Springvale, Victoria
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Springvale Melbourne, Victoria |
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Buckingham Ave, Springvale CBD
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 Springvale
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
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| Coordinates | 37°56′49″S 145°09′11″E / 37.947°S 145.153°ECoordinates: 37°56′49″S 145°09′11″E / 37.947°S 145.153°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 19,771 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,765/km2 (4,572/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1880s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3171 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Greater Dandenong | ||||||||||||
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Springvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Greater Dandenong. At the census in Australia for 2011, Springvale had a population of 19,771.
Springvale is a large suburb occupying 11.2 km², bounded by Westall Road to the west, Princes Highway and Police Road to the north, the Springvale Crematorium and Corrigan Road to the northeast, Heatherton Road to the south and Lawn Road to the southeast. Springvale is linked to Melbourne's CBD by Monash Freeway via the Ferntree Gully Road exit to the suburb's northwest.
The municipal area of Springvale was originally part of the Dandenong shire and is at the doorstep of the Dandenong Ranges National Park. The area contained natural springs which were a permanent water source for stock and travellers moving between Melbourne and Dandenong, giving rise to the suburb's name. In the 1850s, a Spring Vale Hotel was built near a newly surveyed route between Oakleigh and Dandenong at what is now the intersection of Princes Highway and Springvale Road. However, it did not develop into a settlement.
The first Springvale Post Office opened on 12 September 1864 and closed in 1892. This office had been superseded by Springvale Railway Station office (opened 1887) which was renamed Springvale in 1902. A Springvale North Post Office was also open between 1946 and 1978.
In 1886, land was subdivided near the railway station and the area began to grow. By the 1920s the Spring Vale community had a lodge, brass band, a recreation reserve, a mechanics' institute, a few shops and some houses in the township. A picture theatre opened in 1924. At the outbreak of the second world war Springvale was a pastoral, residential and industrial township with market gardens in the surrounding areas. Sand extraction industries were active, lasting until the 1990s.
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