Canterbury is an eastern suburb of
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia, 10 km from Melbourne's
Central Business District, located within the
City of Boroondara
The City of Boroondara () is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was formed in June 1994 from the amalgamation of the Cities of Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn.
It has an area of ...
local government area. Canterbury recorded a population of 7,800 at the
2021 census.
Famed for its leafy green
boulevard
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s and substantial, opulent historic residences, Canterbury is one of Melbourne's most expensive and exclusive suburbs.
Geography
Canterbury extends as far as Mont Albert Road in the north,
Burke Road in the west, Chatham and Highfield Roads in the east and Riversdale Road to the south. The main thoroughfare through Canterbury is Canterbury Road, which runs east–west and roughly bisects the suburb.
Canterbury is the home to many of Victoria's oldest and most prestigious private schools, including
Camberwell Grammar School
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Camberwell Girls Grammar School
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and
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School. Other schools include
Camberwell High School (Learning to be considerate of others)
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Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
Canterbury Girls Secondary College is an all-girls secondary school located in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. The school provides an education from years 7 to 12.
History
It was established in 1928 as East Camberwell Domestic Arts School, ...
and Canterbury Primary School. Canterbury contains various parks and gardens and is home to the Camberwell Hockey Club in Matlock Street. The Canterbury Sports Ground, home of cricket and Australian football, is in Chatham Road.
The main shopping area in Canterbury is around the
railway station
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and includes shops in Canterbury Road, as well as
Maling Road. Larger shopping centres nearby include Burke Road in
Camberwell and
Whitehorse Road
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in
Balwyn
Balwyn () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Balwyn recorded a population of 13,495 at the 2021 census.
White ...
.
Canterbury is serviced by the
Canterbury
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and
East Camberwell stations, on the
Lilydale and
Belgrave Belgrave may refer to:
Places
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** Belgrave railway line
**Belgrave railway station, Melbourne
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train lines. It is also serviced by tram routes
72 and
109.
History
The railway station is in many ways responsible for the suburb's existence: before the opening of the railway to the City in 1882, the area was a semi-rural area. Even then, it was occupied by the well to do. Many of these early residents and in some cases, their properties, are remembered in the street names of the suburb, notably Logan Street and Monomeath Avenue.
Canterbury Post Office opened on 22 November 1870 (it was closed between 1887 and 1892).
It has since been turned into a café.
The first subdivision in the area came in 1885, when Michael Logan created the 'Claremont Park Estate' within the area of Canterbury Road, Bryson Street, Prospect Hill Road and Logan Street.
At around this time, Edward Snowden settled on 7 hectares in the area centred on a manor he named Monomeath. In 1900 Snowden's estate was subdivided and sold off to form what is now Monomeath Avenue and residents such as notable architect Percey Kernot and prominent citizen George Coghill moved in. The road was paved in 1911 and lined with
oak trees
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. Over time it has gained much cachet in Australian society, famed for its wealthy and sometimes eccentric residents.
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 8,056 people in Canterbury. 67.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 7.9%, England 3.7%, Malaysia 1.7%, New Zealand 1.6% and India 1.3%. 73.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.9%, Cantonese 2.4% and Italian 1.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 37.7%, Catholic 20.1% and Anglican 12.8%.
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Culture
Canterbury is regarded as one of Melbourne's most exclusive suburbs, particularly the "Golden Mile" – a term referring to a part of Mont Albert Road, running west from Balwyn Road and the avenues that connect it to Canterbury Road, specifically Monomeath Avenue, which is lined by large, century old oak trees and grand ornate mansions and is home to many notable politicians and leaders of business and industry.
[Katherine Townsend]
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Other
blue-chip locales along this stretch include Alexandra Avenue, Hopetoun Avenue, Victoria Avenue and The Ridge. It consistently ranks in the top three suburbs for average house prices in Melbourne.
Notable residents
Present and past residents of Canterbury include or have included:
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Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune ...
virologist
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best known for his contributions to
immunology
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. He won a
Nobel Prize
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in 1960 for predicting
acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of
clonal selection
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. He was the first ever
Australian of the Year and the
Burnet Institute is named in his honour
*
Frank Cheshire
Frank Cheshire (1896–1987) was an Australian bookseller and publisher.John Hetherington,Publishing Venture Born Out of 1939 Upheaval: Australia's Publishing Houses (2), ''The Age'', 23 February 1963, p. 18.[bookseller
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and
publisher
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who founded the F. W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd. publishing house
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Frank Cicuttoformer CEO of
National Australia Bank
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Sir Rupert Hamerformer
Premier of Victoria
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*
Billy Harvey ,
Australian Rules footballer who during World War I won the
Military Cross
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and was killed during the
Battle of Passchendaele
*
Kylie and
Dannii Minogue's family
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Andrew Peacock
Andrew Sharp Peacock (13 February 193916 April 2021) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister and went on to become leader of the Liberal Party on two occasions (1983–1985 and 1989–1990), leading the pa ...
former federal leader of the
Liberal Party of Australia
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*
Tom Schieffer
John Thomas Schieffer (born October 4, 1947) is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Schieffer is the founder and President of Envo ...
former US Ambassador to Australia, and to Japan
Sport
The suburb has an
Australian rules football team called the Canterbury Cobras, who compete in the
Yarra Junior Football League
The Yarra Junior Football League is the largest junior Australian rules football league in Australia. The league has a total of 32 clubs, who are based around northern, eastern and north-eastern Melbourne. There is a total of 66 divisions througho ...
.
Schools
Canterbury has a number of primary and secondary schools in its vicinity. These include Canterbury Primary School,
Camberwell Grammar School
, motto_translation = By our deeds may we be known
, established =
, type = Independent, single sex, Anglican primary and secondary day school
, denomination = Anglican
, slogan ...
,
Camberwell High School (Learning to be considerate of others)
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, state = Victoria
, country = Australia
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, type = Public
, established ...
,
Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School, and
Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
Canterbury Girls Secondary College is an all-girls secondary school located in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. The school provides an education from years 7 to 12.
History
It was established in 1928 as East Camberwell Domestic Arts School, ...
.
Places of worship
* Canterbury Christadelphians
* Canterbury Presbyterian Church
* Canterbury Baptist Church
See also
*
City of Camberwell – Canterbury was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
Australian Places – Canterbury
{{City of Boroondara suburbs
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Boroondara