Canterbury, Victoria

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

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caption = Victoria Avenue, Canterbury.
lga = City of Boroondara
postcode = 3126
pop = 7,660 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21139 | name = Canterbury (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-26 | quick = on]
area = 3
est =
propval = $1,406,250 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Canterbury&postcode=3126 Canterbury] , accessed 5 September 2008]
stategov = Kew, Hawthorn, Box Hill, Burwood
fedgov = Kooyong
dist1 = 11
location1= Melbourne
near-nw = Kew East
near-n = Balwyn
near-ne = Balwyn
near-w = Hawthorn East
near-e = Surrey Hills
near-sw = Camberwell
near-s = Camberwell
near-se = Surrey Hills

Canterbury is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Boroondara in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Famed for its leafy boulevards and large, ornate houses, Canterbury is among Melbourne's most expensive and exclusive suburbs. Fact|date=January 2008

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.

Schools in Canterbury include Camberwell Grammar School, Camberwell Girls Grammar School, Canterbury Girls' Secondary College, Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School, Camberwell High 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 and includes shops in Canterbury Road as well as Maling Road, which is well known for its craft shops. Larger shopping centres nearby include Burke Road in Camberwell and Whitehorse Road in Balwyn.

Canterbury is serviced by the Canterbury and East Camberwell stations on the Lilydale and Belgrave train lines.

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.

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 Geroge Coghill moved in. The road was paved in 1911 and oak trees were planted along its sides. Over time it has gained much cachet in Australian society, famed for its wealthy and well-known residents. [cite web|url = http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Canterbury/MonomeathAvenueStreetscape/17257|title = Monomeath Avenue Streetscape, Canterbury, VIC|author = Aussie Heritage|accessdate = 2007-05-05]

Culture

Canterbury is regarded as one of Melbourne's most exclusive suburbs, particularly the "Golden Mile" - a term referring to that part of Mont Albert Road running west from Balwyn Road and the avenues that connect it to Canterbury Road, including Monomeath Avenue, which is lined by huge century old oak trees and grand ornate mansions and is home to many notable politicians and leaders of business and industry. Fact|date=January 2008

Other blue-chip locales along this stretch include Alexandra Avenue, Hopetoun Avenue, Victoria Avenue and The Ridge. It consistently ranks in the top 3 suburbs for average house prices in Melbourne.Fact|date=June 2008

Past and present residents of Monomeath Avenue include or have included:Fact|date=May 2007

* Kylie and Dannii Minogue's family
* Mark Eddy - Australian GT Champion and Grand Prix Car Racer
* Andrew Peacock - former federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia,
* Craig Saddler - Chairman of Boeing Australia, Ltd.
* Sir Rupert Hamer - former Premier of Victoria
* Macfarlane Burnet- one of Australia's most famous and decorated scientists and the first ever Australian of the Year
* CBE Leonard William Weickhardt - Former Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
* Professor Ian R. Hart - Leading International Biological Scientist
* Peter Mitrakas - National Soccer League champion
* Stan Wallis - former chairman of Coles Myer and AMP Limited
* Frank Cicutto - former CEO of National Australia Bank
* Russell Jones - former CEO and Managing Director of Amcor
* Philip Webb - former President of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria
* Thomas Watson Haynes - Manager and Director for multiple Australian companies in the first half of the 1900s
* Anthony Podesta - Founder and CEO of McMillan Shakespeare
* Xianwen Xu - Hong Kong property developer. Set Canterbury's house price record in May 2008 when he bought Anthony Podesta's mansion for more than $9 Million
* The former US Ambassador Tom Schieffer

See also

* City of Camberwell - the former local government area of which Canterbury was a part.

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040404170625/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/canterbury.html Australian Places - Canterbury]