Caulfield North, Victoria
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| Caulfield North Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Labassa, Manor Grove |
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| Population: | 14,034 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3161 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.2 km² (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $885,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 11 km (7 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Glen Eira | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Caulfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Melbourne Ports | ||||||||||||
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Caulfield North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Glen Eira. Its postcode is 3161. It is home to Melbourne's largest concentration of the Jewish community.
Caulfield North was once home to many large Victorian mansions, most of which were demolished and subdivided, however a few remain. The most notable of which is Labassa, which is owned by the National Trust. The mansion was one of the filming locations for the film Queen of the Damned.
Australian television personality Graham Kennedy went to the Caulfield North State School (now Caulfield Junior College), in Balaclava Road.
Many other streets around the school were named after Crimea War locations and people: for example, Cardigan, Canrobert, Inkerman, Alma, Raglan.
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[edit] Geography
The boundary of Caulfield North commences with Orrong Road from the west, Glen Eira Road from the south, Dandenong Road from the north and Kambrook Road from the east.
The suburb also contains Caulfield Park - a park of approximately 26 hectares in size, bounded by Balaclava Road, Inkerman Road, Hawthorn Road and Park Crescent.
[edit] Public Transport
Trams service Caulfield North extensively, with a major tram interchange at Balaclava Junction. Tram routes 3, 16 and 64 all service Caulfield North. Caulfield North also contains. Balaclava Junction, it is the only extant grand union in the Southern Hemisphere, a junction where trams can go in all directions from all directions.
Trains connect the suburb to the city via the major transport interchange, Caulfield railway station at Caulfield East (via tram route 3). Trains also connect the suburb to the city through Balaclava railway station (via tram routes 3 and 16).
[edit] Gallery
 Grimwade House, now part of Melbourne Grammar School |
[edit] See also
- City of Caulfield - the former local government area of which Caulfield North was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Caulfield North (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Caulfield North, accessed 27 December 2007
[edit] External links
- Caulfield North, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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