Skye is a suburb in
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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, 38 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Frankston
The City of Frankston (officially known as ''Frankston City Council)'' is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres, and in June 2018, the City of Franksto ...
local government area
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. Skye recorded a population of 8,088 at the .
History
Skye Post Office opened on 1 June 1889 and closed in 1895. In 1964, Lyndhurst South office (open since 1902) was renamed Skye. This office closed in 1972.
There is still a couple of houses standing from the 1890s today in Skye.
Prior to 15 December 1994, Skye was part of the
City of Cranbourne
The City of Cranbourne was a Local government in Australia, local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. It ...
(formerly the Shire of Cranbourne until April 1994). It still shares the postcode, 3977, with
Cranbourne.
Today
The suburb has two schools, Skye Primary School and Lighthouse Christian College. The suburb has a number of newer housing developments (many which have been developed since 2005).
Southern Lights Church
serves the Skye region.
Skye enjoys a large area of land to the east of the suburb which is outside the main growth area and is semi-rural. It forms a
green wedge between
Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...
and
Cranbourne West, which is in the neighboring municipality of the
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a June 2018 population of 340,419. It has an area of .
The city is named ...
.
Skye was ranked in 2015 as the least liveable suburb in Melbourne. Reasons cited for this included sewerage odour, a lack of public transport and a lack of shops. Nearby Sandhurst received a similarly negative ranking.
Sport
The suburb has an
Australian Rules
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football team competing in the
Southern Football League.
Golfers play at the Skye Public Golf Course on Ballarto and Taylors Roads,
or at the course of the Sandhurst Club on Thompsons Road.
State Politics
Since the state election on 29 November 2014, The suburb of Skye has been represented by
Labor
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* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
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MP
Sonya Kilkenny
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Kilkenny first entered parliament at ...
in Victoria's Legislative Assembly. Skye falls within the
Electoral district of Carrum
The electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
It lies in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, covering Bangholme, Bonbeach, Carrum, Carrum Downs, Patterson Lakes, Sandhurst, Seaford an ...
.
See also
*
City of Cranbourne
The City of Cranbourne was a Local government in Australia, local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. It ...
– Skye was previously within this former local government area.
*
City of Frankston
The City of Frankston (officially known as ''Frankston City Council)'' is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres, and in June 2018, the City of Franksto ...
– Skye is located within this local government area.
*
List of Frankston people – notable people from the City of Frankston (including Skye).
References
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs and localities in the City of Frankston
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