Lyndhurst is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria,
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, 36 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the Cities of
Casey and
Greater Dandenong local government area
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s. Lyndhurst recorded a population of 8,926 at the
2021 census.
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dump near Mildura
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, the continued use of the existing Lyndhurst facility was part of the replacement plan.
The Casey side of Lyndhurst lies inside the Urban Growth Boundary, and the development phase is almost complete. The Greater Dandenong side (to the west of the Western Port Highway) is outside the Urban Growth Boundary and is semi rural, and forms part of the South Eastern green wedge.
In 2009, the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development purchased a 3.5-hectare site within Marriott Waters and earmarked the site for Lyndhurst Primary School. The Prep to Year 6 primary school opened in 2011 and was built under the Partnerships Victoria in Schools Model which has seen the school built and maintained through public–private partnership arrangements between the Victorian state government and Axiom Education.
Lyndhurst railway station was located in the suburb on the Cranbourne line, but did not see any passenger traffic. Freight traffic to the cement facility ended in 2009.
See also
* City of Cranbourne – Lyndhurst was previously within this former local government area.
References
{{City of Greater Dandenong suburbs
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Greater Dandenong
Suburbs of the City of Casey