Is Pakenham a part of Melbourne? | Drive-through Chadstone to Pakenham via M1 Warragul | 4K

Pakenham is a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, 53 km (33 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District and the most populous in the Shire of Cardinia. Pakenham recorded a population of 54,118 at the 2021 census.

Pakenham, originally the product of a small settlement built around the railway station en route to Gippsland, has become a commuter suburb of Melbourne, 57 km east of the city centre. Soldier settlement after both world wars relied on growing fruit and vegetables, and processing plants were built. Suburban electric train services reached Pakenham in 1975, and its liveability has improved with the Princes Highway bypassing the city centre in 2007.

The area was originally part of the territory of the Bunurong tribe, but little record remains of their occupation. About 1843 a pastoral run was taken up on the Toomuc Creek and in 1850 a hotel was established where the track into Gippsland crossed the creek. The hotel soon became a coach staging post and the nucleus of a small settlement serving the surrounding grazing district. The township was known as Pakenham since survey in the 1850s, thought to honour General Pakenham who served in the Crimean War.

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