Vermont South, Victoria
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Vermont South Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′04″S 145°10′59″E / 37.851°S 145.183°ECoordinates: 37°51′04″S 145°10′59″E / 37.851°S 145.183°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 11,416 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,812/km2 (4,690/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3133 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 20 km (12 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Whitehorse | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Forest Hill | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Deakin | ||||||||||||
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Vermont South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2011 census, Vermont South had a population of 11,416.
The eastern boundary of Vermont South is the Dandenong Creek, which flows from the Dandenong Ranges, through to Port Phillip. The suburb was mostly developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, after developers bought the apple orchards in the area.
Prior to the first European colonialists, the landscape was thickly timbered bushland, occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation, who spoke variations of the Woiwurrung language group. They were hunters and gatherers, camping near the creeks and gullies of the area now known as Bellbird Dell. The creek flowed from immediately north of the Dell, through it and on to join the Dandenong Creek.
The first settlers, who were woodcutters and charcoal burners, came in the 1850s before land sales. Selectors followed and they marked out, leased and improved allotments, which would enable them to gain freehold titles from the Crown. Temporary wattle and daub huts were erected and later substantial timber cottages.
Apart from some general farming, orchards dominated the landscape until the 1950s and 60s, when the demand for new housing areas led to the subdivision of orchards. Nunawading Council (now Whitehorse Council) began the acquisition of property in 1966, with the purchase of a large block (7.26 hectares) from local orchardist Cecil Rhodes to form Bellbird Dell.
Vermont South Post Office opened on 22 October 1974 as the suburb developed.
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