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and is believed to be named after an early cattle station owner. It was first settled in 1865 by John
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Frankston-Flinders Road which has changed little over the years from its earlier rural functions, and many of the original settler houses still stand today. It features a newly restored General Store (built in 1927) incorporating a post office and newsagency,
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Merricks, although it received little use after its initial decade of service. A small primary school was also opened in 1921, closing in 1951 along with several others in the region when Red Hill Consolidated School commenced.
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Hastings in the mid-1980s along a disused railway route, runs roughly east–west from Merricks Station Ground Reserve to
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149:Established
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112:145°05′20″E
99:Coordinates
813:Categories
746:Tootgarook
693:Pearcedale
673:Main Ridge
648:Crib Point
608:Balnarring
578:Somerville
558:Mornington
368:References
326:chardonnay
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289:Crib Point
280:Balnarring
140:184 (
137:Population
109:38°23′24″S
782:Point Leo
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349:Frankston
242:Australia
234:Melbourne
174:Melbourne
772:Merricks
765:Locality
736:Sorrento
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706:Red Hill
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355:See also
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238:Victoria
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218:Flinders
180:Hastings
167:Location
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751:Tuerong
701:Portsea
653:Dromana
623:Bittern
573:Rosebud
398:12 July
297:Bittern
274:History
731:Somers
678:McCrae
658:Fingal
618:Baxter
206:Nepean
189:LGA(s)
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