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Mentone is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Mentone recorded a population of 13,197 at the
Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin were painting on the beach at Mentone one day in the summer of 1886 87 when they noticed a young man painting nearby. This was Arthur Streeton who they asked to join them. They, and others, later became known as the Heidelberg school of artists. The original Mentone Fire station was located on the corner of Brindisi Street and Mentone Parade, Mentone in 1906 and after the new fire station was built it was relocated to Lalor in 1957. According to the , the median individual income in Mentone was $664 per week, which was slightly higher than the Australian average of $577 per week. Similarly, the median household weekly income of $1,288 in Mentone was slightly higher than the Australian average of $1,234.

Mentone is home to a lively shopping area along Como Parade West, Balcombe Road, Mentone Parade and surrounding streets and laneways. This shopping strip offers a wide range of restaurants, cafes, bakeries, clothing stores, supermarkets, travel agents, fancy dress, craft, home, book stores and more. A second commercial area has grown along Nepean Highway; this may expand as the former Nylex factory site between Nepean Highway and Warrigal road is redeveloped into a bulky goods retail precinct. Neighbouring suburb, Cheltenham, comprises one of the biggest shopping centres in Australia – Westfield Southland. This shopping mall incorporates a two level bridge that spans the six lanes of Nepean Highway. It is the main shopping centre for people of Mentone and surrounds. A new train station opened in 2017 on the west side of Southland near Bay Street. In late 2010 Thrift Park shopping centre between Lower Dandenong Road and Nepean Highway just east of Warrigal Road went through with a $35 million redevelopment. The redevelopment included demolishing the original centre that was "ageing" and building a larger Woolworths supermarket plus additional stores. The centre officially opened in December 2010.

In terms of State and Federal Government Mentone is situated in the Electoral district of Mordialloc and Sandringham for state parliament and the Electoral district of Isaacs in the federal system. In the 2018 Victorian State election and the 2019 Australian Federal Election, every booth in Mentone reported a majority of votes for the Labor Party. 2022 Federal Election, "Mentone" polling booth, Division of Isaacs, primary votes. Liberal Robbie Beaton 28.43%   Labor Mark Dreyfus 38.31%  Greens Alex Breskin 19.91%   Others 10.87%   Informal 2.53%

Mentone is located on the Nepean Highway. Mentone is serviced by a variety of Public Transport Victoria buses, which are the 903 bus from Mordialloc, 811 and 812 from Brighton and Dandenong, The 708 to Hampton and Carrum and the 825 and Metro Trains Melbourne services, focused on the Mentone railway station, a station on the Frankston train line. The station opened on 19 December 1881 as Balcombe Road. On the day of the , 15.6% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 63.5% by car (either as driver or as passenger).

The Mentone Beach and Mentone Lifesaving Club provide leisure space and activities, as do the parkland and oval near the council offices. Mentone is also home to numerous sporting clubs including cricket, football, tennis, swimming, field hockey, and lawn bowling. Mentone Bowling Club was established in the early 1900s and has a successful history, including an Australian champion. The club is next to the train station in the centre of the suburb. Mentone were promoted to the Premier Division in 2010. In late 2013 it was announced the iconic Mentone Tenpin Bowl on the corner of the Nepean Hwy and Warrigal Rd would close by the end of that year after fifty years of operation in order to make way for a new multi storey residential apartment and retail complex. The Mentone Hotel was a historical hotel building overlooking Port Phillip Bay. It has been renovated into a number of apartments. The Mentone RSL is housed in a building dating to 1884–1886. One of Australia's last Blockbuster Video stores was in Mentone but has since closed down.