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词条 Bentleigh East, Victoria
释义

  1. History

  2. Population

  3. Geography

  4. Education

  5. Features

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name = Bentleigh East
| city = Melbourne
| state = vic
| image =
| caption =
| lga = City of Glen Eira
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.921|S|145.067|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 3165
| pop = 27635 | pop_year = 2016
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| area = 9.2
| est =
| stategov = Bentleigh
| stategov2= Clarinda
| fedgov = Hotham
| dist1 = 14
| location1= Melbourne
| near-nw = Ormond
| near-n = Murrumbeena
| near-ne = Oakleigh
| near-w = McKinnon
| near-e = Oakleigh South
| near-sw = Bentleigh
| near-s = Moorabbin
| near-se = Heatherton
}}

Bentleigh East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 14 kilometres from the CBD. Its local government area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2016 Census, Bentleigh East had a population of 27,635 up from 25,925 in 2011.

History

The suburb, like its neighbour Bentleigh, was named after the infamous Victorian politician Thomas Bent. Part of East Bentleigh was inside the original grant of land bought by English farmer and brewer, Henry Dendy, in 1841. He bought {{convert|5120|acre|km2}} which was bounded on the west by Port Phillip Bay, then North Road, East Boundary Road and South Road.[2] East Bentleigh Post Office opened on 9 January 1928 and closed in 1995, although Bentleigh East Delivery Centre remains open. Coatesville Post Office on Mackie Road East Bentleigh opened on 1 April 1955.[3]

East Bentleigh police station closed in the early 1990s and the building remains standing on the corner of East Boundary Road and Omeo Court, near Centre Road (opposite the hotel).

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 27,635 people in Bentleigh East. 62.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 3.9%, India 2.8%, Greece 2.4%, England 2.2% and South Africa 1.9%. 64.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.6%, Mandarin 4.7%, Russian 4.2%, Hebrew 2.3% and Italian 1.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 29.4%, Catholic 23.1%, Eastern Orthodox 9.3% and Judaism 9.2%.[1]

Geography

East Bentleigh is 14 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district.[4] It is bounded to the west by Tucker Road, to the north by North Road, to the east by Warrigal Road and to the south by South Road. It is bisected by Centre Road. The area around Mackie Road is the locality of Coatesville. h East Bentleigh generally enjoys smooth road surfaces.

Education

Government schools within East Bentleigh include Valkstone Primary School, Coatesville Primary School, Tucker Road Primary School and East Bentleigh Primary school.[5]

Government schools closed during the 1990s included East Bentleigh Primary School (in Centre Road), Eastmoor Primary School and Moorleigh High School (now Moorleigh Village)

The only Catholic high school in East Benteigh is St James College.

Features

Features of the area include the Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC), previously known as the East Bentleigh Swim Centre. Another feature is the Monash Medical Centre (Moorabbin Campus).

Golfers play at the course of The Yarra Yarra Golf Club on Warrigal Road.[6]

References

1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20214 | name = Bentleigh East (State Suburb) | accessdate = 22 April 2018 | quick = on}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pioneers/pppg5db.htm|title=Sand, Sea and Money Making: Brighton in the 1840s|last=Bate|first=Weston|work=Port Phillip Pioneers Group|date=8 March 2008|accessdate=10 August 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029214549/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pioneers/pppg5db.htm|archivedate=29 October 2009|df=dmy-all}}
3. ^{{Cite web| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008 }}
4. ^http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/vic/mulgrave/bentleigh+east
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steiner-australia.org/vic/east%20bentleigh.html|title=East Bentleigh Primary School|date=1 April 2007|work=Steiner Schools in Australia|accessdate=10 August 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913015756/http://www.steiner-australia.org/vic/east%20bentleigh.html|archivedate=13 September 2009|df=dmy-all}}
6. ^{{Cite web | author= Golf Select | title = The Yarra Yarra | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=353 | accessdate = 11 May 2009 }}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040815102059/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/bentleigh.html Australian Places - Bentleigh & Bentleigh East]
{{City of Glen Eira suburbs}}

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