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A Garden Vale East Post Office opened in 1914, and was renamed Garden Vale in 1922 and
Gardenvale about 1940. Also a Post Office opened in 1891 as Elsternwick Receiving House, and was renamed Elsternwick West in 1908, Gardenvale in 1909, Garden Vale in 1910, Garden Vale West in 1922, Gardenvale West
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The development of Garden Vale proved to be controversial, mainly because of arguments over who would pay to drain the land. Much of the area's land was too wet to be built upon without appropriate drainage being installed, and by 1911, several neighbouring estates, the
Council and
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all had a stake in the outcome. By 1913, the area had a progress association and in 1916, the council surveyor prepared plans for the four north–south streets in
Gardenvale, which were already availed of a small but growing retail centre.
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Prior to subdivision in 1908, the area was a paddock owned by the Lemprière family, and was in use for a polo ground. The Lemprières were a prominent
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The suburb is a mostly residential area with a strip shopping centre on
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Sunshine Park – Gardenvale via Sunshine, Footscray, Melbourne,
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Shopping strip on Gardenvale Road, Gardenvale, Victoria.
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