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Pakenham is a satellite suburb of Melbourne on the edge of the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, 53 kilometer ( 33 mi ) southeast of Melbourne ‘s Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local politics area. Pakenham recorded a population of 46,421 at the 2016 Census. Pakenham has become a major growth area in south-eastern Melbourne as newly caparison developments have boosted its population and infrastructure, as exemplified in the development of the Lakeside, Heritage Springs & Cardinia Lakes estates. [ 2 ]
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history [edit ]
Pakenham is situated in the Kulin nation traditional Aboriginal country. The Boon Wurrung people are local custodians within the Kulin nation. [ 3 ] Pakenham was named after Sir Edward Pakenham ( 19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815 ), a british Major General who fought in the Peninsular War. On 8 January 1815, Pakenham was killed in carry through while leading his men at the Battle of New Orleans. The Neville and Bourke families arrived in Sydney on the Alquis in 1837, sponsored by the Governor George Gipps to migrate and settle in Melbourne. They arrived in Melbourne on the John Barry in 1839 and selected 5 miles by 5 miles of domain immediately known as the area of Upper Pakenham. The original Pakenham Post Office opened on 1 February 1859, was renamed Pakenham West on 1 October 1971, and was closed on 15 January 1974. The existing Pakenham Post Office was opened on 11 June 1888 as Pakenham Railway Station Post Office, was renamed Pakenham East in 1908, and further renamed Pakenham on 1 October 1971. [ 4 ] The railway station was opened on 8 October 1877 and was a separate of the east link connecting Melbourne to Pakenham and other easterly towns. [ 5 ] In Pakenham there is the Cardinia Civic Concert Band Hall. The set in the first place started out as a brass band in the late 1880s. In the 1970s the band became a concert ring and now has 60 members of all ages, abilities and instrumentations. The dance band presently performs at versatile events around the Cardinia Shire .
Demographics [edit ]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19,644 | —    |
| 2011 | 33,999 | +73.1% |
| 2016 | 46,421 | +36.5% |
In Pakenham 71.2 % of people were born in Australia. The most common ancestries in Pakenham were english 27.3 %, australian 25.5 %, irish 6.7 %, scots 6.2 % and german 2.8 %. [ 6 ] The most coarse countries of birth outside of Australia were England 4.0 %, India 2.8 %, New Zealand 2.3 %, Sri Lanka 1.3 % and Philippines 1.0 %. [ 7 ] 0.9 % of people in Pakenham are Aboriginal. The most common responses for religion in Pakenham were No Religion, so identify 34.8 %, Catholic 21.2 %, anglican 11.1 %, not stated 8.5 % and Christian, nfd 3.8 %. In Pakenham, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall 53.8 %. [ 8 ]
transport [edit ]
Pakenham is on the main railroad track line between Melbourne and Gippsland, and its railway station marks the end of the suburban electrify military service. Pakenham Station is the termination steer of all services operated by Metro Trains Melbourne heading out of the city, but V/Line trains to and from Gippsland besides serve Pakenham .
Rail transmit [edit ]
Cardinia Road railway station is located west of Pakenham place, between Pakenham and Officer. It carried its first train services on Sunday 22 April 2012 .
Road enchant [edit ]
Pakenham is besides on the Princes Highway. The Pakenham beltway allows road traffic between Melbourne and Gippsland to bypass Pakenham, both shortening travel times and alleviating traffic congestion within Pakenham. [ 9 ] The main north–south roads through Pakenham head north to Healesville and south to Koo Wee Rup. Buses run from the educate station to the early parts of Pakenham .
Main Street, Pakenham
VLocity heads to Melbourne passes K153 heads to Pakenham with K190 on 25 April 2010
Media [edit ]
Pakenham is serviced by one local newspaper : Star News Group ‘s The Pakenham-Berwick Gazette, available every Wednesday for $ 1. star ‘s widely distributed Pakenham News, is dropped into mailboxes free every Thursday around the town. well over 100 years old, Star News Group houses its main headquarter on the Princes Highway in Pakenham. Pakenham is in the coverage stove of all the commercial radio stations in Melbourne, yet are besides locally serviced by 94.3 Star FM, whose studios are situated in Warragul, about 45 kilometres ( 28 miles ) away from the town. television receiver services in the town are precisely the same as Melbourne ‘s, so far being in the Gippsland area, regional television can besides be accessed. Services such as WIN Gippsland and Southern Cross Nine are available to viewers, yet the bespeak intensity tends to become strong in the east of the town .
Facilities [edit ]
The Pakenham Community Garden, located at 6 Henry Street, uses organic chemical-free gardening principles and is jointly managed by a divers group of volunteers. Situated future to Living & Learning Pakenham, the garden boasts a perennial food garden including several fruit trees, a small greenhouse plus over 40 raised garden beds, each featuring annual and perennial types of fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers
refreshment [edit ]
Pakenham ‘s public facilities include a sports and aquatic centre, Community Centre and Council Offices. The aquatic center includes a 25m indoor pond, with a gymnasium, group seaworthiness, creche, eight multipurpose sports courts and food facilities all incorporated in the one build. The center, named Cardinia LiFE, is owned by the Cardinia Shire and managed by aligned Leisure. Pakenham besides has an outdoor pool assailable during the warm weather. This was primitively opened in 1957, and was reopened on 17 November 2007 after undergoing a $ 1.1 million renovation. The outdoor pool center, besides managed by aligned Leisure, consists of a 50m pool, toddlers ‘ pool with splash features, update transfer rooms, booth, and water treatment plant. Located on Webster Way, Pakenham, the center boasts 18 floodlight courts all with plexicusion surfacing which is the same court surface as Melbourne Park, home of the Australia Open. The concentrate is Council owned and managed by aligned leisure. The partnership is committed to providing a tennis center for the community, to encourage tennis clubs, associations, schools and youth groups participate in tennis programs and tournaments. [ 10 ] Pakenham presently has one tennis golf club but proposals for a second are under retainer, with planned expenses for the clubhouse alone around $ 20 million. Pakenham ‘s Community Centre is a Neighbourhood House & Learn Local Community College located in Henry Street, managed by Living & Learning Pakenham Inc., provides a broad range of courses, programs, projects and services to enhance the community participation and health and wellbeing opportunities for residents throughout the Cardinia Shire. [ 11 ]
department of education [edit ]
public schools include Pakenham Springs Primary School, Pakenham Consolidated Primary School, Pakenham Hills Primary School, Pakenham Lakeside Primary School, John Henry Primary School, Edenbrook Secondary College and Pakenham Secondary College. private schools include Beaconhills College ( Valley Campus ), Chairo Christian School ( Pakenham Campus ) and Lakeside College. Pakenham has one Catholic school St Patrick ‘s Catholic Primary .
retail [edit ]
Pakenham serves as a major retail center in the Cardinia Shire, with outlets including an Aldi supermarket, two Woolworths supermarkets, four Coles supermarkets, two Bunnings and two McDonald ‘s. In August 2009 it was announced by Cardinia Shire Council that a $ 80 million retail development would be built at current vacant Council kingdom behind the Pakenham Library at the corner of John and Henty street. The center is the largest in Pakenham, containing anchor stores such as a Woolworths supermarket, Cotton On, EB Games and Big W, a well as 39 smaller peculiarity stores and 1,150 car parking spaces both above ground and clandestine. [ 12 ] The Pakenham Central Marketplace opened on 1 December 2011. [ 13 ] aim closed its department memory in the Pakenham Place Shopping Centre in mid 2021. [ 14 ]
sport [edit ]
Sporting activities in Pakenham include knight race, lawn bowl, golf, baseball, cricket, short athletics, tennis, netball, floorball, basketball, rugby league, grid and australian Rules Football The local grid team, Pakenham Silverbacks are the reigning divisional champions. [ 15 ] The Pakenham Pumas baseball club has senior men ‘s, women ‘s and junior teams competing in both the winter and summer competitions. The Pakenham Racing Club schedules around eleven race meetings a year including the Pakenham Cup touch in March. [ 16 ] The Pakenham Picnic Racing Club besides holds a touch at the racetrack on New Year ‘s Day. Pakenham ‘s australian Rules football team, the Pakenham Lions competes in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. Hawthorn premiership ruckrover Peter Russo was raised in Pakenham as was former Collingwood speedster Tyson Goldsack. Pakenham Eels play rugby league in NRL Victoria. The Pakenham basketball team, the Pakenham Warriors. Pakenham besides has its own cricket team, the Lions, who have numerous teams, both junior and aged level. recently [ when? ] the tennis club in Pakenham has had a major make over and now has six brand new courts, this is all separate of the local councils “ Whip into determine ” design that consists of the recast and updating of the local sports and diversion locations. The local rugby league team the Pakenham Eels was established in 2015. [ citation needed ] Golfers play at the Pakenham and District Golf Club on Oaktree Drive. [ 17 ] besides home to the local soccer club, Pakenham United FC, Henry road, Pakenham. [ citation needed ] There are at least three different gymnasium in the area. [ citation needed ] A motorsport precinct that had two small clubs based in the area is proposed to be built up into a larger facility called Cardinia Motor Recreation and Education Park. It received final approvals to develop in December 2019. [ 18 ]
environmental concerns [edit ]
Since 2007, locals have been concerned by a re-occurring smell which has been regularly engulfing the town, impacting upon the agreeableness and health [ 19 ] of local residents and visitors. It had been described by some as resembling a burning chemical accelerator smell, [ 20 ] the malodor of dead bodies [ 21 ] [ 22 ] or as a putrid smack that was able to infiltrate homes. [ 23 ] The smell was found to originate from the Drovers Place area where Transpacific Industries, a leading organic consume recycler, was based. The business has since closed. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Concerns over the rapid yard of urban expansion in the Pakenham area have besides been raised, as traditional farmland surrounding the town has been rezoned to allow for the exploitation of housing estates, causing protests by some residents who have sought to have these undeveloped or ‘green wedge ‘ lands protected. [ citation needed ]
See besides [edit ]
- Shire of Pakenham – Pakenham was previously within this former local government area
References [edit ]
Living & Learning Pakenham Inc [ 1 ]
