Population 10,186 (2011 census) Postcode(s) 3172 State electorate(s) Clarinda
Keysborough Postal code 3172 | Established 1920s LGA(s) City of Kingston Area 7.9 km² Federal division Division of Hotham | |
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Location 22 km (14 mi) from Melbourne | ||
Dingley Village is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Kingston. At the 2011 Census, Dingley Village had a population of 10,186.
Contents
- Map of Dingley Village VIC 3172 Australia
- History
- Primary schools
- Sporting facilities and clubs
- Churches
- References
Map of Dingley Village VIC 3172, Australia
History
In 1856, Thomas Attenborough bought land in the area and named his house Dingley Grange, after Dingley Hall which exists in Dingley in his native Northamptonshire, England. A farming community developed, relatively remote from either the bayside or Gippsland railway lines, moving into market gardens and poultry to supply metropolitan markets. There was no identifiable centre to the area apart from Christ Church (1873) at the corner of Centre and Old Dandenong Roads, with its attractive architecture and bell tower. The Post Office opened on 21 July 1913.
A family of five brothers – the Gartside – solved the problem of vegetable gluts by opening a cannery in about 1920. The cannery employed up to fifty local people. They donated land for the primary school which opened in 1925. In 1936 the Kingswood Golf Club, Dandenong, opened its new course at Dingley. A progress association was formed in 1947, and a recreation reserve acquired in 1954.
Urbanisation in Dingley began in the early 1960s. A small shopping centre, school, kindergarten, reserve and, later, Sunday Markets on the reserve created a village atmosphere which resulted in the official change of name.
Two more primary schools, one Catholic, opened later, along with the Spring Park Public Golf course and nearby tennis-courts complex. Near the Moorabbin Airport is an industrial zone set in a garden landscape, separated from the Dingley Village residential area by a reservation for the Mornington Peninsula Freeway.
The rock band Jet originated from the suburb.