Editing Springvale, Victoria

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{{Infobox Australian place 
| type     = suburb
| name     = Springvale
| city     = Melbourne
| state    = vic
| image    = Pedestrianised_street,_Springvale,_Victoria.jpg
| caption  = [[Pedestrian zone|Pedestrian mall]] in Springvale
| lga      = City of Greater Dandenong
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.947|S|145.153|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne
| postcode = 3171
| pop      = 22,174
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs21">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL22328 | name = Springvale (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 13 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area     = 11.2
| est      = 1880s
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Mulgrave (Victoria)|Mulgrave]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Bruce|Bruce]]
| fedgov2  = [[Division of Hotham|Hotham]]
| dist1    = 22
| location1= [[Melbourne central business district|Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 8
| location2= [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]]
| near-nw  = [[Clayton, Victoria|Clayton]]
| near-ne  =
| near-w   = [[Clayton South, Victoria|Clayton South]]
| near-e   = [[Noble Park North, Victoria|Noble Park North]]
| near-sw  = [[Dingley Village, Victoria|Dingley Village]]
| near-s   = [[Springvale South, Victoria|Springvale South]]
| near-se  = [[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 12
}}

'''Springvale''' is a suburb in [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{cvt|22|km}} south-east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Greater Dandenong]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Springvale recorded a population of 22,174 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name="abs21"/>

Springvale is a large suburb occupying {{cvt|11.2|km2}}, bounded by [[Westall Road]] to the west, [[Princes Highway]] and Police Road to the north, the [[Springvale Crematorium]] and Corrigan Road to the northeast, Heatherton Road to the south and Lawn Road to the southeast. Springvale is linked to the Melbourne CBD by [[Monash Freeway]] via the Ferntree Gully Road exit to the suburb's northwest.

==History==

The area that is now Springvale has been inhabited by the [[Woiwurrung]] and [[Boon wurrung|Boonwurrung]] people for tens of thousands of years.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

The municipal area of Springvale is at the doorstep of the [[Dandenong Ranges]] National Park. The area contained natural springs which were a permanent water source for stock and travellers moving between Melbourne and [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]], giving rise to the suburb's name.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

In the 1840s, Springvale was the residence of Christian Ludolph Johannes De Villiers; a South-African leader of the [[Australian native police|Native Police]]. De Villiers founded an inn 'No-Good-[[Damper (food)|Damper]]' in the area which was infamous for [[bushranger]] attacks. No-Good-Damper was named for the practice of locals killing Aboriginal people by lacing sacks of flour with poison; some Aboriginal people chose to steal flour for food as settlers displaced them from their hunting grounds.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Clark, Ian D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54913331|title=Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria|date=2002|publisher=Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages|others=Heydon, Toby, 1972-, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.|isbn=0-9579360-2-8|location=Melbourne|oclc=54913331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rizzetti|first=Janine|date=25 April 2009|title=No Good Damper|url=https://residentjudge.com/2009/04/21/no-good-damper/}}</ref>

In the 1850s, a Spring Vale Hotel was built by Matthew Bergin near a newly surveyed route between [[Oakleigh, Victoria|Oakleigh]] and Dandenong at what is now the intersection of [[Princes Highway]] and [[Springvale Road]]. However, it did not develop into a settlement. Nearby, a blacksmith shop and a rest house for travellers was established by the Young Family.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnstone|first=Philip|date=Feb 2018|title=History Here 222 – Journal of the Waverley Historical Society|url=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~whsvic/publications/WHSnewsFeb2018.pdf}}</ref>

The first Springvale Post Office opened on 12 September 1864 and closed in 1892. This office had been superseded by Springvale Railway Station office (opened 1887) which was renamed Springvale in 1902. A Springvale North Post Office was also open between 1946 and 1978.<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Premier Postal History  | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 2008-04-11 }}</ref>

In 1886, land was subdivided near the railway station and the area began to grow.{{cn|date=February 2024}} By the 1920s, the Spring Vale community had a lodge, brass band, a recreation reserve, a mechanics' institute, a few shops and some houses in the township. A picture theatre opened in 1924.{{cn|date=February 2024}} At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Springvale was a pastoral, residential and industrial township with market gardens in the surrounding areas. Sand extraction industries were active, lasting until the 1990s.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

The clearest indication of postwar residential growth occurred in the early 1960s when Rockman's Shopwell department store was built, and later when shops on the east side of Springvale Road were removed for road widening. Housing growth was rapid and estates with made roads and services replaced unserviced subdivisions. The new [[Sandown Racecourse]] site was opened in 1961 for both horse and motor-car racing.

During the 1970s and 1980s, many [[Vietnamese people]] moved to Springvale as a result of [[Vietnamese boat people|displacement]] during the events in the [[Vietnam War]]. Today, they make up the largest ethnic group in the area and Springvale is renowned for its Vietnamese shops, markets, and community. Nonetheless, Springvale is one of the most diverse suburbs in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooke|first=Dewi|date=2008-02-06|title=Tension still simmers in Springvale melting pot, study says|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/tension-still-simmers-in-springvale-melting-pot-study-says-20080206-ge6oyz.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=The Age|language=en}}</ref>

Springvale was once a city in its own right, but a local government boundary reshuffle in December 1994, saw part of the municipality amalgamated into the [[City of Greater Dandenong]] and the rest merged into the new [[City of Kingston]].<ref>[http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Springvale_%5C_VIC Springvale, – Travelmate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Geography==

On the north of the Princes Highway is the Springvale Crematorium and Necropolis. Next to the Crematorium is an area of housing and the original Springvale primary school near where Centre and Springvale Roads cross Princes Highway.

The suburb is mostly residential, although some small industrial areas are scattered through the suburb's northwest and northeast. Eastern Springvale contains Springvale Crematorium and [[Necropolis]], one of Melbourne's three main cemeteries, and the Sandown motor raceway.<ref name=melway>Map 79, Melway (33rd edition, 2006), ISSN 0311-3957.</ref>

==Demographics==
The residents of this suburb have higher levels of [[post-war immigration to Australia|migrant settlement]], [[cultural diversity]] and more limited [[English language|English]] [[language proficiency|proficiency]] than [[Greater Dandenong]], lower [[median income]]s and lower rates of early school-leaving. The 2011 Census found that 69% of Springvale residents were born overseas, higher than for Greater Dandenong and more than double the corresponding metropolitan proportion (33%). Among the 99 birthplaces of its residents were [[Vietnam]] (21%), [[India]] (11%), [[Cambodia]] (5%) and [[China]] (5%).  Rates of migrant settlement are relatively high, with 8% of residents having arrived in Australia within the previous 2.5 years – similar to the figure for Greater Dandenong, of 7%.<ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22317 | name = Springvale (State Suburb) | accessdate = 3 December 2017 | quick = on}}</ref>

[[Languages other than English]] are spoken by 79% of Springvale residents – compared with 64% for Greater Dandenong. 22% have limited fluency in the use of [[spoken English]], higher than the municipal level of 14% and over five times the metropolitan level of 4%. Among the major religious faiths are [[Buddhism]], adhered to by 27.3% of residents, and [[Catholicism]] (21%).<ref name="abs"/>

9% of [[Youth|young adult]]s (20–24 years) had left school before completing year 11 – lower than both the municipal average of 13% and the metropolitan level, of 10%.<ref name="abs"/>

Median individual [[gross income]]s of $352 [[workweek|p.w.]], recorded in the Census, are the lowest in Greater Dandenong and equivalent to 55% of metropolitan levels.<ref name="abs"/>

Of the 6,489 homes in Springvale, 16% are [[flat (housing)|apartment]]s, less than the proportion across Greater Dandenong of 21%, though more than the metropolitan level of 11%. 61% of homes are [[home ownership|owned]] or [[conveyancing|being purchased]] by their occupants – less than the metropolitan level of 71%.<ref name="abs"/>

==Politics==

Springvale has been a very safe [[electoral district]] for the [[Australian Labor Party]] at both [[Parliament of Australia|federal]] and [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|state]] [[elections in Australia|election]]s.

===Federal===
At federal level the suburb is divided between the federal divisions of [[Division of Hotham|Hotham]],<ref name=aec>Divisions of [http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseDivisionPollingPlaces-12246-217.htm Hotham] and [http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseDivisionPollingPlaces-12246-217.htm Bruce] (Polling Places), Australian Electoral Commission, last updated 9 November 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-13</ref> currently held by [[Clare O'Neil]], and [[Division of Bruce|Bruce]], held by [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]], both incumbent Labor [[Australian House of Representatives|representatives]].

===State===
Springvale is now all in [[Electoral district of Mulgrave (Victoria)|Mulgrave]], held by [[Premier of Victoria|state premier]] [[Daniel Andrews]], with a large margin.

===Local===
Springvale was divided between the Springvale Central and Springvale North wards of the [[City of Greater Dandenong]], represented respectively by Youhorn Chea (a councillor since 1997) and Alan Gordon.<ref>[http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=26&Title=Councillors Councillors], City of Greater Dandenong. Retrieved 2006-12-13</ref> Springvale and Springvale South now form most of the Lightwood Ward of the City of Greater Dandenong.

==Facilities==

Springvale Neighbourhood House was established in 1983 with the aim of providing a resource centre for self-help, social, cultural and action groups. Over 40 self-help groups meet at the house, including ESL, Computer and Horticulture classes and celebrations such as Refugee Week, Sumnation and Adult Learners Week.

There are many large religious centres in Springvale including several [[Buddhist temple]]s, [[Christian church]]es and a [[Greek Orthodox]] church.
==Transport==
===Trains===
Springvale has two [[suburban railway]] [[railway station|station]]s, both located on the [[Pakenham railway line|Pakenham]]/[[Cranbourne railway line|Cranbourne line]] of the [[Melbourne rail network]]:
* [[Springvale railway station]], in the suburb's centre, servicing the [[shopping center|shopping district]] around [[Springvale Road]].
* [[Sandown Park railway station, Melbourne|Sandown Park railway station]], in the suburb's southeast, servicing the [[Sandown Racecourse]]/[[Sandown Raceway|Raceway]] and the [[Sandown Greyhounds|Sandown Park Greyhound Racing Track]].

===Buses===
{{See also|List of Melbourne bus routes}}
Several bus routes also run through the suburb, including:
* [[Ventura Bus Lines|Ventura Bus]] Route 705 to [[Mordialloc]].
* Ventura Bus Route 811 to [[Dandenong railway station]] and [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]].
* Ventura Bus Route 813 to Dandenong railway station and [[Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre]].
* Ventura Bus Route 814 to Dandenong railway station and [[Springvale South]] (Spring Valley Park).
* Ventura Bus Route 885 to [[Glen Waverley railway station]].
* [[SmartBus]] Route 902 to [[Westfield Airport West]] shopping centre and [[Chelsea railway station, Melbourne|Chelsea railway station]].

==Education==
===Primary schools===
St Joseph's Primary School 
Springvale Rise Primary School

===Secondary schools===
[[Minaret College]], Springvale campus

Killiester college

==Sport==

Springvale has a local [[Australian rules football]] team, the Springvale District Football Club, competing in the [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]].<ref name = "d">{{Citation| last = Full Point Footy  | title = Southern Football League  | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/southern_football_league.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080510071109/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/southern_football_league.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 10 May 2008 | access-date = 2008-10-21 }}</ref>

[[South Springvale SC]] compete in the [[Victorian State League Division 1]] and play their home games at Warner Reserve.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?id=16773884&client=1-8746-0-478171-0&compID=478171|title=Team Home for South Springvale FC}}</ref>

[[Sandown Raceway|Sandown International Motor Raceway]] incorporates a motor racing track with permanent pit and grandstand facilities. It hosts a number of major car races every year including the [[Sandown 500]], a key event in the [[V8 Supercar]] series, and formerly the [[Sandown Challenge]].  The raceway is accessible by cars from the [[Princes Highway]] and within walking distance from the [[Sandown Park railway station, Melbourne|Sandown Park railway station]].  The [[Sandown Racecourse]] is co-located with the motor raceway, and is one of the four [[horse racing]] venues in Melbourne.  On the other (southwestern) side of the [[Pakenham railway line|Pakenham]]-[[Cranbourne railway line|Cranbourne line]] railway is the [[Sandown Greyhounds|Sandown Park Greyhound Racing Track]], one of the most (if not ''the'' most) prestigious [[greyhound racing]] venue in [[Greyhound Racing Victoria|Victoria]] and [[greyhound racing in Australia|Australia]], and hosts the prominent events such as the [[Melbourne Cup (greyhounds)|TAB Melbourne Cup]].

The Victorian branch of the [[Sporting Shooters Association of Australia]] (SSAA) operates the SSAA Springvale Range – the only [[handgun]]/[[rifle]] [[shooting range]] in [[Greater Melbourne|metropolitan Melbourne]] that is open daily to non-[[gun laws of Australia|licensed]] members of the [[general public]], located on the north side of the [[Princes Highway]] just west of the [[Springvale Botanical Cemetery]].  The range consists of two {{cvt|50|m|yd}} outdoor rifle ranges (though only one is regularly available) that allow only [[air rifle]]s and [[.22 LR]] [[rimfire rifle]]s, as well as one {{cvt|10|m|yd}} indoor airgun range and four {{cvt|25|m|yd}} handgun ranges.  It is one of the main [[shooting sport]] and police training facilities in Victoria, and also hosts the separately administered Sporting Shooters Pistol Club (SSPC), the state's second largest handgun club (after the Oakleigh Pistol Club in [[Clayton South]]).

==Landmarks and notable places==

[[Springvale Botanical Cemetery]] is the largest facility of its kind in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].

==Notable residents==
* [[Kenny Athiu]] – Professional soccer player, currently playing at [[Sri Pahang F.C.|Sri Pahang F.C]], and formerly a player for [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]].
* Members of the Australian alternative band [[TISM]] originated from the suburb.

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Springvale, Victoria}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050816083600/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/springvale.html Australian Places – Springvale]


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