62 Facts About Frankston Victoria

European settlement of Frankston Victoria began around the same time as the foundation of Melbourne in 1835—initially as an unofficial fishing village serving the early Melbourne township.

The official village of Frankston Victoria was established in 1854, with its first land sales taking place on 29 May It has subsequently given its name to the broader Frankston Victoria local government area since 1893, and serves as both its activity and administrative centre.

Toponymic origins of Frankston Victoria are subject to conjecture, and of which there are four popular theories.

The correspondence with the Department of Lands and Survey states that, at the time of surveying the area for the land sales of 1854, the name "Frankston Victoria" was probably suggested to honour the Wedge's deceased former neighbour.

The theory is strengthened by the fact that a number of places near Frankston Victoria have names that are derived or adapted from those of British army generals and statesmen .

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Bunurong territory, of which Frankston Victoria is a part, stretches from the Werribee River in the western metropolitan area of Melbourne east to Wilsons Promontory in Gippsland and was referred to as marr-ne-beek amongst the Kulin nation tribes.

Fishermen were among the earliest Europeans to unofficially settle the Frankston Victoria area following the foundation of Melbourne on 30 August 1835.

Frankston Victoria built the first permanent wooden house in the southern Frankston area located near Daveys Bay on Olivers Hill in 1851—which was originally known as "Old Man Davey's Hill".

Central Frankston area was surveyed by Thomas Hanbury Permein for the Victorian colonial government in early 1854.

The plan for the new village of Frankston was drawn by James Philp from the Office of the Surveyor General of Victoria on 1 May 1854—with the Cannanuke Inn as a central point and located on Lot 1 of a block bordered to the west by Bay Street, to the north by Davey Street, to the east by Wedge Street and to the south by a public reserve .

The first post office in Frankston Victoria opened on 1 September 1857 which initially operated from the hall.

In 1879, following a conference of city councils in inner-Melbourne, the Frankston Victoria area was chosen as the preferred site to replace the Melbourne General Cemetery.

From 1909 the former proposed metropolitan cemetery site near Frankston was repurposed as a pine forest plantation by the Victorian state Forestry Commission.

At the beginning of World War I the Langwarrin Military Camp near Frankston Victoria was used to detain around 500 German prisoners of war.

In part due to an increase in visitors during this time, the Frankston Victoria Life Saving Club was established on Frankston Victoria Beach in 1924.

Stanley Bruce, the member of the Parliament of Australia representing the Division of Flinders and the Treasurer of Australia, who lived at Pinehill in Frankston Victoria, was elected the eighth Prime Minister of Australia following the resignation of the Rt.

In 1935, the Frankston Victoria area was chosen to host the first Australian Scout Jamboree.

Frankston Victoria eventually bought the store the following year, renaming it Pratt's Stores, and developed it into one of the first supermarkets in Australia in the 1950s.

Frankston Victoria expanded to two more supermarkets in nearby Mornington and Chelsea during this time.

Frankston Victoria planned to produce 100 cars a month at its Frankston factory.

Borders of the City of Frankston Victoria were redrawn in 1994, excising its southern suburbs of Baxter and Mount Eliza to the new Shire of Mornington Peninsula, and gaining the north-eastern suburbs of Carrum Downs and Skye from the City of Casey and the former City of Springvale.

Second stage of the foreshore development scheme was undertaken in the late-2000s, and included: construction of the new Frankston Victoria Life Saving Club house, and the northern stretch of the Frankston Victoria Boardwalk foreshoreway .

Suburb of Frankston Victoria covers a large geographic area compared with other Melbourne suburbs.

Central and northern areas of Frankston Victoria are generally flat at around 10 to 12 metres above sea level .

Frankston Victoria Beach is continually rated as one of the cleanest in Australia.

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On days of storm with gale-force westerly winds Frankston Victoria becomes one of the few areas of Port Phillip with wave swell of a size that allows for surfing—usually around two metres.

Frankston Victoria is generally a leafy suburb with a wide variety of natural heritage elements.

Frankston Victoria Spider Orchid is a rare species of orchid that is endemic to the Frankston Victoria area.

The City of Frankston has won the Keep Australia Beautiful Victorian Sustainable Cities Award in 2008.

Near Frankston Victoria Pier is the arched pedestrian bridge over the mouth Kananook Creek, erected in 2003 as part of the Frankston Victoria Waterfront development, which is lit in a variety of colours at night.

The use of the site as a meeting place pre-dates European settlement of Frankston Victoria, and was used by the Indigenous Australian clans of the Bunurong tribe on the Mornington Peninsula for corroborees and as a trading place.

Frankston Victoria Arts Centre is the largest art centre in Frankston Victoria and on the Mornington Peninsula, as well as one of the largest in the metropolitan area of Melbourne, and is a major landmark of the suburb.

Frankston Victoria is one of the last areas of Melbourne to experience the cool change weather effect that occurs during summer.

Places of worship in the suburb of Frankston Victoria are predominantly churches of Christian denominations.

Dominant suburban element in the Frankston Victoria area means its residential property mix is not as diverse as areas that are closer to the Melbourne city centre—as the suburb has minimal multi-storey development.

However, as the economic hub as well as gateway to the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston has been defined as one of the nine activity centres in the metropolitan area of Melbourne in various Victorian state government planning policies—which aim to increase multi-storey property development in the Frankston Central Business District .

Some real estate in Frankston Victoria routinely sells for well above the median house price for the suburb.

The District of Frankston is the state government district for the Victorian Legislative Assembly that Frankston is located in.

Nationally, the state of Frankston Victoria is represented by 12 senators at a federal government level for the Australian Senate.

State and federal electorates that Frankston Victoria is located in are often referred to as part of the "Melbourne Sandbelt" in the media.

The term was coined to describe an area from the Melbourne inner-southeastern suburb of Sandringham south to Frankston Victoria that has a large amount of golf courses, but is used to describe the electorates of the area during state and federal government elections.

Frankston Victoria became a popular seaside destination of Melbourne in the 1880s.

Currently the suburb of Frankston is defined by the Victorian state Metropolitan Planning Authority as one of nine activity centres in the metropolitan area of Melbourne.

The first hotel on a corner of the intersection, the Frankston Victoria Hotel, located on its northwest corner, was licensed on 12 December 1854.

Frankston Victoria Power Centre is a hard goods retail park owned by SPG Investments.

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Frankston Victoria has a number of performing arts groups, including: amateur theatre companies, amateur and professional choirs, a concert band, an orchestra and a circus troupe.

Frankston Victoria is home to the Australian Welsh Male Choir which was founded in the suburb in 1974.

Frankston Victoria is home to the Hip Cat Youth Circus troupe which was founded at the Frankston Victoria Arts Centre in 2006.

Good Friday in Frankston Victoria is a Christian religious event that has been held at the Frankston Victoria Waterfront since 2005.

Suburb of Frankston Victoria is at the centre of a large health care industry within the broader City of Frankston Victoria area—which is a health care hub for the greater Mornington Peninsula region.

Advancements in health care have taken place in Frankston Victoria and have been led by Frankston Victoria people for over a hundred years.

Frankston Victoria Hospital is a major 340 bed public hospital, and the largest in Frankston Victoria and on the Mornington Peninsula, which is a part of the Peninsula Health Care network.

Peninsula Private Hospital is a 166-bed private hospital, and the second largest hospital in Frankston Victoria, owned by Australian Unity and a part of the Ramsay Health Care network.

Frankston Victoria Rehabilitation Hospital is a 69-bed private rehabilitation hospital, and the largest in Frankston Victoria and on the Mornington Peninsula, owned by the St John of God Health Care network.

Frankston Victoria Private Day Surgery is a 27-bed private outpatient surgery owned by Generation Health Care and a part of the Healthscope and Genesis health care networks.

Langwarrin Soccer Club and Frankston Pines are the leading clubs in the Frankston area both participating in the Victorian State League 1.

In previous years, Frankston Victoria was the recruiting zone for professional Australian Football League clubs, Hawthorn, and later St Kilda, and many star players from each team were recruited from Frankston Victoria .

Frankston Victoria Primary School on Davey Street in Frankston Victoria is the oldest school in the suburb—continually operating at its original site—which is a state government school and was established in 1874.

The Woodleigh School is the oldest school in the broader City of Frankston Victoria area, which is a secular K–12 independent school and was established in 1856.

Research from the Real Estate Institute of Frankston Victoria identified that properties in the catchment area of the school sell for 16.

The institute takes its name from the former Chisholm Institute of Technology, which had a campus in Frankston Victoria before merging with Monash University in 1990, and had taken its name from the 19th century humanitarian Caroline Chisholm.

The regional Stony Point railway line then runs from Frankston Victoria and connects it with the eastern suburbs and towns of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.