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History

The suburb of Ashburton, formerly located in the City of Camberwell, is centred on the commercial strip of High Street and is bounded by Gardiners Creek to the south, Warrigal Road to the east. In 1998 residents of four streeets petitioned for their placename to be changed to the more salubrious Glen Iris, which merges with Ashburton in the west. A local polictician, Councillor Dillon, suggested Ashburton as the name of a local railway station in 1890, after his birthplace in Cork, Ireland. Ashburton Forest was once a favourite picnic spot overlooking Garinders Creek. Ashburton includes the localities of Solway and part of Ashwood, and from analysis of 1991 census population data, was identified as the centre of the metropolitan area.

Real Estate & Design

Most of Ashburton and nearby Holmesglen were identified as sites for a massive public housing estate after World War II. The Holmesglen Munitions Factory, which bordered Gardiners Creek, was converted to mass production of concrete houses in March 1945. By September 1950, much of the Ashburton Housing Estate had been completed, a combination of single-storey concrete or brick houses, with clusters of walk-up flat blocks. Local street names reflected the estate's wartime birth with the terminus of a truncated Outer Circle railway named Alamein station in 1948 (after the 1942 North African battle). Streets on the estate were called Victory Boulevard, Gona Court, Lancaster Street, Tobruk Road and Bardia Avenue. Residents were typically families of ex-servicemen from inner suburbs or else European immigrants previously housed in the neighbouring Holmesglen Migrant Hostel.

The Estate brought new business to the Ashburton shopping strip, between Munro Avenue and the railway station, and the shopping centre was substantially rebuilt after 1950. The opening of Myer at Chadstone in 1960 forced local traders to upgrade displays, improve parking and diversify outlets, so that Ashburton became a successful strip when others nearby failed. The closure of Alamein State School and demolition of interwar bungalows has brought medium-density units to many parts of a once suburban landscape.

Shopping

Chadstone Shopping Centre is only a 5 min drive away, well known for being the Fashion Captial of Victoria.

Distance from the CBD & Transportation

Ashburton is a railway station on the Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia. It is located between Welfare Parade and Kelvin Grove, in the suburb of Ashburton. It also lies adjacent to High Street, where it connects with several bus routes. Ashburton is the only Premium Station on the Alamein line, being staffed from first to last train and has toilet facilities for passengers.

Restaurants & Cafes

High Street Ashburton is filled with different cafes, restaurants, local bakeries and also milk bars.

Schools, Education & Institutions

Ashwood College, Holmesglen Tafe, St Michaels Primary School.

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History

Ashwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Ashwood had a population of 12,420.

Ashwood was named after the suburbs of Burwood and Ashburton, because it appears between the two.

Ashwood is bounded by Huntingdale Road to the east, the Glen Waverley railway line to the south, Warrigal Road to the west and a wandering alignment to the north that approximately follows Carlyle Street, Zodiac Street, Gardiners Creek, Ashwood Drive, Montpellier Road and Arthur Street.

Shopping

Ashwood shopping centre is a strip shopping centre located on Warrigal Road and includes a Safeway supermarket to the south of High Street Road.

A smaller shopping locale is located at the corner of High Street Road and Cleveland Road. The surrounding area is also known as Jordanville and Stockdale.

Schools, Education & Institutions

Education

Ashwood Secondary College is a government secondary college located on High Street Road. Adjoining the college is Parkhill Primary School, on Parkhill Drive which is a government-run primary school. Ashwood School, located on Montpellier Road was established in 1976 and caters for students aged 5 to 18 years old with mild intellectual disabilities. Ashwood Memorial Kindergarten is located nearby on Arthur Street. Ashwood Central Pre School is located on Yooralla Street.

Home to Deakin University’s biggest campus, Burwood is located about 16 kilometres east of the CBD, and is land locked by Camberwell and Glen Iris to the west, Surrey Hills and Box Hill to the north, Ashwood and Mount Waverley to the south.

It is bound by East Burwood to the east, which is considered a separate, and much cheaper suburb, according to most valuers.

According to the REIV, Burwood’s median house price for the year ended December 31, 2007, is $625,600, up 36 per cent since last year.

Values in Burwood East over the same period increased 30.4 per cent to $530,750.

By comparison, median values increased 12.6 per cent for homes in metropolitan Melbourne, to $425,000.

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Not just the home of Australia’s most successful shopping centre, Chadstone, about 17 kilometres south-east of the CBD, was one of Melbourne’s better performing suburbs last year.

Bound by Malvern East and Hughesdale to the west, Oakleigh and Oakleigh East to the south, Mount Waverley to the east and Ashwood to the north, Chadstone has a train run through it, but no actual stop.

Rather commuters need to use the Holmesglen train station in Malvern East, just west of the Chadstone border, or the Jordanville station in Mount Waverley, just east of the suburb’s border.

According to the REIV, Chadstone’s median house price for the year ended December 31, 2007, is $541,000, up 33.6 per cent since last year.

By comparison, median values increased 12.6 per cent for homes in metropolitan Melbourne, to $425,000.

The REIV annualised median figures are considered more statistically reliable than the quarterly figures released throughout the year, because they include a much greater sample of sold properties.

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The suburb of Glen Iris is split between the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington. The suburb profile information detailed here is relevant for the section of Glen Iris located within the City of Boroondara.

Glen Iris Real Estate is predominantly comprised of Edwardian and interwar housing. Major features of the area include the Tooronga Village Shopping Centre and numerous parks and gardens. Glen Iris is served by the Burwood railway station. The population of Glen Iris has increased slightly from 1996 to 2001, the result of new houses being added to existing areas and a stable average household size.

To assist your real estate decision making the median price for real estate in the Glen Iris area as of November 2006 was A$710,000. The long term price trend for property values in Glen Iris has generated 9.7% growth.

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Malvern East is approximately eight kilometers squared in size and the suburb includes 20 parks which cover just under eleven percent of the total area. There are four schools in Malvern East and also five child care centres.

In 2001, the population of the Malvern East suburb of Melbourne was 18,433 people with the average age of people being between thirty and thirty-nine years of age.

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Mount Waverley is located located approximately 14 kilometres east of Melbourne.

Mount Waverley began as a privately surveyed township in 1853 on the corner of High Street Road and Stephensons Road, named after Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels of the early 19th Century. Real Estate Development in Mount Waverley was slow however, and it wasn’t until 1900 that the population was large enough to warrant a school and post office. The immediate post war period saw significant growth in Mount Waverley, this development continuing through to the 1960s.

Major features of Mount Waverley include the Mount Waverley shopping area, Mount Waverley and Jordanville railway stations, Riversdale Golf Club, the Damper Creek and Valley Reserves.

The median price for real estate in the Mt Waverley suburb of Melbourne was A$440,000 as of January 2007, and the long term property value trend for Mount Waverley real estate was 11.6

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When considering moving homes into the South Eastern suburbs, Oakleigh East remains a popular choice for many families. There are many factors which sway the decision to move into the suburb including easy access to the city via the Monash Freeway, a highly facilitated residential area, large neat homes and wide streets, and an abundance of reserves and sporting facilities to cater for all ages.

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Surrey Hills is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Boroondara and Whitehorse.

The Surrey Hills area was first developed by real estate consortia following the extension of the railway line from Camberwell to Lilydale in 1882, Surrey Hills Post Office opening on 1 October 1884. Housing estates were laid out and streets were given impressive names such as Balmoral,Leopold, Windsor and Albert Crescents, but the area was considered too distant from the nearest shopping districts; Camberwell to the west and Box Hill to the east. The economic depression of the 1890s brought development to a halt and the next major phase of suburban development didn't take place until after the First World War.

During the 1990s, the last bank branch in the Union Road shopping strip closed, which caused some concern within both the local community and local traders. On 24 February 2003, the Surrey Hills Community Bank (a community bank branch of Bendigo Bank) opened for business in Union Road.

Surrey Hills contains the "English counties district", which is a small area between Canterbury and Riversdale Roads where the streets are named after English counties, including Durham, Kent, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk roads.

Its local primary school is called Surrey Hills Primary. Surrey Hills's central business district is relatively small consisting of a 250 metre strip of shops along Union Road which features Surrey Hills railway station (on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines), five cafes, two bakers, two chemists, neighbourhood centre, community Bank, a post office and a large bottle shop. Coming out from Melbourne, Union road is the first railway level crossing on the Lilydale/Belgrave line.

Surrey Hills also has Chatham railway station just off Canterbury road. Most working residents of Surrey Hills commute to Melbourne either by car or train. To reach a safe bicycle path for the city commute cyclists must travel south to the Gardiners Creek Trail or north to the Yarra River Trail, via the Anniversary Outer Circle Trail.

To the north, Surrey Hills is also serviced by the 109 tram route which continues from Port Melbourne, on to Box Hill and in the south the 70 tram line which travels from the city to Wattle Park.

Jalex Legge & Jeff Kennett are two of Surrey Hills current high-profile residents.

The major parks and gardens in Surrey Hills are Surrey Gardens and South Surrey Park. Surrey Hills is also adjacent to Wattle Park which is just across Riversdale Road to the South in Burwood.

The Canterbury Sports Ground, located in the south-west of the suburb, is the home ground of the Australian rules football club Canterbury, the "Cobras", who currently compete in the Eastern Football League.