Bayswater, Victoria

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


caption = Bayswater, Vic, looking east to Mount Dandenong
lga = City of Knox
postcode = 3153
pop = 10,738 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21057 | name = Bayswater (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-29 | quick = on]
area = 8
est =
propval = $280,500 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Bayswater&postcode=3153 Bayswater] , accessed 27 November 2006]
stategov = Bayswater
fedgov = Aston, La Trobe
dist1 = 29
location1= Melbourne
near-nw = Wantirna
near-n = Heathmont
near-ne = Bayswater North
near-w = Wantirna
near-e =
near-sw = Wantirna South
near-s = Boronia
near-se = Boronia

Bayswater is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of Knox. Its postcode is 3153.

Its schools include Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater South Primary School, Bayswater West Primary School and Bayswater Secondary College (formerly Bayswater High School).

Its most well-known reserve is Bayswater Park, where football and cricket is played on the two ovals, as well as netball and tennis on surrounding courts. The adjacent playground, known by the locals as the 'Train Park', contains a disused steam engine which has been altered for children to play on.

Bayswater also has a shopping centre, Bayswater Village, which is currently being redeveloped. A new shopping centre containing an Aldi supermarket also opened in 2006. There are also many restaurants and a strip shopping centre. Bayswater is also the headquarters of the Knox Opportunity Shop, which was run by councillors and others.

In the late 1940s a number of German Templers (just released from the Tatura Internment Camp) settled in Bayswater and Boronia. Part of the Temple Society Australia they built a Community Centre (1961) in Elizabeth Street and a Retirement Village, as well as a Nursing Home [http://www.tabulam.org Tabulam] in partnership with the Australian German Welfare Society (AGWS).

Bayswater Station is located near Mountain Highway, the main stretch of road running through the suburb and a train ride from Bayswater to the CBD is 26 kilometres.

Bayswater North is located in the City of Maroondah and shares the postcode 3153 with Bayswater.

See also

* City of Croydon - the former local government area of which Bayswater was a part.

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041013062821/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/bayswater.html Australian Places - Bayswater, Victoria]

* [http://apps.facebook.com/neighborhoods/Neighborhood.aspx?NeighborhoodID=279189 Bayswater Neighborhood on Facebook (login required)]