Mulgrave, Victoria
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Mulgrave Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°55′41″S 145°10′26″E / 37.928°S 145.174°ECoordinates: 37°55′41″S 145°10′26″E / 37.928°S 145.174°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 17,647 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,590/km2 (4,118/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3170 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 21 km (13 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Monash | ||||||||||||
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| Federal Division(s) | Bruce | ||||||||||||
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Mulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Monash. At the 2011 Census, Mulgrave had a population of 17,647.
The suburb takes its name from Mulgrave Castle in the County of York. Sir George Phipps, the Earl of Mulgrave in the Peerage of Great Britain would serve as the Governor of Victoria between 1879 and 1884.
Most notably, the suburb gave its name to the Mulgrave Freeway, which was later renamed to the Monash Freeway
Mulgrave Parish, as it was then known, was first settled in 1839 by Thomas Napier, a Scottish Builder who first reached the Colony of Victoria in the mid-1830s. Napier settled on the banks of the Dandenong Creek and built his homestead in Bushy Park Wetlands, and what is now Jells Park. None of the original homesteads remain, though some were demolished as late as the latter part of the 20th century. Remains of some homesteads have been uncovered during the construction of the EastLink Tollway, temporarily halting work while they were archaeologically examined.
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