Blackburn South, Victoria

Blackburn South
Melbourne, Victoria
Blackburn South
Coordinates 37°50′17″S 145°08′38″E / 37.838°S 145.144°E / -37.838; 145.144Coordinates: 37°50′17″S 145°08′38″E / 37.838°S 145.144°E / -37.838; 145.144
Population 10,584 (2011)[1]
 • Density 3,020/km2 (7,830/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 3130
Area 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Location 16 km (10 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s) City of Whitehorse
State electorate(s) Forest Hill
Federal Division(s) Chisholm
Suburbs around Blackburn South:
Box Hill Blackburn Nunawading
Box Hill South Blackburn South Forest Hill
Burwood Burwood East Burwood East

Blackburn South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District.[2] Its local government area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2011 Census, Blackburn South had a population of 10,584.

Blackburn South is bordered by Canterbury Road, Middleborough Road, Eley Road, and by an irregular line to the east of Blackburn Road.

History

Prior to development in the 1950s, Blackburn was primarily covered by orchards. Orchard Grove, an important access road through the suburb, was named so for this reason. Some original farm houses still stand in the area. During the 1960s and 1970s Blackburn South was a working-class neighbourhood before becoming a more middle-class neighbourhood in the early 1980s. South Blackburn Post Office on Canterbury Road opened around February 1954 and was renamed Blackburn South around 1957. Kinkuna Post Office on Vicki Street near Blackburn Road opened on 8 October 1960 and closed in 1979.[3]

The Blackburn South Sharps were the most prominent of the 1972-1977 Melbourne ‘sharpie’ gangs. Sharpies were an early precursor to the Australian phenomenon of bogans. "The Blackburn South Sharps" have been the subject of several modern exhibitions and documentaries due to the numerous photographs they took around Blackburn South landmarks.[4]

Transport

The major east-west thoroughfare through Blackburn South is Canterbury Road. From the south, it is also accessible from Burwood Highway. Major north-south roads through the suburb include Middleborough Road and Blackburn Road; both connect to the Eastern Freeway.

Melbourne PTV bus routes service the area.

Recreation

Blackburn South, and its surrounding areas features several excellent parks. These include Wurundjeri Walk Trail, which provides an excellent creek-side walk. There are cricket ovals at Mirrabooka Oval and Eley Park, the latter also featuring a tennis club. Other smaller parks are also tucked away in the suburb, including Edinburgh Patch and one at Wardle Close, a green corridor between McCracken Avenue and Shawlands Avenue and the Fulton Road - Finch Place link.

Education


There is a kindergarten in Blackburn South; Indra Pre-school, which caters for 3 to 4 year olds and feeds into Orchard Grove PS which was formerly known as Mirrabooka, St Lukes and Laburnum Primary School in Blackburn. There is also a kindergarten, Holbury, in Raleigh Street and it originally began in a hall on the corner of Holland Road and Canterbury Road.

Its high school, Blackburn South High, was amalgamated into Forest Hill College. It's local technical school, Burwood Technical school, located on the corner of Eley road and Middleborough road was closed in 1990 after more than 50 years to make way for housing development.

Blackburn South was also home to Blackburn South Primary School. The small school was located off canterbury Road and closed before the 1990s.

Blackburn South was also home to Blackburn East Primary School which was located in Vicki Street. It was built in 1958 and closed in 1993. Another school in Blackburn South is St Luke's the evangelist. It has been around for over 50 years.

There was also Warrawong Primary School, which was within the boundary of Richmond Street, Eley Road, Jenner Street and Hastings Avenue.

Retail

Blackburn South itself features shops along Canterbury Road, including a Safeway Supermarket and a Video Ezy. There are also smaller shops,known as Milk bars at the corner of Fulton and Holland Road, Indra Road, Vicki Street and Eley Road. It does feature proximity to Blackburn, Box Hill and Forest Hill; easily accessible by either car or bus.

Places of worship

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Blackburn South (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/vic/ferntree+gully/blackburn+south
  3. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  4. ↑ Berlin 2006 Exhibition: "Sharpies", retrieved 9 June 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.readthebible.com.au/
  6. ↑ http://www.cam.org.au/Church-in-Melbourne/Parishes-Mass-Times/blackburn-south
  7. ↑ http://www.ecci.org.au/

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