Lyndhurst, Victoria
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Lyndhurst is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 35 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is both the City of Casey
and the city of Greater Dandenong
.
Lyndhurst Post Office opened on 1 January 1867 and closed in 1976.
After the Bracks
government's decisions to abandon plans for a toxic waste
dump near Mildura, 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 is scheduled to open in 2011 and is to be built under the Partnerships Victoria in Schools Model which will see the school built and maintained through public–private partnership arrangements.
Lyndhurst railway station is located in the suburb on the Cranbourne line, but does not see any passenger traffic. Freight traffic to the cement facility ended in 2009.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
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, 35 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is both the City of Casey
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214,960. The municipality's population growth rate during both 1996-2001 and 2001-2006 was...
and the city of Greater Dandenong
City of Greater Dandenong
The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 137,600 people....
.
Lyndhurst Post Office opened on 1 January 1867 and closed in 1976.
After the Bracks
Steve Bracks
Stephen Philip Bracks AC is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party, and was party leader and Premier from 1999 to 2007....
government's decisions to abandon plans for a toxic waste
Toxic waste
Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death or injury to living creatures. It spreads quite easily and can contaminate lakes and rivers. The term is often used interchangeably with “hazardous waste”, or discarded material that can pose a long-term risk to health or environment.Toxic waste...
dump near Mildura, 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
Urban growth boundary
An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for higher density urban development and the area outside be used for lower density development.An urban growth boundary circumscribes an...
, 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
Urban growth boundary
An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for higher density urban development and the area outside be used for lower density development.An urban growth boundary circumscribes an...
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 is scheduled to open in 2011 and is to be built under the Partnerships Victoria in Schools Model which will see the school built and maintained through public–private partnership arrangements.
Lyndhurst railway station is located in the suburb on the Cranbourne line, but does not see any passenger traffic. Freight traffic to the cement facility ended in 2009.