Dandenong ( DAN-dih-nong) is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about 29 km (18 mi) from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the 2021 census. Situated mainly on the northwest bank of the lower Dandenong Creek, it is 21.6 km (13.4 mi) from the eponymous Dandenong Ranges to its northeast and completely unrelated in both location and nature of the settlement.
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A regional transport hub and manufacturing centre of Victoria, Dandenong is located at the junctional region of the Dandenong Valley Highway, Princes Highway, Monash Freeway and Dingley Freeway, and is the gateway town of the Gippsland railway line into West Gippsland. It is directly neighboured from the north and south by the two sister suburbs Dandenong North and Dandenong South, from the east by Doveton, and from the northwest and southwest by Noble Park and Keysborough, respectively. The easternmost and westernmost neighbourhoods of the suburb are also unofficially named Dandenong East and Dandenong West, separated from the main portions of the suburb by Stud Road and Princes Highway, and Cheltenham Road and Gladstone Road/Jones Road/Bennet Street, respectively.
Dandenong began as a township in 1852, and at the start of the 20th century was an important regional city with its own suburbs.
From the Wikipedia article Dandenong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Dandenong
- Dandenong North2.0 km N
- Keysborough2.5 km W
- Noble Park3.5 km NW
- Endeavour Hills5.2 km E
- Springvale5.7 km NW
- Rowville6.3 km NE
- Mulgrave6.4 km N
- Hampton Park7.1 km SE
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