Rythdale is a bounded rural locality in
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, south-east of
Melbourne's central business district
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, located within the
Shire of Cardinia
The Shire of Cardinia is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the south-east of Melbourne between Western Port and the Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of 1,283 square kilometres, and had a population of ...
local government area
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. Rythdale recorded a population of 33 at the
2021 census.
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History
Rythedale Post Office opened on 22 June 1925, was renamed Rythdale around 1930 and closed in 1944.
Today
Rythdale forms part of the Australian Rules
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ROC Football Club (Rythdale, Officer
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, Cardinia) competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League
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.
See also
* Shire of Pakenham
The Shire of Pakenham was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.
History
The Berwick Road District was incorporated on ...
– Rythdale was previously within this former local government area.
References
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Shire of Cardinia