Devon Meadows Victoria |
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Coordinates | 38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°ECoordinates: 38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°E | ||||||||||||
Population | 1,606 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3977 | ||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | City of Casey | ||||||||||||
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Federal Division(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||
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Devon Meadows is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2011 Census, Devon Meadows had a population of 1,606.
Devon Meadows Post Office opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.
Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300, a CFA fire station, community hall and tennis club.
Just east of the main township is a locality known Five Ways after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway bound for Berwick, Koo Wee Rup and Cannons Creek. A general store at the intersection provides services to travellers.
The town has an Australian Rules football team The Devon Meadows Panthers competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League., and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.