Burwood, Victoria
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Burwood Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Burwood
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
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| Coordinates | 37°51′00″S 145°06′50″E / 37.85°S 145.114°ECoordinates: 37°51′00″S 145°06′50″E / 37.85°S 145.114°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 13,162 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,513/km2 (3,918/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3125 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Burwood | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Chisholm | ||||||||||||
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Burwood is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government areas are the Cities of Monash and Whitehorse. At the 2011 Census, Burwood had a population of 13,162.
The first settlement in the area, known as Ballyshanassy, was surveyed in 1858. The settlement changed name to Norwood and subsequently Burwood in 1879. The Post Office opened on 1 May 1853 as Ballyshanassy and was renamed Burwood around June 1879.
The name "Burwood" (later "Invergowrie") was the name of a house built by Sir James Palmer, in Hawthorn West, in 1852. The original settlement was centred near Burwood Cemetery and the Police Station, but the focus shifted to the intersection of Warrigal Road and Toorak Road, with later commercial development. The suburb later spread westwards to the Hartwell railway station, which was renamed as Burwood railway station.
By 1904, Burwood had a population of 600 and had a post office, two hotels, a savings bank and a number of churches. The township at that time was surrounded by farms and market gardens. Albers’ Daffodil Farm is typical of the local market gardens and was established in 1934. It operated on the site where Deakin University’s Burwood Campus is now located, until the site was sold to the government in 1951.
The extension of the Toorak Road tramline in 1912 was a catalyst for residential development in the area. Following World War II, development headed east along Burwood Highway to and beyond the neighbourhood of Bennettswood, where a post office has been open since 2 February 1954.
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