Wonga Park

Wonga Park is a rural suburb and urban locality 29 km north-east of central Melbourne, between the southern bank of the Yarra River and Croydon North. Its western and eastern boundaries are Jumping Creek and Chirnside Park respectively. The name comes for the Wonga Park grazing property, where the 1867 Melbourne Cup winner had been trained. Generally, though, the area was part of Mooroolbark until the 1890s.