Devon Meadows, Victoria

(Redirected from Five Ways, Victoria)

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.[1]

Devon Meadows
Victoria
Worthing Road
Devon Meadows is located in Melbourne
Devon Meadows
Devon Meadows
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
Map
Coordinates38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°E / -38.162; 145.303
Population1,551 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3977
Location
LGA(s)City of Casey
State electorate(s)Bass
Federal division(s)Holt
Localities around Devon Meadows:
Junction Village Cranbourne East Clyde
Cranbourne South Devon Meadows Clyde
Pearcedale Cannons Creek Tooradin

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.[2]

Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300,[3] 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.[4]

The town has an Australian Rules football team (the Devon Meadows Panthers) competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League,[5] and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Devon Meadows (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 July 2022.  
  2. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 13 March 2021
  3. ^ Schools Online listing, Department of Education (Victoria). Accessed 23 November 2006.
  4. ^ Map 138, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
  5. ^ Full Points Footy, Devon Meadows, archived from the original on 12 June 2010, retrieved 25 July 2008
  6. ^ "795 Warneet - Cranbourne". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ "796 Cranbourne Station - Clyde". Public Transport Victoria.