Emerald, Victoria
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| Emerald Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
| Population: | 6111 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3782 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 20.3 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD$313,750 <ref>Emerald, accessed 27 November 2006</ref> | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 50 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Shire of Cardinia | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Gembrook | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | La Trobe | ||||||||||||
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Emerald (Postcode: 3782) is an outer-eastern-suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is within the Local Government Area of the Shire of Cardinia and the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
It is known for Emerald Lake (Lake Treganowan), and the Puffing Billy tourist railway. The tourist train stops at three stations within Emerald at Emerald, Nobelius and Lakeside. Until April 2005 Chris and Marie, the owners of a local Nursery, heavily advertised their business across Victoria with notably eccentric television commercials featuring, amongst other things, Chris wearing a tutu.
Also notable is the Emerald Hall, which has been home to the Gemco Players Community Theatre since the early 1980's. Gemco offers a variety of plays as well as social activities, involving the Emerald community.
The areas around Emerald are excellent for finding chanterelles and other edible mushrooms, and are a popular destination for mushroom hunters each autumn.
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the Shire of Cardinia | |
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Beaconsfield | Beaconsfield Upper | Beenak | Bunyip | Cardinia | Clematis | Cockatoo | Cora Lynn | Dewhurst | Emerald | Garfield | Gembrook | Koo Wee Rup | Lang Lang | Maryknoll | Nar Nar Goon | Officer | Pakenham | Rythdale | Tonimbuk | Tynong |
