Blackburn South, Victoria
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Blackburn South Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Blackburn South
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| Coordinates | 37°50′17″S 145°08′38″E / 37.838°S 145.144°ECoordinates: 37°50′17″S 145°08′38″E / 37.838°S 145.144°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 10,584 (2011) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,020/km2 (7,830/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3130 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (10 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Whitehorse | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Forest Hill | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Chisholm | ||||||||||||
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Blackburn South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2011 Census, Blackburn South had a population of 10,584.
Blackburn South is bordered by Canterbury Road, Middleborough Road, Eley Road, and by an irregular line to the east of Blackburn Road. Furthermore, the suburb is informally divided between Blackburn South Proper to the west of Blackburn Road, and Blackburn South Heights to the east of Blackburn Road.
Prior to development in the 1950s, Blackburn was primarily covered by orchards. Orchard Grove, an important access road through the suburb, was named so for this reason. Some original farm houses still stand in the area. During the 1960s and 1970s Blackburn South was a working-class neighbourhood before becoming a more middle-class neighbourhood in the early 1980s. South Blackburn Post Office on Canterbury Road opened around February 1954 and was renamed Blackburn South around 1957. Kinkuna Post Office on Vicki Street near Blackburn Road opened on 8 October 1960 and closed in 1979.
The Blackburn South Sharps were the most prominent of the 1972-1977 Melbourne sharpie gangs. Sharpies were an early precursor to the Australian phenomenon of bogans. The Blackburn South Sharps have been the subject of several modern exhibitions and documentaries due to the numerous photographs they took around Blackburn South landmarks.
The major east-west thoroughfare through Blackburn South is Canterbury Road. From the south, it is also accessible from Burwood Highway. Major north-south roads through the suburb include Middleborough Road and Blackburn Road; both connect to the Eastern Freeway.
Melbourne PTV bus routes service the area.
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