Car Hire Clayton - Mini guide to Clayton

Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne and is part of Monash city. Actually Clayton suburb is under the Local Government Area jurisdiction of Monash city. Clayton suburb is situated twenty one kilometres from Melbourne and is accessible by car with various car hire services available in the area. It has a population of around fourteen thousand people in an area of around eight square kilometres.

The name Clayton originated in the 1860s. It was borrowed from a property bearing the name ""Clayton Vale"" and which belonged to John Hughes Clayton, a lawyer.

Prior to 1960, farming was the main economic activity in Clayton. But all this changed in the 1960s following the onset of urbanisation and industrialisation which saw a lot of changes take place in the area.

But while the original occupants of the area settled to practise farming, today Clayton is renowned for its research and training institutions. To be precise, Clayton now boasts of being one of Australia.s largest centres of science, technology and research. In Victoria in particular, Clayton is the area most densely populated by high technology industries.

Monash University is also located in Clayton. The university which opened its doors in 1961 is not only Melbourne's second metropolitan university but is also now the largest university in Australia. But Clayton is not entirely a .book types city.. Such golf courses as Royal Melbourne, Metropolitan, Kingston Heath and Huntingdon are to be found here. This of course makes up for what some might consider intimidating and boring due to the saturation of the area by academic and research institutions.

Clayton suburb is linked to Monash city, Dandenong and the Mornington Peninsula by principal roads and one can also use any of the several car hire companies operating in the area. There is also a railway serving the area.

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