   cranbourne is a suburb in melbourne, victoria, australia, 43&nbsp;km south-east of melbourne's central business district. its local government area is the city of casey. at the 2011 census, cranbourne had a population of 18,622. the greater cranbourne area consists of cranbourne, cranbourne north, cranbourne east, cranbourne south, cranbourne west. some suburbs and townships that surround cranbourne are narre warren south, devon meadows, langwarrin, clyde, and junction village. ==history== prior to european settlement the cranbourne area is thought to have been occupied by the boonwurrung aboriginal people. the first white settlers, the ruffy brothers, arrived in 1836. they later opened the cranbourne inn.  the area was greatly opened up by settlers from the 1860s. cranbourne post office had opened on 1 august 1857. progress in developing the land around cranbourne was hampered by the koo wee rup swamplan
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