Frankston, Victoria
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Frankston (
Positioned on the eastern shoreline of Port Phillip, Frankston became a popular seaside destination of Melbourne in the 1880s.[3] Its beach continues to be one of the most frequented in Victoria,[4][5] and is recognised as one of the cleanest in Australia.[6][7] Due to its proximity to the north of the eponymous wine and tourism region, the suburb is also referred to as the "gateway to the Mornington Peninsula".[8]
The
Neighbourhood areas within the suburb are Frankston Central,
Toponymy
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The
Frank Liardet settled in the Frankston area in 1847,[3][20] after taking out a 300-acre depasturing license for land that is now the Frankston locality of Karingal.[21] During this time, Liardet built the first wooden house in the Frankston area—which would later become part of his Ballam Park estate after the formal land sales of 1854.[3][20] Prior to settling in the area, Liardet had also worked on the cattle run of the first Postmaster of the Port Phillip District,[3] Captain Benjamin Baxter, which was located over what are now the City of Frankston suburbs of Langwarrin and Langwarrin South.[22] By the time Liardet had taken out his depasturing license for the Frankston area in 1847 an unofficial fishing village was also developing around its foreshore.[3][23]
Considering Frank Liardet's early presence in the Frankston area, and his connections to the early mail services of Melbourne, it is plausible that "Frank's Town" became nomenclature for describing the area and its unofficial village. As a consequence it is possible that the name of "Frankston" was further adapted from it when officially naming the village for its formal land sales in 1854.
However, in a letter to the editor of
Charles Franks arrived in Melbourne aboard the Champion from
Another theory—that has become
The pub to which Charlwood refers was originally named the Cannanuke Inn and was the first permanent building in the Frankston area.
As there appear to be no licensing records for the Cannanuke Inn, it is difficult to determine if this is in fact true. However, Charlwood does mention that Stone had purchased the Cannanuke Inn from "a man named Standring".[24] Licensing records state that Benjamin Standring was the owner of the Frankston Hotel from 1857 to 1860.[27][28] Also, according to the terms of his pre-emptive right to land licence,[29][30] Davey did not have the right to sell or sub-let the Cannanuke Inn.[31] It is therefore unlikely that Stone purchased or leased the Cannanuke Inn from Davey or Standring before the formal land sales for Frankston in 1854—and after which the name "Frankston" was already in use.[32][33][34]
A more recent theory, put forward by the author and historian Michael Jones in his local history book Frankston: Resort to City (published in 1989), is that Frankston was named after the heroic
History
Pre-history
Indigenous history
Prior to the
The tribes of the Kulin nation were a
Bunurong territory, of which Frankston is a part, stretches from the
Bunjil and Waa are the two
The earliest recorded encounter of the Bunurong tribe with Europeans in the Frankston area was in early 1803, when Captain Charles Robbins sailed his ship the Cumberland into Port Phillip on the surveying expedition headed by Charles Grimes.[42] On 30 January, Grimes went ashore at Kananook Creek in search of fresh water and made peaceful contact with "around 30 of the natives"—most likely members of the Mayone-bulluk clan.[42]
Another possible encounter of the Mayone-bulluk clan with Europeans in 1803 was in late-December, with three
The number of Bunurong tribe members at the time of contact with Europeans in the 1800s was estimated to be 300.[44] James Fleming, a member of Charles Grimes' surveying expedition in early 1803, reported observing smallpox scars on members of the Kulin nation tribes he had encountered—indicating that an epidemic had affected them prior to 1803.[42][44] Smallpox arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 and reached the Port Philip area in 1790, via the first European settlement in Australia at Port Jackson, claiming at least half the population of the combined Kulin nation tribes.[35]
Following permanent European settlement in 1835, another smallpox epidemic reduced the number of Bunurong tribe members to 83 by 1839.
European settlement
James Davey arrived in the Frankston area in 1840, gaining a 640
In 1843 Frank Liardet, the eldest son of the early Melbourne settler Wilbraham Liardet, took out a 300-acre depasturing license for what is now the Frankston locality of Karingal.[21] Liardet built the first permanent wooden house in the eastern Frankston area in 1847—which would later become part of his Ballam Park estate after the formal land sales of 1854.[20]
Davey later partnered in the cattle run of Captain Benjamin Baxter, the first Postmaster and former Clerk of Petty sessions for the Port Phillip District, during the early-1850s.[45] Their run covered the majority of what are now the City of Frankston suburbs of Langwarrin and Langwarrin South.[22] The fisherman James Oliver built his house on northern Olivers Hill around this time, so he could keep watch for schools of fish in the waters below, and after whom the locality is now known by its current name.[3] The explorer and surveyor Charles Wedge also arrived around this time, gaining a pre-emptive right to land license over what are now the City of Frankston suburbs of Carrum Downs and Seaford.[45][48][49]
Thomas and Grace McComb arrived in the Frankston area in 1852.[45][50] Thomas assisted with the development of the local fishing industry, and Grace was the first nurse and midwife in the area.[3][45][50] Thomas Ritchie arrived in 1854 and established a bakery that same year on what is now Nepean Highway in the Frankston CBD.[51]
The central Frankston area was
The first formal land sales for the new village of Frankston took place on 29 May 1854.[23][3][33] Frankston was gazetted in late-April of that year as being "well watered with springs...the odour and flavour of the water being remarkable".[33][34] The road to Melbourne was extended from Brighton to Frankston (now the Nepean Highway) with bridges over Kananook Creek and Mordialloc Creek in late 1854.[52]
Liardet became one of the first official
19th century
Following the first formal land sales for the new village on 29 May 1854, on 12 December, Samuel Packham was granted the licence to establish the Frankston Hotel.[53] Licensing records (and newspaper articles) suggest that it was located on what is now the northwest corner of Davey Street and Nepean Highway (the present site of the Pier Hotel).[54][55][56][57] Packham advertised the Frankston Hotel as a country retreat, and employed a kangaroo tracker and organised game hunting expeditions from the hotel.[58]
Charles Wedge established his Banyan sheep station on his pre-emptive right to land over what are now the City of Frankston suburbs of Carrum Downs and Seaford after the formal land sales of 1854,[48][49] and James McMahon purchased lands over what are now the City of Frankston suburbs of Sandhurst and Skye at this time.[59]
The first permanent
A site for a Church of England (Anglican) was reserved after the formal land sales.[62] Located on the corner of what is now Bay Street and High Street in the Frankston CBD, the two acre site also included an area for a school as well as a temporary burial ground.[62] A temporary hall was built in 1856 and served as both a place of worship and as a school (which later became the Woodleigh School).[62][63] The first post office in Frankston opened on 1 September 1857 which also initially operated from the hall.[46][64]
Early economy
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Frankston's fishing industry was further developed with the assistance of Thomas McComb, who funded the construction of Frankston Pier in 1857.[3][47][65] Following a petition by residents, to the Victorian colonial Department of Public Works, the pier was extended into deeper water in 1863.[47][65] A gaslamp was installed at the end of the pier and a lamplighter was also employed.[47] Frankston Fish Company was founded in 1867, by a consortium of local businessmen including Thomas Ritchie,[66] in order to transport the catches of local fishermen in bulk to the fish markets of the Melbourne city centre.[47]
In 1870, Ritchie established his first general store on what is now the southwest corner of Playne Street and Nepean Highway in the Frankston Central Business District (CBD).[66] Ritchies Stores is now the largest independent grocery chain in Australia—with its headquarters still located in the Frankston area.[66][67]
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On 15 November 1873, William Davey Jr., grandson of pre-emptive Frankston settler James Davey, applied for the license to establish the Bay View Hotel, on what is now the northeast corner of Davey Street and Nepean Highway (the present site of The Grand Hotel) in the Frankston CBD.[68] It was constructed with a guest house which Davey had shipped from Jersey.[25][45]
Following a petition by residents to the Victorian colonial Department of Education in 1873, headed by Grace McComb, the first government school in Frankston was built on Davey Street in 1874.[69] The No. 1464 Frankston School (Which later became Frankston Primary School) opened on 1 November of that year with an initial enrolment of 45 students.[69]
Mark Young purchased the Frankston Hotel on 13 August 1875 for £380,[70] and renamed it the Pier Hotel (under which name it continues to operate).[71] Young spent an estimated £3700 on improvements to the hotel, making it one of the finest in the colony of Victoria at the time.[25][46]
In 1879, following a conference of city councils in inner-Melbourne, the Frankston area was chosen as the preferred site to replace the Melbourne General Cemetery.[72] The roughly 3000 acre Crown land site was bordered to the north by Charles Wedge's Banyan sheep station (over what are now the City of Frankston suburbs of Carrum Downs and Seaford),[48][49] to the south by Frank Liardet's Ballam Park estate (in what is now the Frankston locality of Karingal),[20][73] and is now the suburb of Frankston North. Its south-west corner is described as being "about a mile [1.6 km] north of the village of Frankston, and the same distance east of the beach".[73]
Frankston Mechanics' Institute was established on the former site of the Cannanuke Inn, at what is now 1 Plowman Place in the Frankston CBD, in 1880.
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On 16 March 1881, the Colonial Bank of Australasia (later the National Bank of Australia) was the first bank to open a lending branch in Frankston.[77] It was located next to Mark Young's Pier Hotel on what is now Nepean Highway.[3] The first library in Frankston, the Frankston Free Library, opened at the Mechanics' Institute to mark its first anniversary.[75] The first 400 books of the new library were a donation from the banker H.D. Larnach.[78]
To service the proposed new metropolitan cemetery the railway line to Melbourne was extended from Caulfield to Frankston between 1881 and 1882.[79][80][81] The first section from Caulfield to Mordialloc opened on 19 December 1881.[79] The second section from Mordialloc to Frankston opened on 29 July 1882.[82] The course of the railway line was directly influenced by the location of the proposed cemetery.[80][81] From Mordialloc to Seaford it runs adjacent to what is now Nepean Highway—which was built over a 1000-year-old sand dune that once ran parallel to the coastline.[83] After Seaford it curves inland eastwards to where a "mortuary station" was to be located (now Kananook railway station) near the border of the proposed cemetery,[82] then continues to Frankston.[80][81]
Due to concerns from undertakers about sandy soil and underlying granite at the Frankston site,[72][84] the proposed cemetery was abandoned—which was later established in the Melbourne southeastern suburb of Springvale in 1901.[85] It was also briefly considered as one of the possible sites to replace the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum in 1887—which was later established in the southeastern suburb of Cheltenham in 1911.[86][87]
Seaside resort
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Despite not becoming the site of the new metropolitan cemetery, Frankston benefited from its new railway line. The travel time to the Melbourne city centre was reduced from several hours by horse-drawn carriage to 90 minutes by steam train, making it a popular seaside destination for excursionists and weekend holidaymakers from the mid-1880s.[3][79]
Mark Young constructed enclosed sea baths in 1883,[88][89][90] on a bed of granite located roughly 100 metres off the coastline of Frankston Beach, at a cost of £950.[91] They were connected to the coastline by a wooden pathway that led to a suspension bridge over Kananook Creek to Young's Pier Hotel.[38][92]
During this time, an article in
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On 8 December 1884, John Storey Petrie was granted the license to establish a third hotel in Frankston, the Prince of Wales Hotel, on what is now the southwest corner of Davey Street and Nepean Highway (the present site of Davey's Bar and Restaurant) in the Frankston Central Business District (CBD).[93] It was designed in the Victorian Queen Anne style and was constructed of bluestone and locally-made bricks.[88][94]
The intersection of Davey Street and Nepean Highway with Young's Pier Hotel (northwest corner), Davey's Bay View Hotel (northeast corner) and Petrie's Prince of Wales Hotel (southwest corner), became known as a "hotel corner" from the 1890s,[95] and contemporarily as "pub corner".[25] Around 100 years later, in the mid-1990s, they were joined by a nightclub on its southeast corner.[96]
Frankston Brick Company was founded in 1886,[97] by a consortium of local businessmen including William Davey Jr. and Thomas Ritchie—most likely in order to capitalise on the Melbourne land boom during the mid-1880s—and was later publicly floated.[98] It was the first large-scale employer in Frankston, consolidating the existing local brick-yards onto a single site close to Frankston Pier,[47] and producing approximately 50,000 bricks a week.[99]
The Victorian colonial government established a large military camp in what is now the City of Frankston suburb of Langwarrin in 1886, which aided in the growth of the Frankston area.[100][101] The entrance to the Langwarrin Military Camp was located on the corner of McClelland Drive and Robinsons Road,[100] and it is now the Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve.[101]
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By the mid-1880s, No. 1464 Frankston School was classified as a "class 4" school (approximately 250 pupils) and had previously been expanded with an extension to the existing wooden school house in 1880.[69] Due to its growing enrolments, and following a petition by residents to the Victorian colonial Department of Education, an additional 20 x 30 feet brick school house was built in 1889.[69][102] The brick school house is now operated as an education history museum by the Frankston Historical Society.[103]
A new Anglican church building was opened on 5 February 1887.[62] It was designed in a Victorian Gothic Revival style by the ecclesiastic architect Louis Williams and built at a cost of £474.[104][105] The St. Paul's Church of England was formally licensed as a place of worship on 21 February 1888, and the Frankston Parish of St. Paul was officially established on 7 February 1889.[62]
The first
On 20 October 1893, the broader Frankston area along with the eastern Mornington Peninsula riding of the old Shire of Mornington was incorporated as the Shire of Frankston and Hastings local government area, with the eastern Mornington Peninsula riding becoming the new Shire of Mornington.[10][109] Early council meetings of the new shire were held at the Frankston Mechanics' Institute and the inaugural shire president was Cr. Edward McGurk.[110]
20th century
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The first
From 1909 the former proposed metropolitan
The new Commonwealth Postal Service (now Australia Post) opened its first office in Frankston on the southeast corner of Davey Street and Main Street (now Nepean Highway) on 12 September 1910.[117][118] It was designed in an Edwardian style by the Victorian state Department of Public Works and constructed of brick.[117] It was later remodelled with the addition of a telephone exchange in 1927, and expanded again in 1941.[117] It ceased operation as a post office and telephone exchange in the mid-1980s, after which it was operated as a restaurant.[117] Since the mid-1990s it has been operated as a nightclub.[96] In 2013, its exterior was partly restored to its 1941 design.[96]
War-time
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Following the declaration of
At the beginning of World War I the Langwarrin Military Camp near Frankston was used to detain around 500
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The Frankston Mechanics' Institute was expanded in 1915, with a 22 x 50 feet brick addition to its street frontage, at a cost of £529.[74][123] The 1915 brick addition is now the oldest extant part of the building after the 1881 hall section had to be rebuilt in 1956 due to fire safety concerns.[74] It became the eighth building to receive a blue plaque from the Mechanics' Institute of Victoria in 2004.[124][125] In 2009, Frankston City Council undertook a A$2.5 million restoration of the building to its 1915 design.[126]
On 17 February 1916, following a poll of residents, the Frankston Gas Company was granted permission by the shire's council to establish "electric light and power" across the Shire of Frankston and Hastings.[127]
Frankston's reputation as a holiday destination increased particularly after the electrification of the railway line on 27 August 1922, which reduced the average travel time from 90 to 62 minutes. During this time, the broader Frankston area developed into a playground for Melbourne's affluent and a regional capital for the greater Mornington Peninsula region.[3] In part due to an increase in visitors during this time, the Frankston Life Saving Club was established on Frankston Beach in 1924.[128][129]
On 2 February 1923, the
The
St. Paul's Church of England was substantially enlarged in 1933, at an estimated cost of £3500.[62][105] New north and south transepts, a chancel, sanctuary, vestries, and a chapel of St. Richard, were all added in a sympathetic Gothic Revival style by its original architect Louis Williams.[105] The design incorporated the 1887 nave of the church, and also planned for a tower at its western end.[105] Its foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Frederick Head.[105]
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In 1935, the Frankston area was chosen to host the first Australian Scout Jamboree.[3] It was the only Australia jamboree attended by the founder of the Scouting movement Sir Robert Baden-Powell. A number of streets in the Frankston area are named after the jamboree. The original jamboree grandstand remained at Frankston Park for over 70 years until it was destroyed by a fire on 12 February 2008 (a replica of the old grandstand was later built on its site in 2010).[133] Following the jamboree, the Frankston Yacht Club was officially established in 1937.[134]
The first public hospital in Frankston, the Frankston Community Hospital, was established at 2 Hastings Road in 1941.[135] Now named Frankston Hospital, it is the largest of four hospitals in the suburb and is also the chief provider of acute secondary and tertiary care in the broader City of Frankston area and the greater Mornington Peninsula region.[135]
During
In 1946, J. R.W. "Bill" Pratt established his first
Post-war
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The population of the broader Frankston area boomed during and after World War II increasing from 12,000 in 1947 to 82,000 by 1982 (according to the former 1893
During the early 1950s, Frankston was briefly home to the Hartnett Motor Company. Following his resignation as
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On 7 October 1954, a new 600-seat St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church was officially opened by Archbishop Daniel Mannix.[106][108] It was designed in a Post-War Modern style by architect Alan G Robertson and was constructed of smooth-faced brick.[106] Its Modernist style was designed to emphasise its two stained glass windows created by artist Alan Sumner.[106][151] The main north window was reputed to be the largest in the Southern Hemisphere at the time of its installation.[106] The 1927 George Fincham & Sons pipe organ was refurbished in 1977.[106][107] The old church was used as classrooms for St. Francis Xavier's school until it was demolished in the 1970s.[106]
On 26 October 1957, St. Paul's Church of England was extensively damaged by fire, leaving only its sanctuary intact.
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In the summer of 1959,
On 19 October 1960, the eastern riding of the old Shire of Frankston and Hastings was incorporated as the Shire of Hastings, with the central riding becoming the Shire of Frankston.[157] The shire was proclaimed a city on 24 August 1966, and incorporated as the City of Frankston.[157]
The Frankston flotilla of the Volunteer Coast Guard was established in 1961, as one of the eight founding flotillas in Victoria.[158]
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In 1969, poet Annie May (Nan) McClelland bequeathed the land known as Studio Park in the City of Frankston suburb of
In 1986, the Australian film Frog Dreaming (which was retitled as The Go-Kids in the UK and The Quest in the US) was filmed in Frankston and at nearby Moorooduc Quarry in Mount Eliza (which was in the former 1966 City of Frankston borders at the time).[165]
The borders of the City of Frankston were redrawn in 1994,[166][167] excising its southern suburbs of Baxter and Mount Eliza to the new Shire of Mornington Peninsula,[168] and gaining the north-eastern suburbs of Carrum Downs and Skye from the City of Casey and the former City of Springvale.[169] The proposed name of the new city was initially "City of Nepean", but the historic name of Frankston (which had been used for its local government areas for over 100 years) was ultimately kept.[10][170]
Following nearly a decade of campaigning by residents, in 1995, Frankston City Council opened a
21st century
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At the turn of the 3rd millennium, Frankston City Council prepared a comprehensive scheme to develop key zones on the Frankston
The first stage of the scheme, named the Frankston Waterfront, was undertaken in the mid-2000s, and included: landscaping with public art (around Frankston Pier north to the mouth of Kananook Creek); erection of the pedestrian bridge over the mouth of Kananook Creek (next to the existing Frankston Yacht Club house); construction of the café, restaurant and visitor centre building (next to Frankston Pier); installation of a large playground (between the new visitor centre and existing Frankston Volunteer Coast Guard flotilla); as well as the southern stretch of the foreshoreway, named the Frankston Boardwalk (from Frankston Pier to near the base of Olivers Hill).[174]
The A$1 million Frankston Visitor Information Centre at the Frankston Waterfront opened in 2007.[175] The centre has since won the Victorian Tourism Award and Australian Tourism Award for its "visitor information services" in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[175] It was also inducted into the Victorian and Australian Tourism Hall of Fame in 2014 (after which it is no longer eligible for awards).[176]
In 2007, Sand Sculpting Australia made the Frankston Waterfront the home of its annual sand festival.[177][178] Held over four months from 26 December, it is the largest exhibition of sand art in Australia and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere—with approximately 3,500 tonnes of sand used during the 2014 festival.[177][179][180]
The second stage of the foreshore development scheme was undertaken in the late-2000s, and included: construction of the new Frankston Life Saving Club house (north of the Frankston Waterfront), and the northern stretch of the Frankston Boardwalk foreshoreway (between the new Frankton Life Saving Club and existing Frankston Yacht Club houses).[174]
In 2010, scenes for the
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In 2012, the major water utility provider South East Water announced its intention to consolidate its business operations (700 staff spread across three office locations at the time) in a new A$70 million headquarters in Frankston.[185][186] The site of the building on Kananook Creek Boulevard (along the eastern bank of Kananook Creek) in the Frankston Central Business District (CBD) cost A$4 million.[187] The eight-storey 11,000 m2 building also includes around 550 m2 of café and retail space, that fronts a pedestrian promenade on Kananook Creek.[186][187][188] It opened in 2015 and was designed by architectural firm BVN Donovan Hill.[185][188]
In 2014, Frankston City Council opened a A$49.7 million health and aquatic recreation centre located on the corner of Cranbourne Road and Olive Grove near the Frankston CBD.
The third and final stage of the foreshore development scheme saw the construction of a new A$7.5 million Frankston Yacht Club house,
Geography and climate
The suburb is at the southernmost end of Beaumaris Bay on the eastern coastline of Port Phillip; a 22 km continuous stretch of beaches, broken only by the Patterson River, Mordialloc Creek and Kananook Creek, beginning at sandstone cliffs in the Melbourne southeastern suburb of Beaumaris and ending at Olivers Hill in Frankston.
The suburb of Frankston covers a large geographic area compared with other Melbourne suburbs. It also envelopes a number of localities (with the postcode 3199), which are not independent suburbs, including: Frankston Central Business District (CBD), Frankston East, Frankston Heights, Karingal, Long Island, Mount Erin and Olivers Hill.
Frankston is bordered to the west by the
Geography
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The central and northern areas of Frankston are generally flat at around 10 to 12
Two
Earthquakes with
Olivers Hill is the most prominent elevation in Frankston which rises to 55 metres above sea level (180 feet) at its highest point in the suburb. Its origins date to approximately 415 to 360
With panoramic views across Port Philip, Olivers Hill is home to the most expensive real estate in Frankston. It is considered to have one of the top ten residential views in Melbourne.[200] Property in the locality has sold for between A$3 and A$4 million in 2015,[201] at the same time as the median house price in the suburb of Frankston being A$390,000.[202]
Due to
Coastline
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The suburb is at the southernmost end of Beaumaris Bay on the eastern coastline of Port Phillip; a 22 km continuous stretch of beaches, broken only by the Patterson River, Mordialloc Creek and Kananook Creek, beginning at sandstone cliffs in the Melbourne southeastern suburb of Beaumaris and ending at Olivers Hill in Frankston.
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Frankston Beach is continually rated as one of the cleanest in Australia. It won the
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Three
Frankston City Council also has strict protection policies with regards to the sand dunes and native flora along the Frankston foreshore, and has regularly received commendations for its litter prevention and coastal rehabilitation programs.[7][207] As a result, its coastline has retained much of its natural element. A raised timber foreshoreway named the Frankston Boardwalk winds through large areas of the foreshore (including the Frankston Foreshore Reserve) in order to protect it whilst allowing it to be enjoyed by visitors.[209]
Only key zones on the foreshore at the Frankston Waterfront have been developed.
Kananook Creek runs close to the coastline of Port Phillip Bay, leaving a narrow strip of coast several kilometres long almost completely surrounded by water, giving the locality the name Long Island. It is not technically an island, as the creek does not flow into the bay at any point other than its mouth near Frankston Beach. However, in 1984 the Patterson Lakes, which connect to the bay, were joined to Kananook Creek via an underground aqueduct, and a pumping station was built to pump salt water from the lakes into the creek to improve the water quality in the creek.[211]
A substantial sand dune, which was formed over 1000 years ago, once ran parallel to the majority of the Frankston coastline and provided the course for the
Environment
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Frankston is generally a leafy suburb with a wide variety of natural heritage elements.
The Frankston Spider Orchid (Caladenia robinsonii) is a rare species of orchid that is endemic to the Frankston area.[212] It produces a 4 cm red and creamy-yellow flower, with five sepals, that exudes a scent which mimics the pheromones of the Thynnid wasp female in order to attract males to pollinate it.[212] It is a threatened species.[212][213]
Frankston City Council has a variety of programs aiming to better
Large natural parks and reserves in the suburb are: Bunarong Park,[216] Frankston Foreshore Reserve,[209] Lower Sweetwater Creek Reserve,[217] and Paratea Reserve.[218] Large formal public parks and gardens in the suburb are: Ballam Park,[219] Beauty Park,[220] Frankston Waterfront,[221] and George Pentland Botanic Gardens named after former City of Frankston Shire Secretary and Town Clerk George Pentland.[222]
Landmarks
Ballam Park estate, located on Cranbourne Road in the Frankston locality of Karingal, is home to the first brick house in the Frankston area.
The 500-metre Frankston Pier is a local landmark of the suburb.[208] Originally built in 1857, it has been both extended as well as repaired a number of times over the years.[47][65] Near Frankston Pier is the arched pedestrian bridge over the mouth Kananook Creek, erected in 2003 as part of the Frankston Waterfront development,[174] which is also lit in a variety of colours at night.
Frankston Mechanics' Institute, located at 1 Plowman Place in the Frankston Central Business District (CBD), which was established in 1880, is the oldest public building in the suburb.
The 12-storey Peninsula on the Bay, located at 435
Frankston Arts Centre is the largest art centre in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula, as well as one of the largest in the metropolitan area of Melbourne, and is a major landmark of the suburb.[173] Built in 1995 on the corner of Davey Street and Young Street in the Frankston CBD, it was designed by architect Daryl Jackson.[171] It serves over 250,000 patrons annually.[173]
Climate
Frankston has a temperate
Climate data for Frankston | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 42.0 (107.6) |
40.8 (105.4) |
37.1 (98.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
37.2 (99.0) |
40.2 (104.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.7 (76.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.1 (44.8) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 37.6 (1.48) |
52.8 (2.08) |
47.5 (1.87) |
63.6 (2.50) |
68.5 (2.70) |
61.1 (2.41) |
62.3 (2.45) |
64.4 (2.54) |
60.4 (2.38) |
65.9 (2.59) |
58.5 (2.30) |
51.6 (2.03) |
693.8 (27.31) |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2mm) | 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 130.5 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
59 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 65 |
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[225][226] (rainfall data is taken from Mount Eliza, as the closest geographically located station to Frankston, as rainfall data from the Frankston AWS is currently unavailable) |
Demographics
According to the
47.9% of Frankston residents have parents that are both born in Australia, 29.4% have parents that are both born overseas, and 8.4% have only a father and 6.6 have only a mother that is born overseas. The most common
The
Religion
The most common responses for religion in the 2021 Census in Frankston were No Religion 50.1%, Christianity 24.5^% (Catholic 16.3% and Anglican 8.2%).[14]
The Uniting Church has two congregations in the suburb, in Frankston and Karingal.[232][233] The Lutheran Church also has its parish of St. Peter in Karingal, which is closely linked with the Karingal Uniting Church congregation.[234] Of the member-churches which did not join the Uniting Church, there are Presbyterian Church and Reformed Presbyterian Church congregations in the neighbouring City of Frankston suburbs of Frankston North and Frankston South respectively.[235][236]
There are two
Places of worship for a number of other religions are located in the neighbouring suburbs of the City of Frankston. The
Housing
A dominant suburban element in the Frankston area means its residential property mix is not as diverse as areas that are closer to the
According to the 2021 Australian census, 25.7% of Frankston residents own their property; 32.6% are purchasing their property with a mortgage; and 39.1% are renting their property. 73.4% of occupied private dwellings were separate houses; 6.1% were apartments, flats or units; and 20.3% were semi-detached houses.[14]
Frankston consists mostly of traditional quarter-acre blocks colloquially referred to as the "Australian Dream", and 40% of houses in the suburb consist of three or more bedrooms.[14] A concentration of apartments, flats and units are also centred around the Frankston CBD. Being one of the southernmost suburbs of the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Frankston is also one of its most affordable. As of the March quarter of 2015, the median house price in the suburb is $390,000.[202] Comparatively the median house price of the metropolitan area of Melbourne overall is $638,445,[249] and the median house price of Australia generally is A$576,100.[250]
Some real estate in Frankston, however, routinely sells for well above the median house price for the suburb.[201][251] For example, properties in the catchment area of Frankston High School, which is one of the most reputable state government schools in Victoria,[252] sell on average for 16.9% more than the median house price.[251] The locality of Olivers Hill, with its panoramic views across Port Philip, is home to the most expensive real estate in Frankston.[201] Property in the area has sold for between A$3 and A$4 million in 2015,[201] at the same time as the median house price in the suburb of Frankston being A$390,000.[202] Olivers Hill is considered to have one of the top ten residential views in Melbourne.[200]
Governance
The City of Frankston local government area is divided into three wards, with each of the wards represented by three councillors, which are: North-West Ward, North-East Ward and South Ward. Frankston is located in the North West Ward[253]
In the state of Victoria, the
Nationally, the state of
The state and federal electorates that Frankston is located in are often referred to as part of the "Melbourne Sandbelt" in the media.[257][258] The term was coined to describe an area from the Melbourne inner-southeastern suburb of Sandringham south to Frankston that has a large amount of golf courses,[259][260] but is also used to describe the electorates of the area during state and federal government elections.[257][258]
Economy
The suburb of Frankston main economic activities are in the health care, retail, hospitality and education industries.[261][262] Four sizeable hospitals, numerous health care providers, two regional shopping centres, a hard goods retail park, a university campus, a large TAFE institute as well as various secondary and primary schools are all located within the suburb and are a significant source of employment.
According to the 2011 Australian census, 7.6% of Frankston residents are employed in the health care industry (hospital/residential care services)—making it the largest industry of employment for the suburb.[261] It is followed by 6.8% of residents that are employed in the retail/hospitality industry and 4% in the schools/education industry.[261]
Currently the suburb of Frankston is defined by the
Retail and hospitality
Karingal Hub Shopping Centre is a regional shopping centre, and the second largest in Frankston. It is owned by Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT) and managed by Vicinity Centres.[268] It has a Big W discount department store; the large speciality store Best & Less; two Woolworths supermarkets; a 12 screen Village cinema multiplex (that also features one of the 30 VMAX super-sized screens in Australia) and a further 120 speciality stores, restaurants and food outlets.[269] It opened in 1978, on Cranbourne Road, in the Frankston locality of Karingal, and is a single-storey mall with a small entertainment precinct.
Outside of Bayside Shopping Centre, the main
Off Wells Street, to the north (leading to the southern entrance of Bayside Shopping Centre), Shannon Mall is a pedestrian mall that also has a number of independent retailers and cafés.
Many restaurants are located in the Frankston CBD, with a large concentration on the
Pub corner
The intersection of Davey Street and Nepean Highway in the Frankston Central Business District (CBD) has been known as a "hotel corner" since the 1890s,[95] and contemporarily as "pub corner".[25] The hotels and pubs on its northwest, northeast and southwest corners, have been operating continuously from this time. Around 100 years later, in the mid-1990s, they were joined by a nightclub on its southeast corner.[96]
The first pub in the Frankston area, the Cannanuke Inn,[23] was located near the southeast corner of the intersection (on the present site of the Frankston Mechanics' Institute at 1 Plowman Place).[26] It was built by pre-emptive Frankston settler James Davey in the mid-1840s.[3][25] The first hotel on a corner of the intersection, the Frankston Hotel, located on its northwest corner, was licensed on 12 December 1854.[53] The second, the Bay View Hotel, located on its northeast corner, was licensed on 15 November 1873.[68] It was built by James Davey's grandson William Davey Jr.[68] The third, the Prince of Wales Hotel, located on its southwest corner, was licensed on 8 December 1884.[93] They have all been remodelled or demolished and rebuilt over the years.
Its southeast corner has had a chequered history. It was the site of Frankston's Commonwealth Post Office which was built in 1910, and later remodelled with a telephone exchange in 1927 and expanded again in 1941.[117] It ceased operation as a post office and telephone exchange in the 1980s, after which it was remodelled as Chinese restaurant and later as a Captain America theme restaurant. It was remodelled again as a nightclub named The Saloon during the mid-1990s, and Monkey Bar during the 2000s, and even became a strip club briefly,[96] before being remodelled as an upmarket pub named The Deck Bar in 2013.[275]
The current hotels and pubs on each corner of the intersection are Pier Hotel's Flanagan's Irish Bar (northwest corner),[71] The Grand Hotel (northeast corner),[276] The Deck Bar (southeast corner), and in 2017 The Cheeky Squire brew house replaced Davey's Bar and Restaurant on the southwest corner.[277] Others in the vicinity of the intersection are the pub Pelly Bar and the live music venue Pier Live.
Hard goods
Frankston Power Centre is a
The northwest of the suburb has a number of automotive dealerships, mainly located on Dandenong Road.
Culture
Sculpture and visual arts
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McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park is a major public art gallery in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula. It was established in 1971, through the bequest of poet Annie May (Nan) McClelland, in honour of her artist brother Harry McClelland.[159] Located at 390 McClelland Drive on the border of Frankston and the City of Frankston suburb of Langwarrin, it is the leading sculpture park in Australia.[162][163] It is set in 16 hectares of formal park and natural reserve with a permanent collection of over 100 large-scale sculptures by artists such as Peter Corlett, Inge King, Clement Meadmore, Lenton Parr and Norma Redpath.[159][161] During its first 40 years of operation its governor was philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch,[160] and it has been supported by the Elisabeth Murdoch Sculpture Foundation since 1989.[161] As of 2015, its current director is John Cunningham.[163] It has over 130,000 visitors annually.[164]
Four artists groups are also based on the grounds of McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park,[281] which are the McClelland Guild of Artists,[282] McClelland Spinners and Weavers,[281] Frankston Lapidary Club,[283] and Peninsula Woodturners Guild.[284]
The largest and oldest artists group in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula is the Peninsula Arts Society which has its own studios and gallery in Frankston South and was founded in 1954.[285] Other artists groups in the suburb are Frankston Photography Club which is one of the largest in the metropolitan area of Melbourne and was founded in 1955,[286][287] and the Indigenous Australian artists' collective Baluk Arts which was founded in 2009.[288]
Frankston also has over 50 sculptures in public places.
Southern Way, the operator of the
In addition to permanent sculpture, Frankston is also home to Sand Sculpting Australia's annual sand festival.[177][178] Held over four months from 26 December at the Frankston Waterfront, it is the largest exhibition of sand art in Australia and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.[177][179][180]
Music and performing art
Frankston has a number of performing arts groups, including:
Frankston Theatre Group is the oldest dramatic theatre company in the suburb and was founded in 1942.[299] There are also two musical theatre companies in the suburb, Peninsula Light Operatic Society (PLOS) and Panorama Theatre Company, which were founded in 1960 and 1979 respectively.[300][301] Smaller theatre companies include: the youth theatre company People's Playhouse which was founded in 1995,[302] and the contemporary theatre company Little Theatre which was founded by actor Kaarin Fairfax in 2009.[303] Frankston is also home to the Hip Cat Youth Circus troupe which was founded at the Frankston Arts Centre in 2006.[304]
The
The George Jenkins Theatre is a 426-seat theatre, and the second largest in Frankston, which is owned by Monash University.[307] It is located at the Peninsula campus, on McMahons Road in Frankston, and is a theatre of the Monash Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA), but is also used by local performing arts groups.[308] It opened in 1973 as part of the former Frankston Teachers' College (which was located on the site of the Peninsula campus) and was named after its long-serving principal.[309]
A strong contemporary music scene is centred around "pub corner" (the hotels and pub at the
Events and festivals
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The Christmas Festival of Lights has been held annually in early December since 1998,[315] and is the largest in Frankston's events calendar. It takes place outside the Frankston Civic Centre and Frankston Arts Centre on the corners of Davey Street and Young Street (which are closed to traffic during the festival) in the Frankston central business district (CBD).[316] The festival includes: carnival rides, community activities and exhibitions, food stalls, live carols and music, parades and a Santa Claus procession.[315][316] The festival culminates with the lighting of the 100 ft and 100-year-old Norfolk pine tree (Araucaria heterophylla) outside the Frankston Civic Centre and is followed by a large fireworks display.[315][316] The festival night attracts over 45,000 people.[315]
Frankston Waterfront Festival is a celebration of Frankston's seaside location that is held annually over a weekend in mid-January.
Ventana Fiesta is boutique festival celebrating Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish culture held annually since 2006.
The
Good Friday in Frankston is a Christian religious event that has been held at the Frankston Waterfront since 2005. It is staged by City Life Church and the Frankston Ministers' Network.[327] In Christian tradition, the event is held to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus, and takes place on Good Friday (Western Christian date observance). The "Road to Jerusalem" is a procession that reenacts the Sanhedrin trial, carrying of the cross and crucifixion of Jesus which takes place during the event.[327][328] It proceeds through the streets of the Frankston CBD to the Frankston Waterfront and is followed by a celebration, which includes: Christian music and community activities and exhibitions.[328]
Health
The suburb of Frankston is at the centre of a large health care industry within the broader
According to
Advancements in health care have taken place in Frankston and have been led by Frankston people for over a hundred years. First during
In the second half of the 20th century; the Frankston virologist Ruth Bishop lead the research team that discovered the rotavirus in 1973,[332] and the Frankston microsurgeon Graeme Miller lead the surgical team that performed the world's first successful scalp replantation in 1976.[333][334] At the turn of the 21st century, research into botulinum toxin injection therapy for paralysis at Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital by the rehabilitation specialist Nathan Johns resulted in a stroke victim standing and walking again in 2009 after being paralysed for 20 years.[335][336]
Hospitals
Frankston Hospital is a major 340 bed public hospital,[337] and the largest in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula, which is a part of the Peninsula Health Care network.[135] It is the chief provider of acute secondary and tertiary care for the broader City of Frankston area and the greater Mornington Peninsula region.[337] It opened in 1941 at 2 Hastings Road in Frankston,[135] and has been significantly expanded over time. Its most recent expansion included a A$81 million emergency department in 2015—which is one of the largest and busiest in Victoria.[338][339] It is a teaching hospital affiliated with nearby Monash University as well as Deakin University.[337]
Peninsula Private Hospital is a 166-bed private hospital,[340] and the second largest hospital in Frankston, owned by Australian Unity and a part of the Ramsay Health Care network.[340][341] It provides acute secondary and some tertiary care and also has a number of primary care providers.[340] The original hospital opened in 1976 and was located on Cranbourne Road in the Frankston locality of Karingal.[342] The current hospital, at 525 McClelland Drive in Karingal, was built in 1999.[342] It was expanded with a new intensive care unit in 2012,[342] and a A$55 million emergency department in 2016.[343][344] It is also a teaching hospital.[345]
Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is a 69-bed private rehabilitation hospital, and the largest in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula, owned by the St John of God Health Care network.[346] It is a major provider of specialist physical and neurological rehabilitation care in the broader City of Frankston area and the greater Mornington Peninsula region.[346] It opened in 2000 and is located at 255–265 Cranbourne Road in Karingal—the former site of the Peninsula Private Hospital.[346]
Frankston Private Day Surgery is a 27-bed private outpatient surgery owned by Generation Health Care and a part of the Healthscope and Genesis health care networks.[347][348] It provides surgical and oncological procedures and also has some primary care providers.[348] It opened in 2006 and is located at 24–28 Frankston-Flinders Road in Frankston.[348] In 2015, Healthscope announced plans to expand the outpatient surgery to an inpatient hospital named Frankston Private Hospital.[349] The hospital is to be built in three stages and will have an additional 150 beds.[349] The first stage, initially providing an additional 60 beds, will cost A$35 million.[349]
Amenities
Frankston City Council's Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre (Frankston PARC) is the largest health and aquatic recreation facility in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula.
Monash Peninsula Activity and Recreation Centre (Monash PARC) is another large health and recreation facility, and the second largest in Frankston, which is owned by
Sports
The suburb of Frankston also supports a number of community level clubs for Australian rules football, cricket, golf, rugby league, basketball, netball, soccer and tennis, as well as baseball, hockey, badminton, volleyball, gymnastics, athletics and croquet clubs. The beach area supports a yacht club, a surf lifesaving club and the state's oldest Australian Volunteer Coast Guard flotilla. Frankston also boasts one of the largest public skate parks in Australia, and urban skateboarding is popular.
Football (soccer) has fast become one of the most popular sports played at a junior level in the Frankston area with playing numbers increasing every year. Langwarrin Soccer Club and Frankston Pines are the leading clubs in the Frankston area both participating in the Victorian State League 1. Other teams in the area are Seaford United, Peninsula Strikers, Skye United and Baxter.
Australian rules football is popular in the suburb, and is played at both a regional and state level. The Frankston Bombers, Karingal Bulls and Frankston Y.C.W. Stonecats play in the regional
The St Kilda Football Club signed a deal with the
Indoor and outdoor beach volleyball is also becoming increasingly popular in the suburb of Frankston. 2008 marked the inauguration of the Frankston Beach Volleyball Series (part of the
Frankston Raiders play rugby league in NRL Victoria.
Frankston South Community & Recreation Centre is home to Mornington Peninsila Badminton Inc.
Facilities
Many sporting fields and some small stadiums exist in the suburb. The historic Frankston Park (home of the Victorian Football League's Frankston Football Club) and the Frankston Basketball Stadium (home of the Australian Basketball Association's Frankston Blues). There are three golf courses in Frankston, the 1912-established Frankston Golf Course, Centenary Park Golf Course and the Peninsula Country Club (with two more in the greater City of Frankston). Also, the City of Frankston Bowling Club (lawn bowls) once hosted the World Bowls Tournament in 1980.[357] The men's singles event was won by David Bryant.
Education
Various
Primary and secondary
There are 11 primary schools in the suburb; eight of which are
Frankston Primary School (No. 1464) on Davey Street in Frankston is the oldest school in the suburb—continually operating at its original site—which is a state government school and was established in 1874.[69] Its old school house dates from 1889 and is now operated as an education history museum by the Frankston Historical Society.[69][103] The Woodleigh School is the oldest school in the broader City of Frankston area, which is a secular K–12 independent school and was established in 1856.[63] It was formerly located in the suburb of Frankston, on High Street, until it relocated its junior campus to Frankston South in 1970 and its senior campus to Langwarrin South in 1975.[63]
Frankston High School is one of the most reputable state government schools in Victoria with an excellent academic record attained through a range of extension programs.
Tertiary
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The Frankston campus of Chisholm Institute is the largest provider of technical and further education (TAFE) in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula.[364] Established at the turn of the 20th century, it was initially named Frankston Technical School, (no it wasn't, was originally Frankston High School 12th Feb 1924[citation needed]) and was one of the first in Victoria.[364][365] It later became the Frankston College of TAFE in 1974, before merging with a number of other colleges of TAFE in the southeast metropolitan area of Melbourne to form the Chisholm Institute in 1998.[364] The institute takes its name from the former Chisholm Institute of Technology, which had a campus in Frankston before merging with Monash University in 1990, and had taken its name from the 19th century humanitarian Caroline Chisholm.[364] It is located on Fletcher Road in the Frankston Central Business District (CBD).[364]
The fifth largest campus of Monash University is located in the suburb, on McMahons Road in Frankston, and was established in 1990.
Transport
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Being one of the southernmost suburbs of the
A public transport
By road, the
Media
In addition to the
People
- Notable people from Frankston
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The Rt. Hon. Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, 8th Prime Minister of Australia
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Damephilanthropist
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Graham Kennedy, "king of Australian television"
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Leigh Matthews, Australian rules football "player of the century"
See also
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- City of Frankston (former) – Frankston was previously within this former local government area.
- Karingal and Olivers Hill – localities within the suburb of Frankston.
- Melbourne – the metropolitan area of which the suburb of Frankston is a part.
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