Morton Park
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Morton Park is a football and cricket ground located on Central Road in the suburb of Blackburn, Victoria
Blackburn, Victoria
Blackburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Blackburn had a population of 11,958....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The ground has two ovals, and is home to the local Blackburn
Blackburn, Victoria
Blackburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Blackburn had a population of 11,958....

 football
Blackburn Football Club
The Blackburn Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Vermont, Victoria. They play in Division 1 of the Eastern Football League. They are known as the Panthers or the Burners, and play their home games at Morton Park....

 and cricket club's..

The top oval is where the senior football and cricket sides play, while the junior teams play most of their home matches on the bottom oval. The bottom oval has three cricket nets, and both grounds run north-south (for both football and cricket). The Blackburn Football Club's
Blackburn Football Club
The Blackburn Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Vermont, Victoria. They play in Division 1 of the Eastern Football League. They are known as the Panthers or the Burners, and play their home games at Morton Park....

 Auskick
Auskick
Auskick is a national program in Australia to develop and promote participation in Australian rules football by children. It has proven to be popular with both boys and girls....

 program is conducted on the top oval. Morton Park is located along the Belgrave and Lilydale railway lines, and is in close proximity to St Thomas the Apostle Primary School, Blackburn Lake Primary School
Blackburn Lake Primary School
Blackburn Lake Primary School is a Government, primary school located in Blackburn, Victoria, Australia.-House system:Blackburn Lake P.S. uses a house system with four houses. They are Waratah , Jacaranda , Acacia and Kurrajong . These are all flowering plants found in the area. These houses are...

, Blackburn Lake, Blackburn Railway Station
Blackburn railway station, Melbourne
Blackburn is a railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines in Melbourne, Australia. It is located between Railway Road and South Parade in Blackburn, about west of Blackburn Road. The station is 17.4 kilometres by rail from Flinders Street Station...

and the Blackburn Library. A children's playground is also located to the south east of the ground.
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