Travancore, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = City of Moonee Valley
postcode = 3032
pop = 811 (2001 census)
area = 0.4
est =
propval =
stategov = Melbourne
fedgov = Melbourne
dist1 = 5
location1= Melbourne
dist2 =
location2=
near-nw =
near-n = Ascot Vale
near-ne =
near-w = Flemington
near-e = Parkville
near-sw =
near-s = Flemington
near-se =

Travancore is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. It is located between the Tullamarine Freeway and Mt. Alexander Road, south of Ormond Road.

Travancore takes its name from the Travancore mansion and estate, a property owned by Henry Madden. Madden purchased the property, previously Flemington House, from the relatives of Hugh Glass in 1906 and renamed the property. Henry exported horses to India (hence the property is named after the Indian state of Travancore). When the land around Travancore mansion was sub-divided, many of the streets were named in keeping with the Indian theme, such as Lucknow Street, Bengal Street, Cashmere Street and Mangalore Street.

The Travancore mansion was purchased by the Victorian government and became a special education school. The original Flemington House/Travancore mansion was demolished in the 1940's. The area is now occupied by Travancore Mental Health Service.

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