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| near-se = [[Glenburn, Victoria|Glenburn]]
| near-s = [[Kinglake, Victoria|Kinglake]]
| near-sw = [[WhittleseaKinglake West, Victoria|WhittleseaKinglake West]]
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'''Flowerdale''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It is in the [[Shire of Murrindindi]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], {{convert|95|km|mi|0}} from the state capital, [[Melbourne]]. It andis in the foothills of the [[Great Dividing Range]], in the upper catchment of the [[Goulburn River (Victoria)|Goulburn River]] system. At the [[Census2021 inAustralian Australia#2011census|20162021 Census]], Flowerdale had a population of 689790.<ref name=ABS2016census>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL20932|name=Flowerdale (Vic) (State)|accessdate=5 July 2022|quick=on}}</ref>
 
Flowerdale Post Office opened on 4 February 1881 and closed in 1974.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Flowerdale* | access-date = 24 March 2021}}</ref>
| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008
| postscript = <!--none--> }}</ref>
 
The area was devastated by a the [[Black Saturday bushfires|bushfire]] in February 2009]], with the loss of a largemany numberhouses. of housesHowever, however the school, hotel and community hall were spared.<ref name="The Age">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/tiny-flowerdale-blossoms-no-longer-20090209-82dg.html?page=-1 |title=Tiny Flowerdale blossoms no longer |last=Baker| first=Richard |date=10 February 2009 |work=The Age |access-date=10 February 2009}}</ref>
|last=Baker|first=Richard
|date=10 February 2009|work=The Age|accessdate=10 February 2009}}</ref>
 
Video commentary on reconstruction effort at [[Deloitte|Deloitte TV Australia]].<ref>[http://deloittetv.deloitte.com.au/?mediaId=1727f78c-e933-49de-b8fd-38ef54d14868 Deloitte TV Australia]</ref>
 
==Hazeldene==
On 9 April 2014. Flowerdale officially absorbed the entire adjacent town of Hazeldene, onfollowing 9 Aprila 2014,decision whenby the state government formallyto mergedmerge the two towns. The council, which had supported the move, cited a community desire for a "unified sense of community identity" following the [[Black Saturday bushfires]], which had caused significant damage in both townsplaces.<ref name="merger">{{cite web | url=http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Your_Council/News_and_Public_Notices/One_locality_for_Flowerdale_and_Hazeldene | title=One locality for Flowerdale and Hazeldene | publisher=Shire of Murrundindi | date=9 April 2014 | accessdateaccess-date=10 June 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163233/http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Your_Council/News_and_Public_Notices/One_locality_for_Flowerdale_and_Hazeldene | archive-date=14 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>▼
 
Hazeldene had a population of 535 at the [[Census in Australia#2006|2006 census]].<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL220900|name=Hazeldene (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=8 February 2009|quick=on}}</ref> Over 200 houses had been destroyed and over 10 deaths had beenwere recorded as occurring in Hazeldene during the bushfiresbushfire.<ref name="UnderSiege">{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25022560-2862,00.html |title=Victoria under siege as fires rage across state |last=Wotherspoon |first=Sarah |date=87 February 2009 |work=[[Herald Sun]] |accessdateaccess-date=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208110233/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25022560-2862,00.html |archivedatearchive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> The General Store and Post Office were spared, but the Jarara Community Centre was destroyed in the bushfires. In theits 2009–2010 Budget, Murrindindi Shire Council indicated that the Jarara Community Centre would be rebuilt, but, due to the high fire danger associated with its previous site, in Silver Creek Road, Council would be rebuildingrebuild it elsewhere within Hazeldene.<ref>Murrindindi Shire Council, 2009–2010 Council Budget, adopted by Council in October 2009.</ref><ref>Jarara Community Centre Committee of Management Minutes of Meeting held on 25 May 2009.</ref>▼
▲Flowerdale absorbed the entire adjacent town of Hazeldene on 9 April 2014, when the state government formally merged the two towns. The council, which had supported the move, cited a community desire for a "unified sense of community identity" following the [[Black Saturday bushfires]], which had caused significant damage in both towns.<ref name="merger">{{cite web | url=http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Your_Council/News_and_Public_Notices/One_locality_for_Flowerdale_and_Hazeldene | title=One locality for Flowerdale and Hazeldene | publisher=Shire of Murrundindi | date=9 April 2014 | accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref>
 
▲Hazeldene had a population of 535 at the [[Census in Australia#2006|2006 census]].<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL220900|name=Hazeldene (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=8 February 2009|quick=on}}</ref> Over 200 houses had been destroyed and over 10 deaths had been recorded as occurring in Hazeldene during the bushfires.<ref name="UnderSiege">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25022560-2862,00.html |title=Victoria under siege as fires rage across state |date=8 February 2009 |work=[[Herald Sun]] |accessdate=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208110233/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25022560-2862,00.html |archivedate=8 February 2009 }}</ref> The General Store and Post Office were spared, but the Jarara Community Centre was destroyed in the bushfires. In the 2009–2010 Budget, Murrindindi Shire Council indicated that the Jarara Community Centre would be rebuilt, but due to the high fire danger associated with its previous site, in Silver Creek Road, Council would be rebuilding it elsewhere within Hazeldene.<ref>Murrindindi Shire Council, 2009–2010 Council Budget, adopted by Council in October 2009.</ref><ref>Jarara Community Centre Committee of Management Minutes of Meeting held on 25 May 2009.</ref>
 
[[File:HazeldeneGeneralStore.JPG|thumb|Hazeldene General Store]]
 
==Sport==
GolfersGolf was playplayed at the course of the Valley View Golf Coaching Centre on Spring Valley Road, Flowerdale.,<ref name = "golf">{{CitationCite web | authortitle=Valley Golf Select View| title publisher=Golf Valley ViewSelect | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1731 | accessdate access-date= 11 May 2009 | postscript= <!--none--> }}</ref> but the facility closed in about 2012. Tennis and cricket are played at the Spring Valley Recreation Reserve
 
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