Parkdale, Victoria
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Parkdale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Kingston and has a population of a little over 10,000 people. Parkdale has two post codes: 3195 and 3194.
Parkdale was founded in 1920, and named for early homesteader William Parker when engineers decided to build a railway station alongside a cluster of five bayside shops 23km south of Melbourne.
In 1958 Parkdale was chosen as the site of one of Victoria’s first drive-in shopping centres; Thrift Park.
Schools in Parkdale:
- Parkdale Primary School
- Parktone Primary School
- St. John Vianney's
- Parkdale Secondary College (technically, PSC is located in the adjacent suburb of Mordialloc)
| City of Kingston All Melbourne suburbs | ||
| Mentone | Mentone | Mentone |
| Port Phillip Bay | Parkdale | Mordialloc |
| Port Phillip Bay | Mordialloc | Mordialloc |
| Suburbs of the City of Kingston | |
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Aspendale |
Aspendale Gardens |
Braeside |
Bonbeach |
Carrum |
Chelsea |
Chelsea Heights |
Cheltenham |
Cheltenham East |
Cheltenham North |
Clarinda |
Clayton South |
Dingley Village |
Edithvale |
Heatherton |
Mentone |
Moorabbin |
Moorabbin East |
Moorabbin Airport |
Mordialloc |
Parkdale |
Patterson Lakes |
Westall
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