Dandenong is a larger area of Melbourne, about 30 km southeast of the city center. It is located at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges .
The Australian Taxation Office , the Australian tax authority, is headquartered in Dandenong .
history
Before the European colonization, the land was inhabited by Aborigines from the Voivurrung tribe. The term Tanjenong , which means "towering mountains" and probably refers to the Dandenong Ranges, comes from their language . The name Dandenong is derived from this.
In 1837 the settler Joseph Hawdon came to the area and ran cattle. Other settlers soon followed him and a police station was set up. In 1848 a post office opened. In the late 1850s a road to Melbourne was completed and Dandenong became an important stopover for travelers to Gippsland . An industry then formed; several sawmills and tanneries were founded and charcoal was mined. In 1861 there were 40 houses in the village. A cattle market was held from 1866 and in 1890 the town hall, Dandenong Town Hall , was built.
After the Second World War , many immigrants from Europe settled in, especially from Italy and Greece , and Dandenong developed into an important industrial center in the region. In the late 1960s it became a suburb of Melbourne.
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