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Mulgrave is an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, situated 21 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. It is located within the City of Monash local government area. Mulgrave recorded a population of 19,889 at the 2021 census. In 1904, a second Mulgrave Post Office opened but closed again in 1956.

Jacksons Road is a common point of reference for radio news traffic reports when broadcasting travel times into/from the city travelling on the Monash Freeway. Other major points of interest in Mulgrave are the Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre, the Village Green Hotel on the south-west corner of Springvale and Ferntree Gully Roads, the Sunday Mulgrave Farmers' Market on the corner of Jacksons and Wellington Roads, and the former Waverley Park AFL/VFL football ground, now a redeveloped housing estate.

Transport

Metropolitan buses run through this area as well as two popular SmartBus routes and the original hourly services. Most of these bus routes are run by Ventura Bus Lines.

Sport

Sporting clubs located in Mulgrave include:

  • Gladeswood Reserve Tennis Club (Gladeswood Reserve)
  • Monash University Baseball Club (Gladeswood Reserve)
  • Wellington Tennis Club (Southern Reserve)
  • Warriors Gridiron Club (Southern Reserve)
  • Brandon Park Soccer Club (Freeway Reserve)
  • Mazenod Cricket Club (Mazenod College)

Aforementioned changes in the suburb's boundaries has meant that the suburb's major eponymous sporting clubs are in fact no longer located in present-day Mulgrave, despite continuing to represent the suburb.

The Mulgrave Cricket Club (established 1905) and Mulgrave Football Club (established 1925) share Mulgrave Reserve, which retains the suburb's name despite being located just outside the Mulgrave suburban boundary, in what is now Wheelers Hill. The Reserve is also home to the Eastern Devils Women's Football Club.

Education

  • Mazenod Secondary College
  • Wellington Secondary College
  • Albany Rise Primary School
  • Mulgrave Primary School
  • St John Vianney Primary School

Notable residents

  • Daniel Andrews, the 48th premier of Victoria
  • Barry Mitchell, Australian rules footballer, grew up in Mulgrave

See also

  • City of Waverley – Mulgrave was previously within this former local government area.

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