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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.
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.
Mordialloc, a bayside residential suburb, is 25 km south-east of central Melbourne. The name's antecedents are a squatting run ‘Moodi Yallo’ (1837), a census taken in 1841 at ‘Moode Yallock’ and Georgiana McCrae's visit to ‘Mordy Yallock’ in 1844.
What does Mordialloc's name mean? By Larissa Dubecki. February 22, 2018. ‘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
Aug 25, 2022 · Angler and boat builder Jack Pompei, known as “Mr Mordialloc”, has spent his childhood and working life on the Mordialloc Creek at Pompei’s Boat Shed.
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