Caulfield South, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Caulfield South
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Glen Eira
postcode = 3162
pop = 11,113 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21159 | name = Caulfield South (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-26 | quick = on]
area = 3.3
est =
propval = $669,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Caulfield%20South&postcode=3162 Caulfield South] , accessed 9 August 2007]
stategov = Caulfield
fedgov = Melbourne Ports and Goldstein
dist1 = 12
location1= Melbourne
near-nw = Elsternwick
near-n = Caulfield
near-ne = Caulfield East
near-w = Elsternwick
near-e = Glen Huntly
near-sw = Gardenvale
near-s = Brighton East
near-se = Ormond

Caulfield South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira, and although it has its own postcode (3162), forms part of the larger city of Caulfield.

Caulfield South is bounded by Glen Huntly Road to the north, Booran Road to the east, North Road to the south and Kooyong Road to the west. Although it has no railway station, it is serviced by the numbers 64 and 67 tram routes. Elsternwick, Glenhuntly and Caulfield train stations are all within a short drive, with both Elsternwick and Glenhuntly stations accessible via the number 67 tram.

One landmark of note is the Caulfield General Medical Centre which began life as one of the local mansions, the "Glen Eira". This was purchased in 1915 by the Australian Department of Defence and turned into "No. 11 Army General Hospital" where it served as a rehabilitation centre for returned servicemen from the Great War who sustained permanent or severe injuries. It has since undergone many changes of purpose and management and currently caters primarily for rehabilitation and geriatric medicine.

The Brighton Cemetery is also located in Caulfield South, and pre-dates the Caulfield Roads Board - the first official recognition of the suburb of Caulfield. Opened in 1855 it became, together with St. Kilda Cemetery, an alternative resting place for those who had lived south of the Yarra river. There are up 70,000 people interred, including famous Australian artists, politicians and military heroes.

Caulfield South has many parks and gardens, the most notable of which is Princes Park. The area was a council landfill up until the middle of the twentieth century, when it was transformed into public park lands. It has been improved further and now includes several ovals and playing fields, sports clubs, pavillons, open spaces, children's playgrounds and many paved walking tracks with dog walking welcome.

Caulfield South Primary School is located in Bundeera Road.

The Rosstown Railway once ran through Caulfield South, and its traversal through several suburban blocks remains public land to this day, an easy identifier of where the track once ran.

The architecture of Caulfield South is predominately period-style detached 2 and 3 bedroom family homes with both front and rear gardens. Not all properties have off-street parking and rely on space available on the street. The architectural styles range from the early 1900's and onwards with common styles being Edwardian weather board to Californian Bungalow to Red Brick Clinker pairs which share a common wall. An increasing trend is the demolition of the original house to construct a large, two storey modern house. There are also a growing number of higher density apartments and flats appearing, especially close to the tram lines.

Native wildlife that inhabit the suburb include both ring tail and brush tail possums, magpies, crested pigeons, rainbow lorikeets and wattle birds.

ee also

* City of Caulfield - the former local government area of which Caulfield South was a part.

References

External links

*Glen Eira city council [http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/ home page] .
*Further information about [http://www.brightoncemetery.com/ Brighton Cemetery] .