Dandenong is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong. At the 2006 Census, Dandenong had a population of 16,729. Once an independent city, it was absorbed by metropolitan Melbourne as its urban sprawl extended south east along the railway and freeway corridors during the late 1960s, while it maintains a distinctive identity and character. The city is situated on Dandenong… (More on Dandenong)