Capel Sound, Victoria

Capel Sound (formerly Rosebud West)
Melbourne, Victoria
Capel Sound (formerly Rosebud West)
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
Coordinates 38°22′37″S 144°52′19″E / 38.377°S 144.872°E / -38.377; 144.872Coordinates: 38°22′37″S 144°52′19″E / 38.377°S 144.872°E / -38.377; 144.872
Population 4,930 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density 1,072/km2 (2,780/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 3940
Area 4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State electorate(s) Nepean
Federal Division(s) Flinders
Suburbs around Capel Sound (formerly Rosebud West):
Port Phillip
Tootgarook Capel Sound (formerly Rosebud West) Rosebud
Boneo

Capel Sound (formerly Rosebud West) is a suburb located on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

A distinguishing landmark feature of Capel Sound is the Tootgarook Swamp, the largest example left of a shallow freshwater marsh in the Port Phillip bay region. The swamp is also described by Melbourne water as a ground water dependent ecosystem. The 381 hectare swamp is found on the lower section of the Mornington Peninsula, called the Nepean Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. A large portion of the Tootgarook Swamp is zoned as residential and industrial, with roughly half of the actual swamp inside the green wedge and half within the urban growth boundary.[2]

Rosebud West Post Office opened on 12 January 1938 and closed around 1996.[3]

On 15 September 2016 Mornington Peninsula Shire Council officially changed the name from Rosebud West to Capel Sound.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rosebud West (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ http://www.savetootgarookswamp.org/index.html
  3. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  4. ↑ Harding, Allison (13 September 2016). "It's official: Rosebud West loses 'stigma' name and becomes Capel Sound". Mornington Peninsula Leader. Retrieved 3 January 2017.


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