| Frankston Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) View of Frankston CAD from Olivers Hill | |||||||||||||||
  Frankston Location within the metropolitan area of Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°8′46.15″S 145°7′11.75″E / 38.1461528°S 145.1199306°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 35,009 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,683/km2 (4,359/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 29 May 1854 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3199 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Frankston City | ||||||||||||||
| County | Mornington | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Frankston | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Dunkley | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [a][b] | ||||||||||||||
Frankston /frænkstɒn/ is a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Located 40 km (25 mi) southeast of the Melbourne city centre, in the City of Frankston local government area, it is the northern-most point of the Mornington Peninsula tourism region.
Situated near the southern end of Beaumaris Bay, on the eastern coastline of Port Phillip, Frankston became a favoured Melbourne seaside destination in the late Victorian era. Its beach continues to be one of the most visited in Victoria and is recognised as one of the cleanest in Australia. It is also known for its public sculptures, and is home to the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery and the largest exhibition of sand sculpture in Australia.
Settlement of the Frankston area by European Australians began around the same time as the foundation of Melbourne in 1835. The suburb itself originated as an unofficial fishing village servicing the developing township of Melbourne. Prior to its settlement, the area was seasonally occupied by Aboriginal Australians for 35,000–40,000 years and is within the traditional country of the Boon wurrung. An official village was established by the Victorian colonial government in 1854, with its first formal land sales taking place on May 29. It developed into a township and regional centre for the Mornington Peninsula following the completion of the Frankston railway line in 1882. It has also lent its name to its surrounding local government area since 1893, which was proclaimed a city in 1966, and serves as its administrative and activity centres. It became a suburb within the Melbourne metropolitan area when its urban growth boundary was expanded in 1986.
Localities within the suburb of Frankston, that share its postcode of 3199, include: Frankston central activities district (CAD/Central), Frankston East, Frankston Heights, Karingal, Long Island and Olivers Hill. At the 2011 Australian census, the suburb had a population of 35,009. The demonym for a person from Frankston is a Frankstonian.
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Prior to their settlement by Europeans in 1835, the area surrounding Port Phillip was populated by Aboriginal Australians for 35,000–40,000 years.[4][5] What is now the Melbourne metropolitan area was comprised of five traditional countries, under the custodianship of multiple indigenous groups, which were part of the Kulin diplomatic alliance.[6][7] Frankston is within Boon wurrung country and the Mayone-bulluk are its custodians.[6][8][9][10]
Boon wurrung country covers an area of approximately 9,500 km2 bound by the Werribee River and Yarra River to the northwest, the La Trobe River to the northeast, Wilsons Promontory to the southeast, and the coastlines of Bass Strait (including French Island and Phillip Island) to the south and Port Phillip to the west. As such, the suburb of Frankston is located roughly at its geographic centre. The area was referred to as marr-ne-beek (Bunwurrung pronunciation: /mɑːrɪnɛbiːk/; English translation: excellent country) among the peoples of the Kulin nation.[8][11][12]
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- ^ The geographic coordinates for Frankston are taken from the location of "Lot 1" (the present site of the Frankston Mechanics' Institute at 1N Plowman Street) on the 1854 map of the "Village of Frankston at Kananook Creek, Mount Eliza, Port Phillip Bay" by James B. Philp at the Surveyor General [of Victoria]'s Office.[2] (This location was also part of the former site of the first permanent building in Frankston, the Cannanuke Inn, which was situated between the present 1N and 1R Plowman Street.[3])
- ^ The geodesic distance between the Frankston central activities district and the Melbourne city centre is 39.4 km (when measured from the entrances of the former Commonwealth Post Office at 2-4 Davey Street, Frankston, and the former General Post Office at 350 Bourke Street, Melbourne).
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Frankston (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Philp, James B. (1 May 1854). "Village of Frankston at Kananook Creek, Mount Eliza, Port Phillip Bay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2017
- ^ Former Cannanuke Inn site. Heritage Council of Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 2 November 2017
- ^ Broome 2005, p. xvii
- ^ Rhodes & Bell 2004, p. i
- ^ a b Howitt 1904, pp. 70–71
- ^ Rhodes & Bell 2004, pp. 25–27, 3.1. The Kulin People
- ^ a b Rhodes & Bell 2004, pp. 27–31, 3.2. Traditional Indigenous Custodians of the Study Corridor
- ^ Gaughwin & Sullivan 1984, p. 80
- ^ Barwick 1984, p. 117
- ^ Howitt 1904, pp. 403–404
- ^ Smyth 1878, pp. 453–454, Loo-errn. (A myth relating to the country lying between the River Yarra and the River La Trobe.)
Sources edit
- Barwick, Diane E. (1984). "Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans, 1835-1904, Part I". Aboriginal History. 8. Canberra: Australian National University Press: 100–131. ISSN 1837-9389.
- Broome, Richard (2005). Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800. Melbourne: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9781741145694.
- Gaughwin, Denise; Sullivan, Hilary (1984). "Aboriginal Boundaries and Movements in Western Port, Victoria". Aboriginal History. 8. Canberra: Australian National University Press: 80–98. ISSN 1837-9389.
- Howitt, A. W. (1904). . London: Macmillan and Company.
- Smyth, R. Brough (1878). (Report). For the Government of Victoria. Vol. Vol. 1. John Ferres, Government Printer.
{{cite report}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Rhodes, David; Bell, Joanne (April 2004). Shire of Cardinia Urban Growth Corridor Aboriginal Heritage Study (PDF) (Report). For the Shire of Cardinia. Heritage Insight.