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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Dandenong (disambiguation)">Dandenong (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr" style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><span class="fn org locality">Dandenong</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg/270px-Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg/405px-Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg/540px-Dandenong_Town_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="2385" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">View from Harmony square of the historical Dandenong Town Hall built in 1890, converted to the Drum Theatre in 2006. Overlooking the intersection of Lonsdale and Walker Streets.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:270px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:270px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:270px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dandenong is located in Melbourne"><img alt="Dandenong is located in Melbourne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg/270px-Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg/405px-Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg/540px-Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="631" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.641%;left:71.364%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dandenong"><img alt="Dandenong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Dandenong</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><div style="font-size: smaller;">Location in metropolitan Melbourne</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="12" data-overlays="["_d327905635116e4a866cd2b54f6728d47f29c6d2"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,12,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Dandenong%2C_Victoria&revid=1264352722&groups=_d327905635116e4a866cd2b54f6728d47f29c6d2" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,12,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Dandenong%2C_Victoria&revid=1264352722&groups=_d327905635116e4a866cd2b54f6728d47f29c6d2 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dandenong,_Victoria&params=37.981_S_145.215_E_type:city_region:AU-VIC"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°58′52″S</span> <span class="longitude">145°12′54″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.981°S 145.215°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-37.981; 145.215</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">30,127 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-abs_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7003338505617977528♠"></span>3,385/km<sup>2</sup> (8,770/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1837</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Postcodes in Australia">Postcode(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3175<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">30 m (98 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">8.9 km<sup>2</sup> (3.4 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">29 km (18 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne City Centre">Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria" title="Local government in Victoria">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Dandenong" title="City of Greater Dandenong">City of Greater Dandenong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Dandenong" title="Electoral district of Dandenong">Dandenong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bruce" title="Division of Bruce">Bruce</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Isaacs" title="Division of Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b>Suburbs around Dandenong:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Noble_Park_North,_Victoria" title="Noble Park North, Victoria">Noble Park North</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Dandenong_North,_Victoria" title="Dandenong North, Victoria">Dandenong North</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Endeavour_Hills,_Victoria" title="Endeavour Hills, Victoria">Endeavour Hills</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Noble_Park,_Victoria" title="Noble Park, Victoria">Noble Park</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Dandenong</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Doveton,_Victoria" title="Doveton, Victoria">Doveton</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Keysborough,_Victoria" title="Keysborough, Victoria">Keysborough</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Dandenong_South,_Victoria" title="Dandenong South, Victoria">Dandenong South</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Dandenong_South,_Victoria" title="Dandenong South, Victoria">Dandenong South</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dandenong</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'">ŋ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DAN</span>-dih-nong</i></a>) is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_suburbs#Southeastern_municipalities_and_their_suburbs" title="List of Melbourne suburbs">southeastern</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne, Victoria">Melbourne, Victoria</a>, Australia, about 29 km (18 mi) from the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_CBD" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne CBD">Melbourne CBD</a>. It is the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council" title="Municipal council">council</a> <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">seat</a> of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Dandenong" title="City of Greater Dandenong">City of Greater Dandenong</a> <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria" title="Local government areas of Victoria">local government area</a>, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-abs_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Situated mainly on the northwest bank of the lower <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Creek" title="Dandenong Creek">Dandenong Creek</a>, it is 21.6 km (13.4 mi) from the eponymous <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Ranges" title="Dandenong Ranges">Dandenong Ranges</a> to its northeast and completely unrelated in both location and nature of the settlement. </p><p>A regional <a href="/wiki/Transport_hub" title="Transport hub">transport hub</a> and manufacturing centre of Victoria, Dandenong is located at the junctional region of the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Valley_Highway" title="Dandenong Valley Highway">Dandenong Valley Highway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Princes_Highway" title="Princes Highway">Princes Highway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monash_Freeway" title="Monash Freeway">Monash Freeway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dingley_Freeway" class="mw-redirect" title="Dingley Freeway">Dingley Freeway</a>, and is the gateway town of the <a href="/wiki/Gippsland_railway_line" title="Gippsland railway line">Gippsland railway line</a> into <a href="/wiki/West_Gippsland" title="West Gippsland">West Gippsland</a>. It is directly neighboured from the north and south by two sister suburbs <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandenong North">Dandenong North</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandenong South">Dandenong South</a>, from the east by <a href="/wiki/Doveton" class="mw-redirect" title="Doveton">Doveton</a>, and from the northwest and southwest by <a href="/wiki/Noble_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Noble Park">Noble Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keysborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Keysborough">Keysborough</a>, respectively. The easternmost and westernmost neighbourhoods of suburb are also unofficially named <b>Dandenong East</b> and <b>Dandenong West</b>, separated from the main portions of the suburb by <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Valley_Highway" title="Dandenong Valley Highway">Stud Road</a> and Princes Highway, and <a href="/wiki/State_(Lower_Dandenong/Cheltenham)_Highway" title="State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway">Cheltenham Road</a> and Gladstone Road/Jones Road/Bennet Street, respectively. </p><p>Dandenong began as a <a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">township</a> in 1852 and at the start of the 20th century was an important <a href="/wiki/City_region" title="City region">regional city</a> with its own suburbs. During the mid-20th century it became a major manufacturing and commercial area, and eventually an incorporated <a href="/wiki/Satellite_city" title="Satellite city">satellite city</a> of the expanding <a href="/wiki/Greater_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Melbourne">Greater Melbourne</a> conurbation. A business district, the former <a href="/wiki/Town_centre" title="Town centre">town centre</a>, covers much of its area and is one of the largest in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Melbourne">Greater Melbourne</a>. It is currently undergoing major <a href="/wiki/Transit-oriented_development" title="Transit-oriented development">transit-oriented</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a>, which was first planned in the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_2030" title="Melbourne 2030">Melbourne 2030</a> strategy. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/European_settlement_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="European settlement of Australia">European settlement of Australia</a>, the flat to undulating land was densely forested with <a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus" title="Eucalyptus">red gum</a> and was inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Woiwurrung" title="Woiwurrung">Woiwurrung</a> <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous Australian">Indigenous Australian</a> tribe. </p><p>The name is generally thought to be derived from the Woiwurrung word "Tanjenong" meaning "lofty mountains" possibly referring to the nearby Dandenong ranges.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another popular theory is that the name comes from 'bad flour', or 'no good damper'. A local tale revolves around local aboriginals obtaining a bag of lime and mistakenly using it to make damper. An old local hotel was the 'No Good Damper Inn'.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A third version has the name Dandenong coming from 'a burning' and 'the past' reflecting bushfires on the Dandenongs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_settlement">European settlement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: European settlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hawdon" title="Joseph Hawdon">Joseph Hawdon</a> established a <a href="/wiki/Pastoral" title="Pastoral">pastoral</a> run on <a href="/wiki/Narra_Narrawong" class="mw-redirect" title="Narra Narrawong">Narra Narrawong</a> in 1837, bringing cattle from Sydney by land. Soon a few timber cutters and a police camp were also located there. Dandenong Post Office opened on 1 July 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-a_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1850, the whole area had been taken up for grazing. Dandenong Creek was first bridged in 1840. A road was made from Melbourne, making Dandenong, by the late 1850s, an important staging post for travellers into <a href="/wiki/Gippsland" title="Gippsland">Gippsland</a>. It became known as the 'gateway to Gippsland'. A township was surveyed in 1852. Milling of the <a href="/wiki/River_Red_Gum" class="mw-redirect" title="River Red Gum">red gum</a> timber became an important industry, and charcoal burning, tanning, quarrying and brick making also flourished. A livestock market was established in 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Western Port Aboriginal Protectorate Station was located north-east of Dandenong from 1840 to 1844. This area had been an important meeting and ceremonial site for Aboriginal tribes. The <a href="/wiki/Native_Police_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Police Corps">Native Police Corps</a> established its headquarters there until its disbandment in 1852. The Police Paddocks were then used for breeding and resting police horses.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By 1861, there were 40 houses in the township housing 193 people. In 1866, <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Market" title="Dandenong Market">Dandenong Market</a> commenced trading, selling livestock, fruit, dairy products and other farm produce. Dandenong Shire was proclaimed in 1873. The Australian Handbook records the progress of the town by 1875.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The railway line from Melbourne to Dandenong was constructed in the mid-1870s. Dandenong station opened 8 October 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Dandenong Town Hall, Lonsdale Street, was built in Free Classical style in 1890 as the combined Shire Hall, Courthouse and Mechanics Institute, at a cost of about 12,000 pounds. The architects were Beswicke and Hutchins and the contractor McCullogh and McAlpine. The two-storey, stucco rendered brick building, on a bluestone base course, features a lofty, Mansard-roofed, corner clock tower and projecting end wings with serlian motif windows and capped by pedimented niches.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 226px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 224px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dandenong_post_office.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A view of the Dandenong Post Office at the start of the 20th century (now demolished). The back of the town hall on the right"><img alt="A view of the Dandenong Post Office at the start of the 20th century (now demolished). The back of the town hall on the right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dandenong_post_office.jpg/336px-Dandenong_post_office.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dandenong_post_office.jpg/503px-Dandenong_post_office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dandenong_post_office.jpg/671px-Dandenong_post_office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1522" data-file-height="953" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A view of the Dandenong Post Office at the start of the 20th century (now demolished). The back of the town hall on the right</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 234px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 232px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lonsdale_street_dandenong_1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lonsdale Street from Dandenong Town Hall tower in 1938"><img alt="Lonsdale Street from Dandenong Town Hall tower in 1938" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Lonsdale_street_dandenong_1938.jpg/348px-Lonsdale_street_dandenong_1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="232" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Lonsdale_street_dandenong_1938.jpg/522px-Lonsdale_street_dandenong_1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Lonsdale_street_dandenong_1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="397" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lonsdale Street from Dandenong Town Hall tower in 1938</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 188px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albanian_Mosque_(Dandenong)_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dandenong's first mosque, built by the Albanian community"><img alt="Dandenong's first mosque, built by the Albanian community" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albanian_Mosque_%28Dandenong%29_6.jpg/282px-Albanian_Mosque_%28Dandenong%29_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albanian_Mosque_%28Dandenong%29_6.jpg/423px-Albanian_Mosque_%28Dandenong%29_6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albanian_Mosque_%28Dandenong%29_6.jpg/564px-Albanian_Mosque_%28Dandenong%29_6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2456" data-file-height="1828" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Mosque,_Dandenong" title="Albanian Mosque, Dandenong">Dandenong's first mosque</a>, built by the Albanian community</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Laurel Lodge, 1869. Dandenong"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg/217px-Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg/326px-Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg/434px-Laurel_Lodge_Dandenong.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1857" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Laurel Lodge, 1869. Dandenong</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar_era">Postwar era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Postwar era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The post-war industrial boom brought an influx of European migrants, particularly from Italy and Greece.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This caused the creation of several suburbs of Dandenong including the public housing estate of <a href="/wiki/Doveton" class="mw-redirect" title="Doveton">Doveton</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, Melbourne rapidly expanded south east along the <a href="/wiki/Princes_Highway" title="Princes Highway">Princes Highway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gippsland_railway_line" title="Gippsland railway line">Gippsland railway line</a> to Dandenong and beyond and it became a major metropolitan manufacturing and commercial area as industry extended into the outer suburbs. By the late 1960s, it was officially a suburban area of Melbourne and central Dandenong was transformed by modern buildings, with the redevelopment of the post office to a two-storey modern building in 1960 followed by a three-storey office development for <a href="/wiki/AMP_Limited" title="AMP Limited">AMP</a> in 1966 and <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_railway_station" title="Dandenong railway station">Dandenong railway station</a> in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-vicrail6283_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicrail6283-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1956, <a href="/wiki/Holden" title="Holden">Holden</a> opened a plant.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the early 1960s onward, <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Australians" title="Albanian Australians">Albanian</a> immigrants settled in Dandenong and built <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Mosque,_Dandenong" title="Albanian Mosque, Dandenong">its first mosque</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ahmeti395556106159214_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmeti395556106159214-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-RexNi_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RexNi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_renewal">Urban renewal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Urban renewal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dandenong_plaza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dandenong_plaza.jpg/220px-Dandenong_plaza.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dandenong_plaza.jpg/330px-Dandenong_plaza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dandenong_plaza.jpg/440px-Dandenong_plaza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1349" data-file-height="1467" /></a><figcaption>Dandenong Plaza, Walker Street entrance</figcaption></figure> <p>Development in Dandenong had <a href="/wiki/Economic_stagnation" title="Economic stagnation">stagnated</a> since the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Armada_Dandenong_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Armada Dandenong Plaza">Armada Dandenong Plaza</a> shopping centre which resulted in the closure of many shops in the central business district. Under the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_2030" title="Melbourne 2030">Melbourne 2030</a> policy, Dandenong was classified as a major <a href="/wiki/Activity_centre" title="Activity centre">activity centre</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to its central location with regard to its access to transport. These projects can be considered to be <a href="/wiki/Transit-oriented_development" title="Transit-oriented development">transit-oriented development</a>, where population density is intended to be higher compared to other areas with poorer access to transport. </p><p>In 2006, the Victorian Government committed $290 million towards the <i>Revitalising Central Dandenong</i> initiative, to transform central Dandenong into a vibrant and thriving economic and service hub.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The State Government funding was spent on land acquisition and consolidation, delivery of infrastructure upgrades (Londsdale Street, Stockman's Bridge, Station precinct upgrades and public amenity) and facilitation of key catalyst projects such as the Australian Taxation Office, brand new Council Civic Centre and the State Government Services Hub.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Dandenong's redevelopment is undertaken by Development Victoria, a <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Victoria">Victorian Government</a> agency responsible for urban renewal, in collaboration with the Greater Dandenong City Council. The project is a long-term project, expected to continue for 15 to 20 years.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Metro 3175</i>, named after Dandenong's postcode is a major redevelopment of the former Dandenong Livestock Market (established 1866 and closed in 1998) begun in November 2005 consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Mixed-use_development" title="Mixed-use development">mixed-use development</a> consisting of 1100 residences as well as <a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">cafes</a> and restaurants.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the site is isolated from the rest of the central Dandenong area, George Street was widened and extended with a bridge across the railway lines to improve access between the precincts. The bridge provides access for cars, pedestrians and cyclists and improves connections to <a href="/wiki/Buses_in_Melbourne" title="Buses in Melbourne">bus services</a> in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheltenham Road">Cheltenham Road</a>, a major east–west arterial has been realigned to remove traffic from nearby streets and encourage pedestrian use.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Redevelopment of the Dandenong Town Hall (built in 1880) into a performing arts centre began in 2004 known as Drum Theatre to a designed by Williams Ross Architects. The centre was redeveloped with a 525-seat <a href="/wiki/Proscenium" title="Proscenium">proscenium</a> theatre. At the cost of $13 million, the centre was opened by Victorian Premier <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bracks" title="Steve Bracks">Steve Bracks</a> on 11 February 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The redevelopment involved renovating the existing town hall building and the construction of a modern drum-shaped building. Its striking red colour is prominently visible from nearby streets in the CBD. There was some controversy over fears the redevelopment would destroy the historic facade of the town hall building, but this proved unfounded.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png/220px-Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png/330px-Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png/440px-Dandenong_creek_and_pedestrian_bridge_at_Dandenong_Park.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Dandenong Creek and blue pedestrian bridge at Dandenong Park</figcaption></figure> <p>Dandenong is bounded in the north by Heatherton Road (State Route 14), in the east by the Dandenong Creek and Claredon Road, in the south by the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Bypass" title="Dandenong Bypass">Dandenong Bypass</a> (State Route 49) and the <a href="/wiki/Pakenham_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakenham railway line">Pakenham railway line</a>, and in the west by the Yarraman/Mile Creek just east of <a href="/wiki/EastLink_(Melbourne)" title="EastLink (Melbourne)">EastLink</a> (M3). </p><p>The suburb is situated northeast of the confluence of the Mile Creek into the lower section of the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Creek" title="Dandenong Creek">Dandenong Creek</a>, a major <a href="/wiki/Urban_stream" title="Urban stream">urban stream</a> that flows west from the foothill of the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Ranges" title="Dandenong Ranges">Dandenong Ranges</a> at <a href="/wiki/Olinda,_Victoria" title="Olinda, Victoria">Olinda</a> before turning at the junction of <a href="/wiki/Ringwood,_Victoria" title="Ringwood, Victoria">Ringwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont,_Victoria" title="Vermont, Victoria">Vermont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wantirna" class="mw-redirect" title="Wantirna">Wantirna</a> to course southwards <a href="/wiki/Meander" title="Meander">meanderingly</a> and form the <a href="/wiki/Patterson_River" title="Patterson River">Patterson River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bangholme" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangholme">Bangholme</a>. The creek marks most of Dandenong's eastern boundary with the neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Doveton" class="mw-redirect" title="Doveton">Doveton</a>, and crosses westwards through the southern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Town_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Town center">town center</a>, forming a <a href="/wiki/Green_belt" title="Green belt">green belt</a> with several riverside <a href="/wiki/Linear_park" title="Linear park">linear parks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserves</a> including the Dandenong Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal">Federal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At federal level, Dandenong is divided between the electoral divisions of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bruce" title="Division of Bruce">Bruce</a> in the north, currently held by <a href="/wiki/Julian_Hill_(politician)" title="Julian Hill (politician)">Julian Hill</a> since 2016; and <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Isaacs" title="Division of Isaacs">Isaacs</a> in the south, held by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dreyfus" title="Mark Dreyfus">Mark Dreyfus</a> since 2007, both incumbent <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">representatives</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State">State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dandenong belongs to its own electoral district of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Dandenong" title="Electoral district of Dandenong">Dandenong</a>, held currently by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)">Labor</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Williams" title="Gabrielle Williams">Gabrielle Williams</a> since 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2021 census, the most common ancestries were Hazara 9.7%, English 9.7%, Australian 9.1%, Indian 7.1%, Afghan 7.4%. 30.9% of people born in Australia with other common countries of birth being Afghanistan 11.5%, India 9.5%, Sri Lanka 5.4%, Pakistan 4% and North Macedonia 2.7%. Most common languages, other than English spoken at home are <a href="/wiki/Hazaragi_dialect" title="Hazaragi dialect">Hazaraghi</a> 10.1%, <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a> 5%, <a href="/wiki/Dari" title="Dari">Dari</a> 4.4%, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> 4.4% and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> 3.5%. Islam is the most common religion with 34.1%, followed by Catholicism 12.3%, Hinduism 7.4% with 13.7% recording no religious affiliation. <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG/500px-Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG" decoding="async" width="500" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG/750px-Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG/1000px-Dandenong_station_panorama.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption>A panorama of the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_railway_station" title="Dandenong railway station">Dandenong railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Dandenong is primarily a <a href="/wiki/Private_transport" title="Private transport">private transport</a>-dependent community due to the relatively poorer <a href="/wiki/Public_transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transit">public transit</a> compared to other suburbs closer to the CBD. It is served by the <a href="/wiki/Monash_Freeway" title="Monash Freeway">Monash Freeway</a> (M1) which passes near its northeast, as well as several other major <a href="/wiki/Arterial_road" title="Arterial road">arterial roads</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Princes_Highway" title="Princes Highway">Princes Highway</a> (National Route 1), <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Valley_Highway" title="Dandenong Valley Highway">Stud Road</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Valley_Highway" title="Dandenong Valley Highway">Dandenong-Frankston Road</a> (State Route 9), <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheltenham Road">Cheltenham Road</a> (Route 10), Heatherton Road (Route 14) and <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Bypass" title="Dandenong Bypass">Dandenong Bypass</a> (Route 49). The <a href="/wiki/EastLink_(Melbourne)" title="EastLink (Melbourne)">EastLink</a> (M3) also passes near the western edge of the suburb, and the <a href="/wiki/South_Gippsland_Highway" title="South Gippsland Highway">South Gippsland Highway</a> (Route 12) branches off the Princes Highway at the southeastern corner of the suburb. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_railway_station" title="Dandenong railway station">Dandenong railway station</a> is situated at the southern edge of the suburb CBD and is an <a href="/wiki/Interchange_station" title="Interchange station">interchange station</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Pakenham_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakenham railway line">Pakenham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Cranbourne railway line">Cranbourne lines</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/V/Line" title="V/Line">V/Line</a> <a href="/wiki/Regional_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional train">regional trains</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Gippsland_railway_line" title="Gippsland railway line">Gippsland railway line</a>. It is approximately 50 minutes from <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Flinders Street station">Flinders Street station</a> in Melbourne CBD by stopping-all-station train, but shorter if via <a href="/wiki/Limited_express#Australia" title="Limited express">limited express</a> services. The <a href="/wiki/Victorian_state_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian state government">Victorian state government</a> has proposed <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_railway_line_triplication" title="Dandenong railway line triplication">triplication of the railway line</a> to support a higher volume of trains for the growing population in and around Dandenong as well as other suburbs and towns along the line. </p><p>The station also serves as a <a href="/wiki/Transport_hub" title="Transport hub">transport hub</a> for the local <a href="/wiki/Buses_in_Melbourne" title="Buses in Melbourne">bus network</a>, with almost all bus routes in the area passing through Dandenong station and an interchange on Langhorne Street in the CBD. Most buses in the area are operated by <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Bus_garage" title="Bus garage">depot</a> is located near the railway station. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Melbourne" title="Cycling in Melbourne">Cycling</a> is facilitated via the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Creek_Trail" title="Dandenong Creek Trail">Dandenong Creek Trail</a>, part of the off-road cycling network which connects the city trails to nearby <a href="/wiki/Jells_Park" title="Jells Park">Jells Park</a>. </p><p>In a council planning policy document, <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> is suggested as a future transport mode for the central Dandenong area.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three state high schools – Lyndale Secondary College and two campuses of <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_High_School" title="Dandenong High School">Dandenong High School</a> (Dandenong and Cleeland) – and one Catholic high school (<a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Regional_College" title="St John's Regional College">St John's Regional College</a>), as well as numerous state and two Catholic primary schools, are located within the suburb's boundaries. Dandenong also contains Emerson School, a specialist school for those with mild intellectual disabilities from a catchment area </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The suburb has several <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> clubs including the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_West_Football_Club" title="Dandenong West Football Club">Dandenong West Football Club</a>, competing in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_Netball_League" title="Southern Football Netball League">Southern Football Netball League</a> at the Dandenong Showgrounds.<sup id="cite_ref-d_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other teams in the Dandenong area include the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Stingrays" title="Dandenong Stingrays">Dandenong Stingrays</a> (<a href="/wiki/Talent_League" title="Talent League">Talent League</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Shepley_Oval" title="Shepley Oval">Shepley Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Old_Collegians_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="St John's Old Collegians Football Club">St John's Old Collegians</a> (<a href="/wiki/VAFA" class="mw-redirect" title="VAFA">VAFA</a>) at Carroll Reserve, and the Dandenong Saints (DDJFL – juniors) at Carroll Reserve. Numerous clubs have folded in recent years.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dandenong hosts numerous <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football (soccer)</a> clubs. <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Thunder" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandenong Thunder">Dandenong Thunder</a> plays in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Premier_League" title="Victorian Premier League">Victorian Premier League</a> which is the second tier behind the <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a> and enjoys much support from the local community<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Only within Albanian community (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. The side plays their home fixtures at George Andrews Reserve and has been both premiers and champions of Victoria multiple times. The other teams are <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_City_SC" title="Dandenong City SC">Dandenong City SC</a>, White Star Dandenong FC<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Dandenong Wolves Football Club.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dandenong-based teams have hosted many international players in its time, including <a href="/wiki/Ljubo_Mili%C4%8Devi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Ljubo Miličević">Ljubo Miličević</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Galekovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene Galeković">Eugene Galeković</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ante_Milicic" title="Ante Milicic">Ante Milicic</a>, Cengiz Benlisoy, Semih Yildiz, Cenk Ali and Ilker Berberoglu. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dandenong" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandenong">Dandenong</a> also has numerous cricket clubs in the area. <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Cricket_Club" title="Dandenong Cricket Club">Dandenong Cricket Club</a> plays in the Victorian Premier League and has produced a number of state players to date. The most important of these have been <a href="/wiki/Peter_Siddle" title="Peter Siddle">Peter Siddle</a> (Australia), <a href="/wiki/Darren_Pattinson" title="Darren Pattinson">Darren Pattinson</a> (England) and <a href="/wiki/Cameron_White" title="Cameron White">Cameron White</a> (Australia) who have all gone on to play test cricket. Other prominent players from the club include <a href="/wiki/Ian_Harvey" title="Ian Harvey">Ian Harvey</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Pattinson" title="James Pattinson">James Pattinson</a>, Brett Forsyth, Ercan Ileri, Jackson Coleman and Kumar Sana. The area also consists of a women's team, the Dandenong Women's Cricket Club who compete in the Victorian Women's Cricket Association. Several other clubs in the area play in the Dandenong and District Cricket Association (DDCA). These include Buckley Ridges, Dandenong North, Dandenong West, and the St Mary's Cricket Clubs. Other clubs within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Dandenong" title="City of Greater Dandenong">City of Greater Dandenong</a> include Coomoora, Keysborough, Lyndale, Parkfield, Silverton, Southern Pirates, Springvale and Springvale South Cricket Clubs. Noble Park Cricket Club is also located within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Dandenong" title="City of Greater Dandenong">City of Greater Dandenong</a>, and plays in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Sub-District_Cricket_Association" title="Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association">Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Titans" title="South Eastern Titans">South Eastern Titans</a> Rugby League club fields both junior & senior teams in the <a href="/wiki/NRL_Victoria" title="NRL Victoria">NRL Victoria</a> competition. Their home ground is located at Greaves Reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Golfers play at the course of the Forest Hills Golf Club on Wedge Street, Dandenong.<sup id="cite_ref-golf_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golf-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dandenong_Stadium">Dandenong Stadium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Dandenong Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Stadium" title="Dandenong Stadium">Dandenong Stadium</a> is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandenong Rangers">Dandenong Rangers</a> (an Australian Women's Basketball League team) and Victoria's state volleyball competition, and from 7 to 12 July played host to the 2008 Australian Junior Volleyball Championships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hawdon" title="Joseph Hawdon">Joseph Hawdon</a> (1813-1871), Pioneer settler of Dandenong (1837)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Asche" title="Oscar Asche">Oscar Asche</a> (1871-1936), Australian actor, director and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Cremean" title="Bert Cremean">Bert Cremean</a> (1900–45), politician, held <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Dandenong" title="Electoral district of Dandenong">district of Dandenong</a> 1929–32</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnie_Quagliotti" title="Winnie Quagliotti">Winnie Quagliotti</a> (1931–1988), <a href="/wiki/Wurundjeri" title="Wurundjeri">Wurundjeri</a> community leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Grella" title="Vince Grella">Vince Grella</a> (1979–), Former soccer player for <a href="/wiki/Socceroos" class="mw-redirect" title="Socceroos">Socceroos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Treloar" title="Adam Treloar">Adam Treloar</a> (1993–), <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a> (AFL) player for <a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Andrew Bogut</a> (1984–), Former <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> for <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajdin_Hrustic" title="Ajdin Hrustic">Ajdin Hrustic</a> (1996–), Footballer for <a href="/wiki/Eintracht_Frankfurt" title="Eintracht Frankfurt">Eintracht Frankfurt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_McDonald" title="Scott McDonald">Scott McDonald</a> (1983–), Former footballer for the <a href="/wiki/Socceroos" class="mw-redirect" title="Socceroos">Socceroos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_F.C." title="Motherwell F.C.">Motherwell F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Collins" title="Adam Collins">Adam Collins</a> (1984–), Sports journalist and broadcaster</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xuzhou" title="Xuzhou">Xuzhou</a>, Jiangsu, China 1996 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032116/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/documents.asp?ID=44&Title=Sister%2BCity%2BRelationship">City of Greater Dandenong – Sister City Relationship</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dandenong,_Victoria&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Dandenong" title="City of Dandenong">City of Dandenong</a> – Dandenong was previously within this former local government area.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Dandenong" title="Electoral district of Dandenong">Electoral district of Dandenong</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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