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Edithvale, Victoria
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| Edithvale Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 4991 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3196 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.1 km² (0.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $400,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 29 km (18 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Kingston | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Carrum | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Isaacs | ||||||||||||
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Edithvale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Kingston.
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Along with the Edithvale railway station, Grenda operate the 888 bus route which travels on Edithvale Road (Edithvale Road later becomes Springvale Road After passing the Wells Road/Boundary Road Intersection). Edithvale Primary School was a very large school in the area, it is located on Edithvale Road Not far from the station.
Edithvale Primary School has a long history, originally being a wooden building which was burnt down in 1930 and rebuilt in red brick as it is today. During the 1960's it was the largest school in the area with over 1000 students. It produced Victorian Stat MPs Ms Louise Asher Louise Asherand Federal MP the late Greg Willton.
Edithvale is best known for its long beach of pure white sand and historic bathing boxes. The waters of Port Phillip Bay provide an excellent reflection as the sun sets directly facing the shore.
Today large houses are being built on the absolute beach frontages which are highly sought after. Pre-war this area was popular with Melbourne city residents who caught the train down on a hot Sunday and swam at Edithvale lifesaving club with its pier.
Fish that are common and can be taken with a hand spear include Flounder, Flathead and Garfish. Dolphins have been seen swimming 100 metres from shore and in the shallows small fingelings breed.
The beach which was originally ultra pure fine white sand has been contaminated by an attempt to reclaim the beach further north at Aspendale in the late 1970s. This reclamation involved pumping sand onto the eroding beach from far offshore unfortunately this off shore sand was much coarser and yellower being harder and grittier. It's clear today to see the progressive spread of this course sand now 3 km south of its original location.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Edithvale (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
- ^ Edithvale, accessed 9 August 2007
- Edithvale, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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