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Skye was ranked in 2015 as the least liveable suburb in
Melbourne. Reasons cited for this included sewerage odour, a lack of public transport and a lack of shops. Nearby Sandhurst received a similarly negative ranking.
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Golfers play at the Skye Public Golf Course on
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Skye Post Office opened on 1 June 1889 and closed in 1895. In 1964, Lyndhurst South office (open since 1902) was renamed Skye. This office closed in 1972.
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such as St
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The suburb has two schools, Skye
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Skye enjoys a large area of land to the east of the suburb which is outside the main growth area and is semi-rural. It forms a
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Skye has multiple developments and estates, the majority of them being built from 2005 onwards. All of them are listed below.
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with the closest
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There are still a couple of houses standing from the 1890s today in Skye.
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There are no secondary schools in Skye however in neighbouring suburb
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there are two high schools, Flinders
Christian Community College and
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serves the Skye region. Skye is part of the
Seaford Parish in the
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Skye is serviced by one local bus service, the 760 operated by
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in
Victoria's Legislative Assembly. Skye falls within the
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To the south is Cranbourne Road which connects Skye to
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To the north is Thompsons Road which connects Skye to
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Suburb and semi-rural locality in Victoria, Australia
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843:Southern Football League
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347:Carrum Downs Bushfire
314:local government area
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207:Federal division(s)
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602:Skye Valley
550:green wedge
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138:Postcode(s)
122:2021 census
104: /
92:145°12′00″E
79:Coordinates
1069:Categories
974:Langwarrin
854:21 October
675:References
623:Wedge Road
539:Springvale
468:Cranbourne
406:Mornington
372:Cranbourne
340:Cranbourne
270:Langwarrin
174:Cranbourne
117:Population
89:38°07′08″S
1022:Melbourne
984:Sandhurst
959:Frankston
894:Sandhurst
616:Sandhurst
512:Frankston
473:Education
464:Frankston
434:Dandenong
430:Frankston
422:Dandenong
395:Melbourne
387:Dandenong
368:Frankston
353:Transport
303:Australia
295:Melbourne
238:Lyndhurst
233:Sandhurst
168:Frankston
162:Melbourne
32:Melbourne
792:Domain,
759:13 March
734:11 April
650:See also
552:between
544:Location
517:Religion
436:and the
418:Ringwood
414:EastLink
391:Hastings
299:Victoria
243:Lynbrook
155:Location
36:Victoria
989:Seaford
820:The Age
705:13 July
446:Portsea
442:Chelsea
410:Rosebud
324:History
224:Suburbs
212:Dunkley
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877:11 May
775:"Home"
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200:Carrum
183:LGA(s)
1024:is a
636:Labor
572:Sport
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994:Skye
902:2009
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856:2008
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707:2022
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