The Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club (MSTEC) is a volunteer club in Scoresby, Victoria, Australia, dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and restoration of industrial heritage, particularly machinery. The club's activities take place on the site of the National Steam Centre where there is a collection of mobile steam, stationary steam engines, stationary IC engines, diesel engines, diesel generator sets, tractors and other mobile machinery.
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The Jells Park is a 127-hectare metropolitan park located in Wheelers Hill, a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Opened on 30 April 1976, the park is named in honour of Joseph Jell, a cattle grazier who worked in the area in the mid-late 1800s. Located on the western bank of the Dandenong Creek, the park contains 9 kilometres of paths for cycling and walking, including Scotchmans Creek Trail, EastLink Trail, and Dandenong Creek Trail which connects to Blind Creek Trail.
Situated on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri Woi‐wurrung, Jells Park is managed by Parks Victoria as part of the Dandenong Valley Parklands, a collection of public parks and open space reserves along the Dandenong Creek. In 2016, the park attracted in excess of 900,000 visitors a year.
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Caribbean Gardens was a 100-acre market, gardens and amusement park located in the outer eastern suburb of Scoresby in Melbourne, Australia, on the north/west side of Caribbean Lake, a large 1.2 km-long artificial lake along the northern bank of Corhanwarrabul Creek, a major tributary of Dandenong Creek.
Caribbean Gardens and Market operated from 1965 when it started with water ski shows and a handful of traders selling wares from their car boots. What once was "a handful of traders" grew into a bustling undercover market with over 1000 stall sites. It was known as one of the largest markets in Victoria, occupying a 10,500 m2 pavilion.
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Harvest Bible College was the first Pentecostal theological college accredited by the Australian government. In 2018 it merged with Alphacrucis College.
It was a private tertiary education provider, accredited by the Australian government, specialising in training for Christian ministry. It was non-denominational and Pentecostal in its theology and ethos.
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Scoresby is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Scoresby recorded a population of 6,066 at the 2021 census.
In the Parish system of Victoria the local parish is called Scoresby, a part of the County of Mornington.
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Electoral district of Knox was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.
There is also a library, an archive, and a miniature railway that circles the site.