Deepdene, Victoria

Deepdene is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area.

[1] Formerly a neighbourhood within the suburb of Balwyn, the Office of Geographic Names officially recognised Deepdene as a bounded locality in April 2010.

[3] Deepdene Post Office, on Whitehorse Road, opened on 14 July 1913.

A documentary called Melbourne's Forgotten Railway - The Outer Circle, which details the history of the line, was released in 2014.

Shops in the period 1959 to 1966 included Mrs Gebbie's haberdashery, Lanyon's grocery store (Lanyon obtained a liquor licence in this historically dry area), a Kevin Dennis car yard, a classic corner milk bar, a hardware store, a garden landscaping supply business, and a commercial bakery.