Croydon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia positioned close to 28 km east of Melbourne’s Central Business District. Croydon has a populace of almost 27,000 individuals. The area that eventually became Croydon was first put to use during the 1840’s by residents for the grazing of farm animals. The first road through the location was labeled Sawmill road because of a sawmill nearby. Later on it was altered to Oxford Road and in the 1900’s it was changed as to what it is known today as Mt Dandenong Road. The location itself was initially referred to as White Flats since the area was heavily populated by a rough silvery-white type grass. The name of Croydon was given to it with the Lacey family members whom came from Essex, England who called it after the Croydon in the United Kingdom that was Mrs. Lacey’s home town. Near the present Main St shopping area is a street called after the Lacey family. Parcels of property in the area were first surveyed in 1868 and the region was initially formally habituated with all the location being focused on the farming of sheep, dairy and beef. There were also some sawmills established. After […] read more