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Heatherton is a residential and agricultural district 20 km. south-east of Melbourne, between Moorabbin and Dingley Village. Originally named Kingston by the early settlers John and Richard King, it was renamed Heatherton by the postmistress and wife of the local school master in 1880, on account of the plant cover which was similar to Scottish heather.

The land at Heatherton was suited to dairying and market gardens. In 1867 attempts were made to have a primary school opened, which occurred three years later. It was called Kingston, more or less in keeping with the district's first name. Lying five kilometres east of the railway line to Mordialloc, Heatherton has not been greatly affected by metropolitan housing subdivisions. From being an agricultural village with a school, two churches and a benevolent asylum in 1910, it was recorded as an agricultural district and residential area with a school, hall, church and a trotting track in 1994.

Several large recreational areas are in Heatherton: Kingston Heath Golf Club (1925), Capital Golf Course, Brighton Grammar School playing fields, and the Heatherton recreation reserve. Its northern boundary is the reservation for the proposed Dingley Freeway.

Heatherton had a census population of 257 in 1933. The figure of 958 in 1911 was probably for a larger area.

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