Carrum Downs, Victoria
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Carrum Downs Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Carrum Downs
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| Coordinates | 38°05′46″S 145°10′41″E / 38.096°S 145.178°ECoordinates: 38°05′46″S 145°10′41″E / 38.096°S 145.178°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 17,213 (2006) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 882.7/km2 (2,286/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3201 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Frankston | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Carrum | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Isaacs | ||||||||||||
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Carrum Downs is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Frankston. At the 2006 Census, Carrum Downs had a population of 17,213.
Prior to December 1994 the majority of Carrum Downs was within the City of Cranbourne. However, after statewide local government reform, the suburb was moved to be part of a new, larger City of Frankston
In late 2006, RealEstatesource compiled a list of the top ten performing suburbs in Melbourne, Carrum Downs was ranked fourth with property showing a 94.4% median value increase since the real estate market's 'peak' of 2001. In January 2008, the 'Your Investment Property' periodical published an article on Carrum Downs, predicting an increased demand for residential and commercial property in the area, following the completion of the Eastlink project in June 2008.
Before European settlers arrived at Port Phillip, Aborigines resting after the stiff climb of Oliver's Hill, Frankston, and looking north along the bay would have viewed a long ribbon of sandy beach shaped vaguely like a boomerang. The area was called Karrum Karrum, or as some of the early squatters interpreted it, Garem Gam, meaning "Boomerang". The swampy marshland behind the sand dunes was a rich hunting ground teeming with wildlife.
The Carrum Swamp measured approximately 15 km from north to south, and averaged about 5 km across from east to west. It was up to 8 km wide at the northern end. The high lands visible in the swamp were the Isles of Wannarkladdin, now Chelsea Heights. The swampland with its dense growth of swamp tea-tree and other vegetation was covered for the most part by the waters from the Dandenong, Eumemmerring, and other smaller creeks, with a total catchment area of approximately 430 km², with the present townships of Langwarrin, Cranbourne, Berwick, Belgrave, Ferntree Gully, Olinda, Lilydale, Croydon and Ringwood forming its perimeter. Some of the waters eventually flowed through marshy country to the Mordialloc Creek or through to the Kananook Creek which flowed into the bay at Frankston.
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