City of Casey
- 38.083333333333145.3Koordinaten: 38 ° 5 ' S, 145 ° 18' E Casey City is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. Casey belongs to the city of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The area is 395 km ² and has about 250,000 inhabitants, making it the most populous administrative area of the city. He is also the fastest growing LGA Victoria. It is named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey.
Casey is about 50 km from the city center of Melbourne at the southeastern edge of the inner metropolitan area north of Westernport Bay and includes 29 neighborhoods: Berwick, Blind Bight, Cannons Creek, Clyde, Clyde North, Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne South, Cranbourne West, Devon Meadows, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Eumemmerring, Five Ways, Hallam, Hampton Park, Harkaway, Junction Village, Lynbrook, Lysterfield South, Merinda Park, Narre Warren, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South, Pearcedale, Tooradin and Warneet. Seat of the City Council is Narre Warren in the north of the LGA.
Casey consists of flat land, which was used by the first settlers in the 19th century as farmland and still serves the outdoor cultivation of fruits and vegetables.
In Narre Warren, the district with the greatest growth in the city, located to the Fountain Gate Shopping Centre one of the largest shopping centers in Australia.
More recently, in 1996, opened Berwick campus of Monash University. Approximately 2,000 students attend there, the faculties of Economics, communication and multimedia, as well as urban, regional planning and tourism.
Casey City is twinned with the English town of Berwick -upon- Tweed.
Management
The Casey City Council has eleven members who are elected by the residents of the six wards ( two each in Four Oaks, Edrington, River Gum, Springfield, and Mayfield, a Councillor from Balla Balla ). These six districts are set independently of the districts. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.