Devon Meadows, Victoria
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name = Devon Meadows
| state = vic
| image = Devon_Meadows_Worthing_Road.jpg
| caption = Worthing Road
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|38.162|S|145.303|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne
| lga = City of Casey
| postcode = 3977
| pop = 1,551
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20748 | name = Devon Meadows (Suburbs and Localities) | access-date = 10 July 2022 | quick = on}}
| est =
| stategov= Bass
| fedgov = Holt
| dist1 = 50 | location1 = Melbourne
| dist2 = 8 | location2 = Cranbourne
| near-nw = Junction Village
| near-n = Cranbourne East
| near-ne = Clyde
| near-w = Cranbourne South
| near-e = Clyde
| near-sw = Pearcedale
| near-s = Cannons Creek
| near-se = Tooradin
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 11
}}
Devon Meadows is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Devon Meadows recorded a population of 1,551 at the 2021 census.
Devon Meadows Post Office was located at 89 Finsbury Road and opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.The original building was one of the oldest buildings in Devon Meadows. It became a residential home and was known as being haunted, but burnt down around 1984. The oldest home was owned by the Rawlins family in Worthing Road.{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Devon*Meadows* | access-date = 13 March 2021 }}
Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300,[http://www.education.vic.gov.au/schoolsonline/Details.asp?LocationID=01392401 Schools Online listing], Department of Education (Victoria). Accessed 23 November 2006. a CFA fire station, community hall, and tennis club.
Just east of the main township is a locality known Five Ways after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway: Clyde-Five Ways Road, bound for Berwick, Fisheries Road, bound for Cannons Creek, and one of either Finsbury, Manks or Browns Roads, the latter two of which are bound for Koo Wee Rup and Langwarrin respectively. A general store at the intersection provides services to travelers.Map 138, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
The town has an Australian Rules football team (the Devon Meadows Panthers) competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League,{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Devon Meadows |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Devon_Meadows.htm |access-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612213058/http://fullpointsfooty.net/devon_meadows.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2010 }} and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.
Transport
- 795 Cranbourne – Warneet (Monday to Friday). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.{{cite PTV route|795}}
- 796 Cranbourne – Clyde (Monday to Friday). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.{{cite PTV route|796}}
References
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)
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