Murrumbeena, Victoria
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Murrumbeena Melbourne, Victoria |
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Shops on Neerim Road, Murrumbeena's main street
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 Murrumbeena
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| Coordinates | 37°53′56″S 145°04′19″E / 37.899°S 145.072°ECoordinates: 37°53′56″S 145°04′19″E / 37.899°S 145.072°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 8,592 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,440/km2 (8,900/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3163 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 13 km (8 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Glen Eira | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Oakleigh | ||||||||||||
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Murrumbeena is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2011 Census, Murrumbeena had a population of 8,592.
Murrumbeena is a small suburban area with extensive parklands and primarily Federation and Interwar architectural character.
The name "Murrumbeena" derives from the Aboriginal word "mirambeena". It may have meant "land of frogs", "moss growing on decayed wood" or it may be a derivative from the name of an Aboriginal elder. The evidence for any of these etymologies is uncertain. The name was officially adopted when the railway station opened in 1879.
The main street of Murrumbeena is Neerim Road, which bends to cross the railway lines and has a strip shopping centre extending to Murrumbeena Road nearby the railway station. Trading at the shopping centre suffered greatly with the opening of Chadstone Shopping Centre nearby, however it has seen a recent revival, particularly of street cafes and apartment building.
The main roads running through Murrumbeena are Dandenong Road, Neerim Road and Murrumbeena Road.
Murrumbeena railway station is a suburban railway station providing regular services to the city and along the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines.
The Neerim Road level crossing was identified by the RACV in 2010 as one of the worst for traffic congestion in metropolitan Melbourne.
In 2016, the Andrews Labor Government announced it would construct an extended elevated railway bridge to remove level crossings on the Pakenham/Cranbourne line. The proposal calls for three concrete bridge-like structures, each spanning multiple kilometres and composed of sections varying in height from nine to 16 metres, to be constructed. Much of the local community consequently became incensed with the proposed method of grade separation, and dubbed the proposal "Skyrail". Locals maintain that Skyrail is inconsistent with the widely accepted "rail under road, cut and cover" trench design previously floated to them at consultation sessions in 2015. They affirm support for this design to be utilised instead and point to its successful implementation at Bourke Road, Glen Iris and Springvale Road, Nunawading. They note that similar designs are being constructed at North Road (Ormond), McKinnon Road (McKinnon) and Centre Road (Bentleigh).
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