Karingal, Victoria

Karingal, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Karingal
city = Frankston
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Frankston
postcode = 3199
pop =
area =
est = 1854
propval =
stategov = Frankston
fedgov = Dunkley
dist1 =
location1=
dist2 =
location2=
near-nw = Kananook
near-n = Frankston North
near-ne = Carrum Downs
near-w = Frankston
near-e = Langwarrin
near-sw = Frankston South
near-s = Mount Erin
near-se = Langwarrin South

Karingal is a locality within the suburb of Frankston located in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Frankston.

History

Karingal Post Office opened on 1 April 1964 as the area was developed. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

chools

Primary
*Ballam Park Primary School
*Karingal Heights Primary School
*Karingal Primary School

Secondary
*Karignal Park Secondary College

hopping

Karingal is home to Frankston's second largest shopping complex, Centro Karingal (the largest being the Bayside Shopping Centre in the Frankston CBD). It features two Safeway supermarkets, a Big W department store and 120 speciality stores. The centre also boasts an entertainment precinct, called "StarZone Karingal", with restaurants, a pub and a 12 screen Village Cinema complex. StarZone Karingal is also home to one of the three V max "super screens" in Australia.

Infrastructure

Transport

Karingal's main arterial road is Cranbourne Road, which connects it to the Frankston CBD, to the neighbouring suburb of Langwarrin and terminates in the City of Casey suburb of Cranbourne. Another major road is McClelland Drive, which divides Karingal and Langwarrin, and accesses the neighbouring suburbs of Carrum Downs, Skye and the Shire of Mornington Peninsula suburb of Baxter. Metropolitan bus services run through out Karingal, and connect it with the Frankston CBD and its neighbouring suburbs.

Health

Two hospitals are located in Karingal, Peninsula Private Hospital and the St. John of God Rehabilitation Hospital.

Ballam Park Homestead

The "Ballam Ballam" estate was home to prominent early settlers of the Frankston area, the Liardet's. Frank Liardet, who some believe Frankston is named after, established the property in 1854Jones, Michael. "Frankston: Resort to City". Allen & Unwin: Sydney. 1989. ISBN 0-04-442114-1] . The original homestead "Ballam Park" still stands in Karingal today, and is now heritage-listed. It is also home to the Frankston Historical Society, which conducts regular guided tours of the homestead.

port

Karingal has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.

References


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