Glen Waverley, Victoria

Glen Waverley Melbourne, Victoria
Population:	38,219 (2006)[1]
Postcode:	3150
Area:	16.8 km² (6.5 sq mi)
Property Value:	AUD $612,000 [2]
Location:	19 km (12 mi) from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Monash
State District:	Mount Waverley, Forest Hill, Scoresby, Clayton
Federal Division:	Chisholm, Bruce
Suburbs around Glen Waverley: Burwood East Vermont South Vermont South Mount Waverley Glen Waverley Wantirna South Notting Hill Wheelers Hill Wheelers Hill

Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Glen Waverley had a population of 38,219, or 2275 per square kilometre.

The suburb gives its name to the Glen Waverley railway line, which terminates at Glen Waverley station.

The suburb of Glen Waverley is generally bounded by Dandenong Creek to the east, Ferntree Gully Road to the south, Blackburn Road to the west and Highbury Road to the north. Springvale Road, a major north-south distributor, divides the suburb. The geography varies from river flats adjacent to the Dandenong Creek in the east to hilly division between the Dandenong Creek and Scotchmans Creek catchments.

Contents 1 History 2 Today 3 Education 3.1 University/TAFE 3.2 High schools 3.3 Private schools 3.4 Primary schools 3.5 Special schools 4 Sport 5 Scouting Group 6 References 7 External links

History

The area was first settled in the mid nineteenth century and later developed as orchards and farming lands. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1885 as Black Flat in the area to the south of the railway line, was renamed Glen Waverley in 1921, and Glen Waverley South in 1963 on the same day Glen Waverley North office (open since 1954) was renamed Glen Waverley (from 1994 The Glen).^[3]

Major development occurred in the 1950s to 1970s with rapid infilling of housing built to a generally high standard on large (typically 800m²) blocks. Much of that housing stock is now ageing and renewal is occurring, frequently involving subdivision of the larger blocks into townhouse development.

Today

The main street of Glen Waverley is Kingsway. In recent years, Kingsway has developed into a vibrant Chinese dining and entertainment area, with strong Asian influences. Because of Glen Waverley's lively social scene, many restaurants and cafes open until late hours on Fridays and Saturdays. Kingsway also is taken up by Century City Walk, a cinema multiplex. It houses various eateries, a Strike Bowling Bar and a Village Cinema. A night market also operates on Saturdays during the months between December and February from 3pm to 10pm. There are now many hotels such as Novotel Glen Waverley, Hotel Ibis, Waverley International Hotel, and the Quest Hotel.

Glen Waverley has also developed to become somewhat of a business hub in metropolitan Melbourne, with many international companies including BMW, Nestle, Toshiba, Ansell, Adidas, NEC, and 3M all having their Australian headquarters in the suburb.^[4]

Centro The Glen (formerly known as "The Glen") is a local regional shopping centre owned, managed and developed by Centro Properties Group, located on the corner of Springvale Road and High Street Road. Although smaller than nearby shopping centres such as Knox or Chadstone, the Glen houses a substantial collection of shops, including supermarkets (such as Coles, Woolworths (Safeway) and Macrowholefoods), department stores (Target and David Jones), mini majors (such as: Lincraft, Villa & Hut, Rebel Sport, Dick Smith Electronics, The Reject Shop, Best & Less, EB Games and Amcal Pharmacy) and government franchises (such as: Australia Post, Medicare (Australia) and Medibank), a cosmopolitan food court named Diners Life and a number of smaller clothing stores. Centro The Glen currently has over 207 specialty retail shops and 11 anchor retailers, thus making Centro The Glen one of the most significant shopping centres in the vicinity. Centro The Glen was the first shopping centre in suburban Victoria to contain a David Jones and central.

Education

University/TAFE

• Holmesglen Institute of TAFE - Glen Waverley Campus

High schools

• Glen Waverley Secondary College
• Brentwood Secondary College
• Highvale Secondary College^[5]
• Syndal High School. Now closed.

Private schools

• Wesley College - Glen Waverley Campus
• St Leonards Catholic Primary School
• St Christopher's Catholic Primary School
• The Berengarra School an independent co-educational secondary school

catering for students who are experiencing problems in mainstream school.

Primary schools

• • Glen Waverley Primary School

Glen Wavereley Primary School is a school with 350 students ranging from Prep to Year 6. The school is one of the main schools that feeds to Glen Waverley Secondary College. Over 95% of students go to Glen Waverley Secondary College. Glen Waverley Primary School has a focus on Digital Literacy. It runs the highly successful program, Digital Excellence, [1]. Glen Waverley Primary School also runs a very unique program called SMART 8 [2]], which focus on Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, which promotes new learning opportunities.

• Glendal Primary School

Glendal Primary School, years prep to 6, educates around 700 students. The principal is Deborah Grossek and the motto is Learning for Life. It is well know in the Glen Waverley area for its special interest programmes run for competitions such as RoboCup Junior, Science Talent Search and the RACV Energy Breakthrough. The school used to be part of Syndal High School, which merged with Glen Waverley Secondary College in the early 1990s. Much of the school land was cleared and used for housing developments. Glendal's original school hall still remains, although the rest of its buildings from the 1990s have been replaced.

• Mount View Primary School
• Glen Waverley South Primary School
• Highvale Primary School

Highvale Primary School, years prep to 6, educates around 230 students. The principal is Effie Mihalos and the motto is Achieving Excellence. The school has 11 classes and a pupil-teacher ratio averaging 21 with much smaller classes in the earliest years. Established in 1969, the mascot is Happy Kids and the colours green and gold.

• Camelot Rise Primary School
• Nicholas Lyon Memorial Primary School

Glendal Primary School, Mount View Primary School and Glen Waverley Primary School form a cluster of primary schools in the area that work with each other, especially for their student leadership programmes.

Special schools

• Glenallen School

Sport

The suburb has an Australian rules football team The Glen Waverley Hawks, competing in the Eastern Football League^[6] and the Glen Waverley Rovers Junior Football Club.

The Glen Waverley Soccer Club and the Glen Waverley Junior Soccer Club are also based here.

Tennis clubs include the Glenvale Tennis Club, the Glenburn Tennis Club, the Legend Park Tennis Club, the Notting Hill Pinewood Tennis Club and Whites Lane Tennis Club.

Cricket is represented by the Glen Waverley Cougars Cricket Club.

Golfers play at the course of the Glen Waverley Golf Club at Waverley Road in the neighbouring suburb of Wheelers Hill. ^[7]

Scouting Group

• 2nd Glen Waverley Scout Group [3]

References

External links

• Glen Waverley, Victoria is at coordinates 37°52′52″S 145°09′58″E / 37.881°S 145.166°E / -37.881; 145.166Coordinates: 37°52′52″S 145°09′58″E / 37.881°S 145.166°E / -37.881; 145.166

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