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suburb. The north half of the suburb was developed through the 1970s and 1980s, with the last orchard being removed in the 1990s. As the young parents who moved into these estates now retire and move away, many houses from the 60s and 70s were converted into
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Doncaster, that they split from. Doncaster East is shaped like a reverse L, with the north-south part connecting with the
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Wetherby Road, Victoria Street and Blackburn Road to the west, adjoining Doncaster and Templestowe, the Mullum Mullum Creek,
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East Doncaster campus, now a newly subdivided small housing estate and a large area surrounding the Cherry Hill Tavern, which is proposed for a reception centre.
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336:2021 census
256:Templestowe
251:Templestowe
172:Postcode(s)
163:Established
148:2021 census
130: /
118:145°09′58″E
105:Coordinates
1349:Categories
1319:Wonga Park
1309:Warrandyte
1275:Nunawading
1150:21 October
908:References
605:Warrandyte
540:Wurundjeri
481:Warrandyte
463:Pine Trees
393:pine trees
385:Woiwurrung
373:Wurundjeri
365:See also:
293:Nunawading
261:Warrandyte
218:Warrandyte
143:Population
115:37°46′59″S
1260:Doncaster
1082:221332739
897:Doncaster
651:Education
573:Transport
560:Chinatown
554:Community
426:Geography
321:Australia
313:Melbourne
268:Doncaster
194:Melbourne
41:Melbourne
1043:11 April
880:See also
703:Ringwood
699:EastLink
619:Shopping
459:riparian
389:orchards
345:and the
317:Victoria
189:Location
45:Victoria
1270:Donvale
1255:Bulleen
1174:22 July
684:Donvale
609:Donvale
514:Milgate
485:Donvale
379:of the
361:History
276:Donvale
242:Suburbs
230:Menzies
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938:3 July
707:Monash
201:LGA(s)
1176:2024
1169:IMDb
1152:2008
1128:2023
1107:2023
1078:OCLC
1068:ISBN
1045:2008
1021:2023
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