* Frankston North

These wards are known as North-West Ward ( covering mostly Seaford, Frankston North and parts of Frankston ), South-West Ward ( covering the southern parts of Frankston and Frankston South ) and East Ward ( covering Langwarrin and Carrum Downs ).

He was educated at Monterey High School in Frankston North and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

At the 2006 Census, Frankston North had a population of 5, 492.

Frankston North landmarks include the Pines Forest Swimming Centre, Long Island Country Golf Club, and the former site of Monterey High School, which was removed in the early 1990s when the High and Technical schools were combined and moved to the former Technical school site.

Frankston North is a working class suburb, nicknamed The " Pines " because of the former Ministry of Housing Pines Estate which made up the bulk of the suburb.

The approximate size of Frankston North is 5. 2 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

The 2001 Census of Population and Housing data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics states that 5, 771 persons lived in Frankston North as at 2001.

In 1983 the City of Frankston purchased a former Ministry of Housing rent office at 2 Candlebark Crescent, Frankston North.

A petition, signed by 1, 879 residents of Carrum Downs and presented to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1997 further sought action to begin " construction of suitable facilities in Carrum Downs with the view of relocating Monterey Secondary College from its present location in Frankston North ".

Many other streets in Frankston North are named after exotic and native species.

Frankston North, " The Pines ", had a reputation during the 1970s and 1980s for being a " high crime " suburb.

The Club was formed in 1964, not long after the establishment of a housing commission estate in Pines Forest / Frankston North.

Frankston North is home to a 50 metre heated outdoor six-lane swimming pool.

Due to the population of the City of Frankston increasing rapidly in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, a local chapter of the club was established for Frankston North.

The meeting unanimously resolved that a new Club should be formed and that it should be known as the Rotary Club of Frankston North.

During 2003 an extensive Cultural Mapping exercise was developed in collaboration with the community of North Frankston.

* Pines Exhibition: A portable display showing The Pines, Frankston North, its past and present.

To be shown at the Mahogany Neighbourhood Centre in Frankston North, and other venues.

In June 2010, many services from Frankston to the city were also altered, and now do not travel through the city loop.

In addition, the local MP for the Federal seat of Dunkley, Bruce Billson, is also working with local councils with a view to applying pressure on the state government for the Frankston Bypass to be built.

Thomas McComb, who arrived in Frankston in 1852, also purchased much land in the area ( over what is now the Frankston central business district ) and did much to develop the local fishing industry.

Frankston North is classified as part of the North West Ward of the City of Frankston, which also covers Seaford and parts of Frankston.

* Frankston North is also served by local branches of Alcoholics Anonymous and The Salvation Army.

There is also a train line servicing the area via Parkdale Station, located on the Frankston Line, operating in Zone 2.

By May 1957, Kennedy was appearing on television ( see below ), but also presented a 3AK morning radio programme with Bert Newton in 1961 – 1962, which later originated from a studio built at Kennedy's home in Olivers Hill, Frankston.

It was also possible that the bodies were of a young Victorian couple, Deborah Everist and James Gibson, who had been missing since leaving Frankston in 1989.

The Dandenong Valley Highway ( also predominantly known as Stud Road and Dandenong Frankston Road )

Prior to European discovery, the Frankston area was populated by Indigenous Australians known as the Kulin people.

The estate was the earliest officially recorded settlement in Frankston, and was located to the east of Port Phillip, in what is now known as the locality of Karingal.

* The Peninsula Legal Centre was originally based at Frankston North and was known as ' The Frankston North Legal Centre '.

* Frankston North is home to two retail shopping strips: one at the Western end of Excelsior Drive known as the Excelsior shops, and another on Mahogany Avenue known as The Pines Forest Shopping Centre.

* Frankston North-The Pines is serviced by Neighbourhood Watch which is broken up by five separate areas each with its own Co-ordinator and their Zone Representatives within a Committee consisting of a Newsletter Editor, Secretary, Treasurer and an Overall Co-ordinator / President ( Stan Doric JP the initiator in 2004 ) current to 2010, liaison during this time with Victoria Police ( Frankston City ) Co-ordinator L / S / Const Sharron Coburn. The areas are known as FRK 22, FRK 23, FRK 24, FRK 25, FRK 26 and are bound by Frankston-Dandenong Road, Pines Flora & Fauna Reserve, Ballarto Rd, Peninsula Country Golf Club.

The associate editor of The Age, Shaun Carney pointed out both the Liberal ( Bruce Billson ) and Labor ( Helen Constas ) candidates for the local federal seat of Dunkley at the 2004 Federal Election attended Monterey High School, now known as Monterey Secondary College in Frankston North.

These bus routes pass through the area known locally as Eliza Heights, but are mainly part of the Frankston South suburb.

In the early 1960s the Frankston Freeway was known as the Wells Road Bypass.

MacDiarmid, who emigrated with her family in 1987 from the Scottish Highlands to Australia, had been playing tennis after work with two friends at ( what was then known as ) Flinders Park in Batman Avenue, East Melbourne before walking to Richmond station where they found that they had just missed a Frankston line train.

In the early 1960s the Frankston Freeway was known as the Wells Road Bypass, 20px an undivided highway between Frankston-Cranbourne Road and Seaford Road.

East Ward councilor Jane Hill said that there was " No reason for ( the ) Pines stigma " and said that its reputation existed only in the minds of a minority of Frankston residents.

Frankston North Community Renewal will build on the initiatives of previous community strengthening programs that have been delivered in the area over the past five years, including Pines Connecting the Community, Best Start and Communities for Children.

* The Pines / Frankston North Cultural Mapping Project