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 Labassa, Manor Grove | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:37°52′23″S145°01′30″E / 37.873°S 145.025°E /-37.873; 145.025 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 16,903 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,020/km2 (10,420/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3161 | ||||||||||||
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Caulfield North is an inner suburb inMelbourne,Victoria,Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne'sCentral Business District, located within theCity of Glen Eiralocal government area. Caulfield North recorded a population of 16,903 at the2021 census.[2]
It is bounded by Orrong Road in the west, Glen Eira Road in the south,Dandenong Road in the north and Kambrook Road in the east. The suburb contains Caulfield Park – a park of approximately 26 hectares (64.25 acres), bounded by Balaclava Road, Inkerman Road, Hawthorn Road, and Park Crescent.
Caulfield North has a large Jewish population: 8619, representing 41.1% of its population, according to the 2016 census data. The suburb's population has a high level of educational attainment, with 45.6% having a bachelor's degree or above compared to 24.3% for Victoria and 22.0% for Australia.[3]
Caulfield North was once the location of many large Victorian mansions, most of which were demolished in the early twentieth century and the large estates that they were built upon were then subdivided.
A notable survivor is Labassa, owned by theNational Trust. The mansion was originally built in 1862 and extended in 1873. In 1889 further extensions and lavish refurbishment commissioned by William Alexander Robertson created the present mansion, a heritage property designed in the French Renaissance style and noted for its opulent 19th-century interiors, which is of national significance.[4][5] The house is sometimes used for filming of theABC's lady detective seriesMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and was one of the filming locations for the 2002 filmQueen of the Damned.The house is sometimes used for filming of theABC's lady detective seriesMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and was one of the filming locations for the 2002 filmQueen of the Damned.
Many streets in the suburb were named in the late 1850s afterCrimea War locations and people. For example;Cardigan,Canrobert,Inkerman,Alma,Raglan, Redan, andBalaclava.
The Caulfield North Post Office was opened on 26 March 1915.[6]
Trams service Caulfield North extensively, with a major tram interchange atBalaclava Junction. Tram routes3,16 and64 all service Caulfield North. Caulfield North also containsBalaclava Junction, the only extantgrand union in theSouthern 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 throughBalaclava railway station (via tram routes 3 and 16).
Australian television personalityGraham Kennedy went to the Caulfield North State School (now Caulfield Junior College), in Balaclava Road.[citation needed]
