Deanside

Deanside is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area. Deanside recorded a population of 654 at the 2021 census.
The suburb was gazetted by the Office of Geographic Names on 9 February 2017, following a proposal for eleven new suburbs by the City of Melton, and officially came into effect in mid-2017.
Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was split between Rockbank and Plumpton.

Historical Significance

The suburb now known as Deanside has a rich agricultural and archaeological history. The Deanside Homestead Complex is the core part of the Rockbank pastoral run originally owned by notable pastoralist William Cross Yuille and subsequently sold to William John Turner Clarke who owned the 40,000 acre Rockbank Estate. Following the sale in 1853, Deanside became the head station of Clarke's pastoralist empire. The Deanside Homestead Complex is an agricultural complex including the archaeological remains of a mansion and other farm-related structures which was one of the first pastoral properties held in the district. On the historical significance of the area, The Victorian Heritage Council claims that "The homestead complex is an important and early example of a prosperous rural holding in mid to late nineteenth-century Victoria."