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| type      = suburb
| name      = Dandenong
| city      = [[Melbourne]]
| state     = vic
| image     = File:Dandenong Town Hall.jpg
| caption   = View from Harmony square of the historical Dandenong Town Hall built in 1890, converted to the Drum Theatre in 2006. Overlooking the intersection of Lonsdale and Walker Streets.
| lga       = City of Greater Dandenong
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne
| postcode  = 3175<ref>[https://auspost.com.au/postcode/3175 Dandenong Postcode] Australia Post</ref>
| pop       = 30,127
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2021}}
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| area      = 8.9
| est       = 1837
| elevation = 30
| stategov  = [[Electoral district of Dandenong|Dandenong]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Bruce|Bruce]]
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| near-nw   = [[Noble Park North, Victoria|Noble Park North]]
| near-n    = [[Dandenong North, Victoria|Dandenong North]]
| near-ne   = [[Endeavour Hills, Victoria|Endeavour Hills]]
| near-w    = [[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]]
| near-e    = [[Doveton, Victoria|Doveton]]
| near-sw   = [[Keysborough, Victoria|Keysborough]]
| near-s    = [[Dandenong South, Victoria|Dandenong South]]
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'''Dandenong''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|æ|n|d|ɪ|n|ɒ|ŋ}} {{respell|DAN|dih|nong}}) is a [[list of Melbourne suburbs#Southeastern municipalities and their suburbs|southeastern]] suburb of [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia, about {{cvt|29|km}} from the [[Melbourne CBD]].  It is the [[municipal council|council]] [[county seat|seat]] of the [[City of Greater Dandenong]] [[local government areas of Victoria|local government area]], with a recorded population of 30,127 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name="abs"/> Situated mainly on the northwest bank of the lower [[Dandenong Creek]], it is {{cvt|21.6|km}} from the eponymous [[Dandenong Ranges]] to its northeast and completely unrelated in both location and nature of the settlement.

A regional [[transport hub]] and manufacturing centre of Victoria, Dandenong is located at the junctional region of the [[Dandenong Valley Highway]], [[Princes Highway]], [[Monash Freeway]] and [[Dingley Freeway]], and is the gateway town of the [[Gippsland railway line]] into [[West Gippsland]]. It is directly neighboured from the north and south by two sister suburbs [[Dandenong North]] and [[Dandenong South]], from the east by [[Doveton]], and from the northwest and southwest by [[Noble Park]] and [[Keysborough]], respectively.  The easternmost and westernmost neighbourhoods of suburb are also unofficially named '''Dandenong East''' and '''Dandenong West''', separated from the main portions of the suburb by [[Dandenong Valley Highway|Stud Road]] and Princes Highway, and [[State (Lower Dandenong/Cheltenham) Highway|Cheltenham Road]] and Gladstone Road/Jones Road/Bennet Street, respectively.

Dandenong began as a [[township]] in 1852 and at the start of the 20th century was an important [[city region|regional city]] with its own suburbs. During the mid-20th century it became a major manufacturing and commercial area, and eventually an incorporated [[satellite city]] of the expanding [[Greater Melbourne]] conurbation. A business district, the former [[town centre]], covers much of its area and is one of the largest in [[Greater Melbourne]]. It is currently undergoing major [[transit-oriented development|transit-oriented]] [[urban renewal]], which was first planned in the [[Melbourne 2030]] strategy.

==History==
===Early history===
Prior to the [[European settlement of Australia]], the flat to undulating land was densely forested with [[Eucalyptus|red gum]] and was inhabited by the [[Woiwurrung]] [[Indigenous Australian]] tribe.

The name is generally thought to be derived from the Woiwurrung word "Tanjenong" meaning "lofty mountains" possibly referring to the nearby Dandenong ranges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/history/topics/placenames.html#D |title=Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation - Open Heritage in Casey_Cardinia |access-date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722144246/http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/history/topics/placenames.html#D |archive-date=22 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=5898&Title=Greater+Dandenong's+History |title=City of Greater Dandenong - Greater Dandenong's History |access-date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102111008/http://greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=5898&Title=Greater+Dandenong%27s+History |archive-date=2 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Another popular theory is that the name comes from 'bad flour', or 'no good damper'. A local tale revolves around local aboriginals obtaining a bag of lime and mistakenly using it to make damper. An old local hotel was the 'No Good Damper Inn'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/education/pdf/crp_name.PDF|title=4.0 What's in a Name?|access-date=24 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901173706/http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/education/pdf/crp_name.PDF|archive-date=1 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A third version has the name Dandenong coming from 'a burning' and 'the past' reflecting bushfires on the Dandenongs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rlcnews.org.au/stories/european_settlement/name_origins_of_places_in_rowville_and_lysterfield.php |title=RLHP Local Stories: Name Origins of Places in Rowville and Lysterfield |access-date=24 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317155105/http://www.rlcnews.org.au/stories/european_settlement/name_origins_of_places_in_rowville_and_lysterfield.php |archive-date=17 March 2012 }}</ref>

====European settlement====
[[Joseph Hawdon]] established a [[pastoral]] run on [[Narra Narrawong]] in 1837, bringing cattle from Sydney by land. Soon a few timber cutters and a police camp were also located there. Dandenong Post Office opened on 1 July 1848.<ref name = "a">{{cite web| last = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Dandenong* | access-date = 30 January 2021 }}</ref>

By 1850, the whole area had been taken up for grazing. Dandenong Creek was first bridged in 1840. A road was made from Melbourne, making Dandenong, by the late 1850s, an important staging post for travellers into [[Gippsland]]. It became known as the 'gateway to Gippsland'. A township was surveyed in 1852. Milling of the [[River Red Gum|red gum]] timber became an important industry, and charcoal burning, tanning, quarrying and brick making also flourished. A livestock market was established in 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=73&Title=Dandenong+History&Type=d |title=Dandenong History |access-date=9 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032227/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=73&Title=Dandenong+History&Type=d |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref>

The Western Port Aboriginal Protectorate Station was located north-east of Dandenong from 1840 to 1844. This area had been an important meeting and ceremonial site for Aboriginal tribes. The [[Native Police Corps]] established its headquarters there until its disbandment in 1852. The Police Paddocks were then used for breeding and resting police horses.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

By 1861, there were 40 houses in the township housing 193 people. In 1866, [[Dandenong Market]] commenced trading, selling livestock, fruit, dairy products and other farm produce. Dandenong Shire was proclaimed in 1873. The Australian Handbook records the progress of the town by 1875.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

The railway line from Melbourne to Dandenong was constructed in the mid-1870s. Dandenong station opened 8 October 1877.<ref>[http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Dandenong Dandenong] Vicsig</ref>

The Dandenong Town Hall, Lonsdale Street, was built in Free Classical style in 1890 as the combined Shire Hall, Courthouse and Mechanics Institute, at a cost of about 12,000 pounds. The architects were Beswicke and Hutchins and the contractor McCullogh and McAlpine. The two-storey, stucco rendered brick building, on a bluestone base course, features a lofty, Mansard-roofed, corner clock tower and projecting end wings with serlian motif windows and capped by pedimented niches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Dandenong/TownHall/19047 |title=Town Hall, Dandenong, Vic |access-date=19 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922075101/http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Dandenong/TownHall/19047 |archive-date=22 September 2007 }}</ref>

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File:Dandenong post office.jpg|A view of the Dandenong Post Office at the start of the 20th century (now demolished). The back of the town hall on the right
File:Lonsdale street dandenong 1938.jpg|Lonsdale Street from Dandenong Town Hall tower in 1938
File:Albanian Mosque (Dandenong) 6.jpg|[[Albanian Mosque, Dandenong|Dandenong's first mosque]], built by the Albanian community
File:Laurel Lodge Dandenong.jpg|alt= |Laurel Lodge, 1869. Dandenong
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===Postwar era===
The post-war industrial boom brought an influx of European migrants, particularly from Italy and Greece.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} This caused the creation of several suburbs of Dandenong including the public housing estate of [[Doveton]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In the 1950s, Melbourne rapidly expanded south east along the [[Princes Highway]] and [[Gippsland railway line]] to Dandenong and beyond and it became a major metropolitan manufacturing and commercial area as industry extended into the outer suburbs. By the late 1960s, it was officially a suburban area of Melbourne and central Dandenong was transformed by modern buildings, with the redevelopment of the post office to a two-storey modern building in 1960 followed by a three-storey office development for [[AMP Limited|AMP]] in 1966 and [[Dandenong railway station]] in 1975.<ref name=vicrail6283>{{cite book | author = Vincent Adams Winter | title = VR and VicRail: 1962 – 1983 | year = 1990 | isbn = 0-9592069-3-0 <!-- This is a corrected ISBN and may not match the number printed in the book. --> | page = 106 }}</ref> In 1956, [[Holden]] opened a plant.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Holden Heritage|date=1990|publisher=[[Holden]]|location=Port Melbourne|isbn=0-947079-17-3|page=20}}</ref>

From the early 1960s onward, [[Albanian Australians|Albanian]] immigrants settled in Dandenong and built [[Albanian Mosque, Dandenong|its first mosque]]<ref name="Ahmeti395556106159214">{{cite thesis|last=Ahmeti|first=Sharon|date=2017|title=Albanian Muslims in Secular, Multicultural Australia|type=PhD|publisher=University of Aberdeen|url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723248|access-date=11 August 2020|pages=39, 55–56, 106, 159, 214|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123170344/https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723248|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1985.<ref name="RexNi">{{cite news|last=Rexhepi|first=Nizami|title=Historia e vendosjes së 4 mijë shqiptarëve në qytetin Dandenong|trans-title=The history of the settlement of 4 thousand Albanians in the city of Dandenong|url=https://diasporashqiptare.al/2021/08/31/australi-historia-e-vendosjes-se-4-mije-shqiptareve-ne-qytetin-dandenong/|agency=Diaspora Shqiptare|date=31 August 2021|access-date=23 October 2021|language=sq}}</ref>

===Urban renewal===
[[File:Dandenong plaza.jpg|thumb|Dandenong Plaza, Walker Street entrance]]
Development in Dandenong had [[Economic stagnation|stagnated]] since the opening of the [[Armada Dandenong Plaza]] shopping centre which resulted in the closure of many shops in the central business district. Under the [[Melbourne 2030]] policy, Dandenong was classified as a major [[activity centre]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/melbourne2030online/content/implementation_plans/Addendum.pdf#page=4 |title=Addendum to Melbourne 2030 Activity Centres and Principal Public Transport Network Plan |author=Department of Sustainability and Environment |page=4|access-date=9 January 2007 |date = November 2003|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914071226/http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/melbourne2030online/content/implementation_plans/Addendum.pdf |archive-date=14 September 2006 }}</ref> due to its central location with regard to its access to transport. These projects can be considered to be [[transit-oriented development]], where population density is intended to be higher compared to other areas with poorer access to transport.

In 2006, the Victorian Government committed $290&nbsp;million towards the ''Revitalising Central Dandenong'' initiative, to transform central Dandenong into a vibrant and thriving economic and service hub.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} The State Government funding was spent on land acquisition and consolidation, delivery of infrastructure upgrades (Londsdale Street, Stockman's Bridge, Station precinct upgrades and public amenity) and facilitation of key catalyst projects such as the Australian Taxation Office, brand new Council Civic Centre and the State Government Services Hub.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Dandenong's redevelopment is undertaken by Development Victoria, a [[Government of Victoria|Victorian Government]] agency responsible for urban renewal, in collaboration with the Greater Dandenong City Council. The project is a long-term project, expected to continue for 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revitalisingdandenong.com/dandenong/whos/whos.htm|title=Who's Involved?|work=Revitalising Dandenong|access-date=8 January 2007|author=VicUrban}}</ref>

''Metro 3175'', named after Dandenong's postcode is a major redevelopment of the former Dandenong Livestock Market (established 1866 and closed in 1998) begun in November 2005 consisting of a [[mixed-use development]] consisting of 1100 residences as well as [[Coffeehouse|cafes]] and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=2485&Title=Metro+3175 |title=Metro 3175 |author=City of Greater Dandenong |access-date=8 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101140528/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=2485&Title=Metro+3175 |archive-date=1 November 2006 }}</ref> Because the site is isolated from the rest of the central Dandenong area, George Street was widened and extended with a bridge across the railway lines to improve access between the precincts. The bridge provides access for cars, pedestrians and cyclists and improves connections to [[Buses in Melbourne|bus services]] in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revitalisingdandenong.com/dandenong/plan/geor.htm|title=George Street Bridge|work=Revitalising Dandenong|author=VicUrban|access-date=9 January 2006|archive-date=19 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819142246/http://revitalisingdandenong.com/dandenong/plan/geor.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, [[Cheltenham Road]], a major east–west arterial has been realigned to remove traffic from nearby streets and encourage pedestrian use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revitalisingdandenong.com/dandenong/downloads/RCD_shared_vision.pdf?page=9|title=Revitalising Central Dandenong: A Shared Vision|page=6|access-date=9 January 2007|date=26 April 2006|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927062044/http://www.revitalisingdandenong.com/dandenong/downloads/RCD_shared_vision.pdf?page=9|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Redevelopment of the Dandenong Town Hall (built in 1880) into a performing arts centre began in 2004 known as Drum Theatre to a designed by Williams Ross Architects. The centre was redeveloped with a 525-seat [[proscenium]] theatre. At the cost of $13&nbsp;million, the centre was opened by Victorian Premier [[Steve Bracks]] on 11 February 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=1438&Title=Town+Hall+Redevelopment&Type=d |title=Town Hall Redevelopment |access-date=9 January 2007 |author=City of Greater Dandenong |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117001620/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=1438 |archive-date=17 January 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.williamsross.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=158&nav_cat_id=129&nav_top_id=55&dsb=44 |title=Dandenong Performing Arts Centre |author=Williams Ross Architects |access-date=9 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916123722/http://www.williamsross.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=158&nav_cat_id=129&nav_top_id=55&dsb=44 |archive-date=16 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The redevelopment involved renovating the existing town hall building and the construction of a modern drum-shaped building.

==Geography==
[[File:Dandenong creek and pedestrian bridge at Dandenong Park.png|thumb|Dandenong Creek and blue pedestrian bridge at Dandenong Park]]
Dandenong is bounded in the north by Heatherton Road (State Route 14), in the east by the Dandenong Creek and Claredon Road, in the south by the [[Dandenong Bypass]] (State Route 49) and the [[Pakenham railway line]], and in the west by the Yarraman/Mile Creek just east of [[EastLink (Melbourne)|EastLink]] (M3).

The suburb is situated northeast of the confluence of the Mile Creek into the lower section of the [[Dandenong Creek]], a major [[urban stream]] that flows west from the foothill of the [[Dandenong Ranges]] at [[Olinda, Victoria|Olinda]] before turning at the junction of [[Ringwood, Victoria|Ringwood]], [[Vermont, Victoria|Vermont]] and [[Wantirna]] to course southwards [[meander]]ingly and form the [[Patterson River]] at [[Bangholme]].  The creek marks most of Dandenong's eastern boundary with the neighbouring [[Doveton]], and crosses westwards through the southern edge of the [[town center]], forming a [[green belt]] with several riverside [[linear park]]s and [[nature reserve]]s including the Dandenong Park.

==Politics==
===Federal===
At federal level, Dandenong is divided between the electoral divisions of [[Division of Bruce|Bruce]] in the north, currently held by [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]] since 2016; and [[Division of Isaacs|Isaacs]] in the south, held by [[Mark Dreyfus]] since 2007, both incumbent [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Australian House of Representatives|representatives]].

===State===
Dandenong belongs to its own electoral district of [[Electoral district of Dandenong|Dandenong]], held currently by [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]] representative [[Gabrielle Williams]] since 2014.

==Demographics==

In the 2021 census, the most common ancestries were Hazara 9.7%, English 9.7%, Australian 9.1%, Indian 7.1%, Afghan 7.4%. 30.9% of people born in Australia with other common countries of birth being Afghanistan 11.5%, India 9.5%, Sri Lanka 5.4%, Pakistan 4% and North Macedonia 2.7%. Most common languages, other than English spoken at home are [[Hazaragi dialect|Hazaraghi]] 10.1%, [[Albanian language|Albanian]] 5%, [[Dari]] 4.4%, [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] 4.4% and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] 3.5%. Islam is the most common religion with 34.1%, followed by Catholicism 12.3%, Hinduism 7.4% with  13.7% recording no religious affiliation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Data by region {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://dbr.abs.gov.au/region.html?lyr=sa3&rgn=21204 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=dbr.abs.gov.au}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Dandenong station panorama.JPG|thumb|500px|A panorama of the [[Dandenong railway station]]]]
Dandenong is primarily a [[private transport]]-dependent community due to the relatively poorer [[public transit]] compared to other suburbs closer to the CBD.  It is served by the [[Monash Freeway]] (M1) which passes near its northeast, as well as several other major [[arterial road]]s such as the [[Princes Highway]] (National Route 1), [[Dandenong Valley Highway|Stud Road]]/[[Dandenong Valley Highway|Dandenong-Frankston Road]] (State Route 9), [[Cheltenham Road]] (Route 10), Heatherton Road (Route 14) and [[Dandenong Bypass]] (Route 49).  The [[EastLink (Melbourne)|EastLink]] (M3) also passes near the western edge of the suburb, and the [[South Gippsland Highway]] (Route 12) branches off the Princes Highway at the southeastern corner of the suburb.

The [[Dandenong railway station]] is situated at the southern edge of the suburb CBD and is an [[interchange station]] for the [[Pakenham railway line|Pakenham]] and [[Cranbourne railway line|Cranbourne line]]s, as well as [[V/Line]] [[regional train]]s on the [[Gippsland railway line]].  It is approximately 50 minutes from [[Flinders Street station]] in Melbourne CBD by stopping-all-station train, but shorter if via [[limited express#Australia|limited express]] services.  The [[Victorian state government]] has proposed [[Dandenong railway line triplication|triplication of the railway line]] to support a higher volume of trains for the growing population in and around Dandenong as well as other suburbs and towns along the line.

The station also serves as a [[transport hub]] for the local [[buses in Melbourne|bus network]], with almost all bus routes in the area passing through Dandenong station and an interchange on Langhorne Street in the CBD. Most buses in the area are operated by [[Ventura Bus Lines]], whose [[bus garage|depot]] is located near the railway station.

[[Cycling in Melbourne|Cycling]] is facilitated via the [[Dandenong Creek Trail]], part of the off-road cycling network which connects the city trails to nearby [[Jells Park]].

In a council planning policy document, [[light rail]] is suggested as a future transport mode for the central Dandenong area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/planningschemes/greaterdandenong/ordinance/22_lpp07_gdan.pdf |title=Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |publisher=Dse.vic.gov.au |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>

==Education==

Three state high schools – Lyndale Secondary College and two campuses of [[Dandenong High School]] (Dandenong and Cleeland) – and one Catholic high school ([[St John's Regional College]]), as well as numerous state and two Catholic primary schools, are located within the suburb's boundaries. Dandenong also contains Emerson School, a specialist school for those with mild intellectual disabilities from a catchment area.

==Sport==
The suburb has several [[Australian rules football]] clubs including the [[Dandenong West Football Club]], competing in the [[Southern Football Netball League]] at the Dandenong Showgrounds.<ref name = "d">{{cite web| last = Full Point Footy  | title = Dandenong Demons | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/dandenong_demons.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100612195558/http://fullpointsfooty.net/dandenong_demons.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 12 June 2010 | access-date = 21 October 2008 }}</ref> Other teams in the Dandenong area include the [[Dandenong Stingrays]] ([[Talent League]]) at [[Shepley Oval]], [[St John's Old Collegians Football Club|St John's Old Collegians]] ([[VAFA]]) at Carroll Reserve, and the Dandenong Saints (DDJFL – juniors) at Carroll Reserve. Numerous clubs have folded in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/junior-football-clubs-are-struggling-in-greater-dandenong-but-the-sport-still-has-a-pulse-thanks-to-dedicated-volunteers/news-story/fb04b76df5abccad1941b5fe2c6f16d7|title='I don't want it to disappear'|first1=Geordie|last1=Cowan|date=13 August 2015|website=Herald Sun}}</ref>

Dandenong hosts numerous [[association football|football (soccer)]] clubs. [[Dandenong Thunder]] plays in the [[Victorian Premier League]] which is the second tier behind the [[A-League]] and enjoys much support from the local community{{Citation needed|reason=Only within Albanian community|date=June 2019}}. The side plays their home fixtures at George Andrews Reserve and has been both premiers and champions of Victoria multiple times. The other teams are [[Dandenong City SC]], White Star Dandenong FC<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWhiteStarDandenongFC%2F|title=Log into Facebook|website=Facebook}}</ref> and Dandenong Wolves Football Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FDandenong-Wolves-FC%2F169758169701296|title=Log into Facebook|website=Facebook}}</ref> Dandenong-based teams have hosted many international players in its time, including [[Ljubo Miličević]], [[Eugene Galeković]], [[Ante Milicic]], Cengiz Benlisoy, Semih Yildiz, Cenk Ali and Ilker Berberoglu.

Dandenong also has numerous cricket clubs in the area. [[Dandenong Cricket Club]] plays in the Victorian Premier League and has produced a number of state players to date. The most important of these have been [[Peter Siddle]] (Australia), [[Darren Pattinson]] (England) and [[Cameron White]] (Australia) who have all gone on to play test cricket. Other prominent players from the club include [[Ian Harvey]], [[James Pattinson]], Brett Forsyth, Ercan Ileri, Jackson Coleman and Kumar Sana. The area also consists of a women's team, the Dandenong Women's Cricket Club who compete in the Victorian Women's Cricket Association.
Several other clubs in the area play in the Dandenong and District Cricket Association (DDCA). These include Buckley Ridges, Dandenong North, Dandenong West, and the St Mary's Cricket Clubs. Other clubs within the [[City of Greater Dandenong]] include Coomoora, Keysborough, Lyndale, Parkfield, Silverton, Southern Pirates, Springvale and Springvale South Cricket Clubs.
Noble Park Cricket Club is also located within the [[City of Greater Dandenong]], and plays in the [[Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association]].

The [[South Eastern Titans]] Rugby League club fields both junior & senior teams in the [[NRL Victoria]] competition. Their home ground is located at Greaves Reserve.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-2121-24904-0-0&sID=341919 |title=Our Location - South Eastern Titans - SportsTG |access-date=12 December 2017 |archive-date=13 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213083752/http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-2121-24904-0-0&sID=341919 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Golfers play at the course of the Forest Hills Golf Club on Wedge Street, Dandenong.<ref name = "golf">{{cite web  | author= Golf Select | title = Forest Hills | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=659 | access-date = 11 May 2009 }}</ref>

===Dandenong Stadium===

The [[Dandenong Stadium]] is the home of the [[Dandenong Rangers]] (an Australian Women's Basketball League team) and Victoria's state volleyball competition, and from 7 to 12 July played host to the 2008 Australian Junior Volleyball Championships.

==Notable residents==
* [[Joseph Hawdon]] (1813-1871), Pioneer settler of Dandenong (1837)
* [[Oscar Asche]] (1871-1936), Australian actor, director and writer
* [[Bert Cremean]] (1900–45), politician, held [[Electoral district of Dandenong|district of Dandenong]] 1929–32
* [[Winnie Quagliotti]] (1931–1988), [[Wurundjeri]] community leader
* [[Vince Grella]] (1979–), Former soccer player for [[Socceroos]] and [[Blackburn Rovers]]
* [[Adam Treloar]] (1993–), [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) player for [[Western Bulldogs]] 
* [[Andrew Bogut]] (1984–), Former [[NBA]] for [[Golden State Warriors]]
* [[Ajdin Hrustic]] (1996–), Footballer for [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
* [[Scott McDonald]] (1983–), Former footballer for the [[Socceroos]], [[Motherwell F.C.]] and [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC]]
* [[Adam Collins]] (1984–), Sports journalist and broadcaster

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xuzhou]], Jiangsu, China 1996 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032116/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/documents.asp?ID=44&Title=Sister%2BCity%2BRelationship City of Greater Dandenong – Sister City Relationship]

==See also==
* [[City of Dandenong]] – Dandenong was previously within this former local government area.
* [[Electoral district of Dandenong]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Melbourne/Dandenong}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061101134958/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=73&Title=Dandenong%2BHistory History of Dandenong]
*[http://www.revitalisingdandenong.com Revitalising Central Dandenong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912205205/http://www.revitalisingdandenong.com/ |date=12 September 2009 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070107232256/http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=31&Title=Major%2BDevelopments City of Greater Dandenong – Major Developments]

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