Ferntree Gully, Victoria

Ferntree Gully is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Knox, near the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges.

Community

There is the Ferntree Gully library and the community centre, where the Knox Festival is held in March.

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Also the Christmas Carols are in Ferntree Gully. Formerly on Dobsons Road (the Arboretum), they are now on the grounds of the Community Centre every year in December.

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Human features of Ferntree Gully include the Cool Store, and the Knox Environment Society. Also there are three pubs, all on Burwood Highway, and the Mountain Gate shopping precinct. There is a retirement village (Amaroo), a sizable amount of pre-schools and kindergartens, and the William Anglis Hospital (established 1954).

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