In 1970, the name 'Endeavour Hills' was coined in honour of the two hundredth anniversary of Captain James Cook's arrival in Botany Bay.
[4] The suburb as known today began with the development of a small housing estate named Endeavour Hills.
The suburb was created with plenty of parkland, bike paths, and safe playing areas for children.
The developers of Endeavour Hills aimed to attract people by offering families a neighbourly and spacious place to live.
[5] Endeavour Hills is a hilly and leafy residential suburb with many parks, gardens and a variety of trees and birdlife.
It has underground utilities (electricity, gas, telecommunications, water) street lighting, wide roads, footpaths and an abundance of native trees have been planted on naturestrips.
[6] Many houses have been built on steep land blocks and have distant views of the surrounding suburbs, some as far away as Frankston, Chadstone, Pakenham, Port Philip Bay and in some cases the CBD.
[7] Endeavour Hills Police Station is located on Heatherton Road, near the main shopping centre.
Around this area is The Endeavour Hills Leisure and Function Centre with a Basketball Court, Health & Wellness Club.
[9] There is also a State Government Department of Human Services and The Rotary Club of Endeavour Hills.
Endeavour Hills has many medical centres, including a variety of specialist services, dental, pathology and diagnostic radiology.
The suburb is situated closest to Hallam station, although many residents prefer to go to Dandenong (located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines) .
There are also five bus routes servicing the area including route 842[11] Soccer is popular with three clubs located in the suburb; Dandenong City Soccer Club who play in the top tier of the Victorian Premier League, Endeavour United SC[12] and Endeavour Hills Fire SC[13] both fielding teams in the division 4 and division 5 of the Victorian State League respectively.
Endeavour Hills are also represented in Victorian Rugby Union, and also the Casey Spartans in Gridiron Victoria.