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ID: 1096718
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1096718
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dandenong (inhabited place)  Dandenong (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 59 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -37.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 145 12 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 145.2000  decimal degrees

Note: Suburb of Melbourne; named derived from Aboriginal "tanjenong" ("lofty"); eucalyptus oil processing plant was established 1851, noted as one of the first distinctly Australian businesses; the Dandenong Ranges mountain recreation area is nearby.

Names:
Dandenong (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Victoria (state)  ............  Victoria (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Dandenong (inhabited place)  ................  Dandenong (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  expanded in 19th cen.
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dandenong..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 873
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 873
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1568875
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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