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The name Mordialloc is a corruption of two aboriginal words Murdi or Moordi and Yallock, the latter meaning creek or stream. Professor Scott thinks Murdi or Moordi means flat of lying flat. Mordialloc night, therefore, be translated as ‘Flat Water’ or ‘Swampy Water’.
Mordialloc is now a residential suburb with a shopping strip along the Nepean Highway. The population grew in the mid 1990s with lots of new houses built between 2001 and 2006. Paddle on over to these Mordialloc quick facts: Mordialloc is 25 km from Melbourne and has an area of 4.4 km².
The City of Mordialloc was a local government area about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the eastern side of Port Phillip. The city covered an area of 13.57 square kilometres (5.24 sq mi), and existed from 1920 until 1994.
‘Muddy creek” or “little sea”? Citizens of Mordialloc can take their pick of two possible translations from the indigenous Boonwurrung name for their suburb.
- Larissa Dubecki
The name is thought to be derived from Aboriginal words meaning (1) creek named Moodi or Marida or (2) meaning ‘near little sea’ or ‘small tidal stream’. The Mordialloc Creek is both tidal and of more than usual width where it enters the bay.
Mordialloc (/ ˌmɔːrdiˈælək / MOR-dee-AL-ək) is a beachside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Mordialloc recorded a population of 8,886 at the 2021 census.
