Frankston

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, James Oliver, who built the first

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atop the hill in the mid-19th century, from where he kept watch for fish in the waters below.Jones, Michael. ''Frankston: Resort to City''. Allen & Unwin: Sydney. 1989. It straddles the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South, however its borders remain loosely defined.

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s in Melbourne generally refer to any property along the

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strip from the Frankston Waterfront in the north, to Humphries Road in the South, as being on Olivers Hill. Olivers Hill is one of the most sought after residential locations in Frankston, and has the most expensive

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in the entire City of Frankston. It is also considered to have one of the top ten residential views in Melbourne. Property in the locality has sold for between A$3 and A$4 million in 2015,Lim, Ming Haw (6 May 2015).
Clifftop beauty sells for top price
. ''Herald Sun''.

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. Retrieved 19 August 2015 at the same time as the median house price in the suburb of Frankston being A$390,000.Frankston, Victoria
Realestate.com.au. REA Group Ltd. Retrieved 19 August 2015 The hill is easily accessible from the Franskton Central Business District (just over 1 km to the north) by car and on foot via the

and from Cliff Road via Kars Street in Frankston South. It can also be reached by

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s 781, 784 and 785, departing from the Young Street public transport terminus in the Frankston CBD. Olivers Hill is also well known among Melbourne cyclists as being the halfway or turn around point for the 85 km ride from St Kilda along Beach Road, a famous Australian cycling route.

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