Scoresby is a suburb in

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, Victoria,

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, 29 km east of Melbourne's

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, located within the City of Knox

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. Scoresby recorded a population of 6,066 at the 2021 census. In the Parish system of Victoria (mainly used with land-ownership documents) the local parish is called Scoresby, a part of the County of Mornington.

History

The area of Scoresby was surveyed in 1857, and named after the

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explorer William Scoresby. Scoresby had died the previous year, shortly after his visit to the colony to experiment with

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near the area which now carries his name. A township developed in the 1870s around the intersection of Stud Road and Ferntree Gully Road. A school was established in 1872, followed by a

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. Once the swampy ground was drained, market gardens were established. Scoresby Post Office opened on 20 January 1890, closed in 1979 and reopened in 1984 as the suburb grew.

Present day

Scoresby contains a number of extensive industrial estates which are home to a variety of major national and international corporations including Nintendo's Australian headquarters. Caribbean Gardens, an entertainment precinct and market, is open every Wednesday and Sunday. The precinct is centred on Caribbean Lake, which was built for the testing of boats by the boat manufacturer Caribbean Boats. Activities at Caribbean Gardens include buying and selling of all kinds of products, eating, drinking, walking around, music played by bands and computer swap meets. The market and site closed in 2020 due to COVID. Another popular "Caribbean" place in Scoresby is Caribbean Roller Skating. Scoresby village is the main shopping precinct in Scoresby. It includes a supermarket and many other small stores, hairdressers and other services. These stores are arranged around a central carpark with the local football field behind.

Education

There are two primary schools in the area, state school Scoresby Primary School and private school (St. Judes). The

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provider in Scoresby is Scoresby Secondary College.

Climate

Scoresby has a weather station which collects data for the

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. It commenced readings in 1948 and is situated at Latitude 37.87°S and Longitude 145.26°E at an elevation of 80m above sea level. The site name is the Scoresby Research Institute and its site number is 086104, however it is not actually based in Scoresby, but in the suburb of Knoxfield. Hourly weather observations taken from Scoresby can be viewed from the Bureau of Meteorolog
website
Scoresby has an

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with certain

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influences similar to the rest of the

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area. It is wetter than

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and the suburbs to the north due to the " bay effect" set up by

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to the east, where showers are intensified leeward of the bay.

Sport

The suburb has an

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football team, The Scoresby Magpies, competing in the Eastern Football League. Scoresby Cricket Club, founded in 1879, is also located in the suburb of Scoresby, competing in the Ferntree Gully & District Cricket Association, and play their home games out of Scoresby Recreation Reserve. The Club, which is one of the oldest cricket clubs in the world, currently fields numerous senior,junior (boys and girls) and veterans teams, with the 1st XI playing in Alan Bailey Shield.

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