City of Greater Dandenong

For other uses of the name Dandenong, see Dandenong (disambiguation).

City of Greater Dandenong
Victoria

Map of Melbourne showing City of Greater Dandenong

Population

146,000 (2014)

• Density

1,128/km² (2,922/sq mi)

Established

1994

Area

129.42 km² (50.0 sq mi)

Mayor

Meng Heang Tak

Council seat

Dandenong

State electorate(s)

Federal Division(s)

Website

City of Greater Dandenong

LGAs around City of Greater Dandenong:
Monash	Monash	Knox
Kingston	City of Greater Dandenong	Casey
Kingston	Frankston	Casey

The City of Greater Dandenong is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of just under 130 square kilometres (50 sq mi) and approximately 146,000 residents in 2014.

It was formed in 1994 by the merger of parts of the former City of Dandenong and City of Springvale.

Wards and councillors

Greater Dandenong City Council
Type
Type	Council of the City of Greater Dandenong
Structure

Council political groups	Labor: 8 seats Greens: 1 seat Independent: 2 seats

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) completed a review of Greater Dandenong’s electoral system in May 2008. As a result, the City of Greater Dandenong is now divided into four wards: Lightwood (three councillors), Paperbark (three councillors), Red Gum (three councillors) and Silverleaf (two councillors).

Red Gum Ward – The largest ward geographically, taking in the suburbs of Dandenong, Dandenong North (part), Dandenong South, Keysborough, Lyndhurst (part) and Bangholme
Paperbark Ward – taking in the suburbs of Noble Park and Keysborough (part)
Lightwood Ward – taking in the suburbs of Springvale, Springvale South and Noble Park (part)
Silverleaf Ward – taking in Noble Park North and a section of Dandenong North

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Lightwood		Youhorn Chea^[1]
		Sean O'Reilly^[1]
		Loi Truong^[1]
Paperbark		Roz Blades^[2]
		Peter Brown^[2]
		Meng Heang Tak^[2]
Red Gum		Matthew Kirwan^[3]
		Angela Long^[4]
		Jim Memeti^[4]
Silverleaf		Maria Sampey
Silverleaf		John Kelly^{[lower-alpha 1]}

History

In 1994, the Jeff Kennett government restructured local government in Victoria. His reforms dissolved 210 councils and created 78 new councils through amalgamations. As part of the reforms City of Springvale and City of Dandenong were merged to create City of Greater Dandenong.

Clare O'Neil became the youngest female mayor in Australian history when she served as Mayor of Greater Dandenong from 2003 to 2004.

Places of interest

Suburbs and towns

Sport

Dandenong Rangers play home games at the Dandenong Basketball Stadium and compete in the WNBL. Two championships have been won in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons and again in 2005/2006 the team reached the Grand Final only to lose to the Canberra Capitals.

Dandenong Thunder compete in the Victorian Premier League, playing at George Andrews Reserve.

The Greater Dandenong Warriors Hockey Club is based at the Bill Toon Playing fields on Cleeland Road, Dandenong North. The club currently fields 5 Men's teams, 2 Women's teams, 6 Junior teams and 3 Veteran's team.

Community groups

Greater Dandenong has many active community groups.

Service clubs include the Lions Club of Greater Dandenong, the Lions Club of Dandenong, the Lions Club of Dandenong (Supper), the Rotary Club of Dandenong, the Rotary Club of Noble Park and the Rotary Club of Springvale.

Schools

Due to this connection these schools in Greater Dandenong have established relationships with schools in Xuzhou:

Wallarano Primary School & Minzulu
Coomoora Secondary College & Xuzhou No. 3
Springvale Primary School & Xuzhou Arts School
Maralinga Primary School & Jinshinqaun
Noble Park English Language School & Xingi Middle School
Springvale Secondary College & Xuzhou No.1 Middle School

Notes

↑ Formerly Liberal^[5]

References

External links

Local government areas of Victoria

Greater Melbourne

Inner Melbourne	Melbourne Port Phillip Stonnington Yarra

Metropolitan	Banyule Bayside Boroondara Darebin Glen Eira Hobsons Bay Kingston Manningham Maribyrnong Maroondah Monash Moonee Valley Moreland Whitehorse

Outer Metropolitan	Brimbank Cardinia Casey Frankston Greater Dandenong Hume Knox Melton Mornington Peninsula Nillumbik Whittlesea Wyndham Yarra Ranges

Barwon South West

Grampians region

Gippsland

Hume region

Loddon Mallee region

Coordinates: 38°00′S 145°11′E / 38.000°S 145.183°E / -38.000; 145.183

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