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Croydon South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,
South Croydon Youth Club (S.C.Y.C) Scorpions basketball club
is also based at Cheong Park, offering basketball to local youth, age 6 to 18. There is also a netball team
SCYC Flames Inc Netball Club
which competes in the Lilydale-Yarra Valley Netball Association. Eastfield Park is also home to the Mountain District Horse and Pony Club, which is the oldest pony club in Victoria and now Australia. It was established in 1944 at Cheong Park and re-established at Eastfield Park in 1975.
Tinternvale Primary School
is located on Tintern Avenue, Ringwood East, and is on the border of Croydon South, Bayswater North and Ringwood East. It was established in 1976, and as of 2017, there were 330 enrolments of which 9% were non-native English speakers. Croydon South Primary School was built in 1967, and was located on Belmont Road West, Croydon South. In July 2008, it was proposed that Croydon South Primary School and Tinternvale Primary School merge and be located on the site of Tinternvale, due to falling enrolments at Croydon South. The merger occurred at the start of the 2009 school year. The Education Department agreed to a large increase in funding for the merger at the Tinternvale site and to bring the newly merged school into line with current standards. Following the merger, Tinternvale Primary School had around 410 students.
Croydon Special Development School
serves students between 3 and 18 years old. As of 2017, there were 102 students enrolled.
Maroondah City Council
{{City of Maroondah suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Maroondah
Croydon South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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, 27 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District
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, located within the City of Maroondah
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The City of Maroondah was created through the amalgamation the former Cities of Ri ...
local government area
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. Croydon South recorded a population of 4,759 at the 2021 census.
Croydon South has a small shopping strip, on the corner of Eastfield and Bayswater Roads, incorporating over 20 retail outlets and a post office. It is close to the foothills of Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges
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.
Croydon South Post Office opened on 1 February 1961 as the suburb was developed.
Medical
Croydon South has a medical centre located in the Merrindale Shopping Centre. Croydon South is also located 2.5 km fromMaroondah Hospital
Maroondah Hospital established in 1976, is a public hospital located in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood East, Victoria, Australia. Affiliated with Deakin University the hospital provides clinical rotations for students enrolled in years 3 and 4 o ...
.
Sport
The suburb has anAustralian Rules football
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team, the South Croydon Bulldogs, who became the 2017 Division One premiers in the Eastern Football League. Croydon South has two cricket teams; South Croydon, based at Cheong Park and Eastfield, based at Benson Oval. Both the teams compete in the Ringwood District Cricket Association (RDCA). ThSouth Croydon Youth Club (S.C.Y.C) Scorpions basketball club
is also based at Cheong Park, offering basketball to local youth, age 6 to 18. There is also a netball team
SCYC Flames Inc Netball Club
which competes in the Lilydale-Yarra Valley Netball Association. Eastfield Park is also home to the Mountain District Horse and Pony Club, which is the oldest pony club in Victoria and now Australia. It was established in 1944 at Cheong Park and re-established at Eastfield Park in 1975.
Education
Tinternvale Primary School
is located on Tintern Avenue, Ringwood East, and is on the border of Croydon South, Bayswater North and Ringwood East. It was established in 1976, and as of 2017, there were 330 enrolments of which 9% were non-native English speakers. Croydon South Primary School was built in 1967, and was located on Belmont Road West, Croydon South. In July 2008, it was proposed that Croydon South Primary School and Tinternvale Primary School merge and be located on the site of Tinternvale, due to falling enrolments at Croydon South. The merger occurred at the start of the 2009 school year. The Education Department agreed to a large increase in funding for the merger at the Tinternvale site and to bring the newly merged school into line with current standards. Following the merger, Tinternvale Primary School had around 410 students.
Croydon Special Development School
serves students between 3 and 18 years old. As of 2017, there were 102 students enrolled.
See also
*City of Croydon
The City of Croydon was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1961 until 1994.
History
Croydon was originally part of the Shire of Lillydale ...
– Croydon South was previously within this former local government area
References
External Links
Maroondah City Council
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