Chelsea is a suburb in
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Kingston local government area
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. Chelsea recorded a population of 8,347 at the .
Chelsea is located on
Port Phillip and is the most important bayside suburban centre between
Mordialloc and
Frankston. Chelsea is very popular with beachgoers during summer. Also popular is Bicentennial Park, located about 1 km inland on the site of a former rubbish tip. It has recently been redeveloped with modern barbecue and play equipment, most notably the Mount Chelsea adventure playground.
The
Frankston railway line
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first cut through the Chelsea area in 1882 and
Chelsea station was opened in 1907, as was the Chelsea Post Office.
These facilities served a modest slowly growing population before most of the Chelsea area was developed
post-World War II. Many houses were demolished to make way for single storey units in the 1960s and 1970s. Chelsea has smaller households, fewer families with children and more elderly people than most other Melbourne suburbs.
The Chelsea Magistrates' Court closed on 1 February 1985.
Chelsea has its own
railway station on the
Frankston line
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.
Chelsea is also home to many church, community and sporting organisations. The town has an
Australian Rules
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football team competing in the
Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. AFL legend
Leigh Matthews played his junior football at the Chelsea Football Club.
Golfers play at the Australasian Golf Club's Chelsea Public Golf Course on Fraser Avenue in neighbouring
Edithvale.
See also
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City of Chelsea
The City of Chelsea was a local government area about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the eastern side of Port Phillip. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1920 until 1994.
History
Chelsea was ...
– Chelsea was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
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Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Kingston (Victoria)
Port Phillip