Caulfield North, Victoria
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| Caulfield North Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Labassa, Manor Grove |
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| Population: | 13441 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3161 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.2 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $870,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 11 km 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, 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.
[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.
Trains connect the suburb to the city via the major transport interchange, Caulfield railway station at Caulfield East (via tram route 3).
[edit] Gallery
 Grimwade House, now part of Melbourne Grammar School |
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira | |
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Bentleigh | Bentleigh East | Caulfield | Caulfield East | Caulfield North | Caulfield South | Carnegie | Elsternwick | Gardenvale | Glen Huntly | McKinnon | Murrumbeena | Ormond | St. Kilda East |
