Pearcedale, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Pearcedale
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Casey
postcode = 3912
pop = 3,721 (2006) Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26423
name = Pearcedale (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-09-15
quick=on]
est =
propval = $275,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Pearcedale&postcode=3912 Pearcedale] , accessed 9 August 2007]
elevation= 2
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Hastings
fedgov = Flinders
dist1 = 60
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 13
location2= Cranbourne
near-nw = Langwarrin
near-n = Cranbourne South
near-ne = Devon Meadows
near-w = Langwarrin South
near-e = Devon Meadows
near-sw = Somerville
near-s = Somerville
near-se = Tooradin

Pearcedale is a township 10 km south of Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey.

History

Pearcedale Post Office opened around 1907. 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 ]

Today

Pearcedale is a small village on the northeast corner of Western Port, on the northern edge of the Mornington Peninsula. It is surrounded by horse properties and market gardens. Pearcedale Primary School is notable as being the regional school responsible for the teaching of deaf children.

Local attractions include an angora goat stud and knitting mill, an iris nursery, and a wildlife conservation park, which operates evening tours which allow visitors to see endangered Australian animals.

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

External links

* [http://www.pearcedale.com/ Moonlit Sancuary Wildlife Conservation Park]

References