Mordialloc

Mordialloc
State :  Australia State : Victoria City : Melbourne
Coordinates : 38 ° 0 ′  S , 145 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 0 ′  S , 145 ° 6 ′  E Area : 4.4  km²
Residents : 8,166 (201) Population density : 1856 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3195 LGA : Kingston City
Mordialloc

Mordialloc is a suburb of Melbourne . It is located approx. 24 km southeast of the city center. The name is derived from the Aboriginal language and means "little lake" or "little stream". The Mordialloc Creek runs through the district .

history

The area was inhabited by a settler named McDonald in the 1840s. A street is named after this today. In the first decades the inhabitants lived mainly from fishing. In 1863 a post office was opened in the area. In 1881 a rail link to Melbourne was established.

Web links

Commons : Mordialloc  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mordialloc ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
2. ↑ Eric Bird: The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) - Place Names on the Coast of Victoria ( Memento of March 4, 2011 on WebCite ) - October 12, 2006, anps.org.au, English (PDF; 157 kB)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Early Mordialloc. City of Kingston, accessed March 28, 2012 .