Skye, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Skye
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Frankston
postcode = 3977
pop = 6898 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21609 | name = Skye (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-26 | quick = on]
area = 19
est =
propval = $291,250 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Skye&postcode=3977 Skye] , accessed 9 August 2007]
stategov = Cranbourne
fedgov = Dunkley, Isaacs
dist1 = 43
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 11
location2= Frankston
near-nw = Bangholme
near-n = Lyndhurst
near-ne = Lynbrook
near-w = Carrum Downs
near-e = Cranbourne West
near-sw = Frankston North
near-s = Langwarrin
near-se = Cranbourne South

Skye is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston.

History

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. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Prior to December 15, 1994, Skye was part of the City of Cranbourne formally the Shire of Cranbourne. It still shares the same postcode, 3977, with Cranbourne.

The suburb has one school, Skye Primary School. The suburb has a number of newer housing developments (many which have been developed since 2005).

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 green wedge between Skye and Cranbourne West, which is in the neighboring municipality of the City of Casey.

References

External links