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==History== | ==History== | ||
The term 'North Balwyn' first appears in the late 1910s and early 1920s to refer to farm allotments in the area.<ref>The Argus. ''Classified Advertising''. 1 April 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4674500, accessed: 25 October 2017</ref> However, its boundaries and nature remained unclear for some years, with the area being referred to as part of Balwyn or 'North Camberwell'.<ref>The Age. ''Advertising''. 4 April 1923. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204070318, accessed: 25 October 2017</ref> | |||
With the extension of the tram to Burke Road and subsequently Balwyn Road in 1938, development in the area increased dramatically.<ref name="TheAge25Jul1939">The Age. ''Camberwell Areas - Great Building Increase''. 25 July 1939. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204934053, accessed: 25 October 2017</ref> By 1945, suburban subdivisions had reached the intersection of Balwyn and Doncaster Roads.<ref>State Library of Victoria. ''Melbourne 1945''. 1945. http://1945.melbourne/, accessed: 13 November 2017</ref> Melbourne's [[wikipedia:Second World War|Post-War]] development and population boom continued this surge of construction well into the 1950s. | |||
The Balwyn North and Greythorn Post Offices were opened in 1941 and 1951 respectively to cater for the growing number of people living in the area.<ref>Premier Postal Auctions. ''Post Office List''. https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, accessed: 13 November 2017</ref> | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The topography of Balwyn North is hilly. Doncaster Road follows some of the ridgeline of the principal hill in the centre of the suburb, which plateaus out for some time before falling towards [[Koonung Creek]] to the north and east. [[Greythorn Park]] is the highest point in Balwyn North. | The topography of Balwyn North is hilly. Doncaster Road follows some of the ridgeline of the principal hill in the centre of the suburb, which plateaus out for some time before falling towards [[Koonung Creek]] to the north and east. [[Greythorn Park]] is the highest point in Balwyn North. | ||
With most of the suburb being developed between 1920 and 1960, most residential properties were built on large blocks of land. This allowed for large gardens with significant amounts of vegetation, much of which remains today. | |||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
===Primary=== | ===Primary=== | ||
*[[Balwyn North Primary School]] | |||
*[[Belle Vue Primary School]] | *[[Belle Vue Primary School]] | ||
*[[Greythorn Primary School]] | *[[Greythorn Primary School]] | ||
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==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
The number of people using cars for travel to work is around average for [[wikipedia:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] but higher than the average for the rest of Boroonodara. Bus travel features prominently, with 6.1 percent mode share, but cycling is significantly below both the Boroondara and Victorian averages with a mode share of 0.6 percent.<ref name="ABS2011CensusQuickstats">[[wikipedia:Australian Bureau of Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]]. ''2011 Census QuickStats: Balwyn Norh (SSC)''. 28 March 2013. Canberra: ABS. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC20067, accessed: 2 May 2017</ref><ref name="Profile.idBalwyn">Australian Bureau of Statistics. ''Balwyn North - method of travel to work''. 28 March 2013. profile.id. http://profile.id.com.au/boroondara/travel-to-work?BMID=10&WebID=120, accessed: 2 May 2017</ref> | The number of people using cars for travel to work is around the average for [[wikipedia:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] but higher than the average for the rest of Boroonodara. Bus travel features prominently, with 6.1 percent mode share, but cycling is significantly below both the Boroondara and Victorian averages with a mode share of 0.6 percent.<ref name="ABS2011CensusQuickstats">[[wikipedia:Australian Bureau of Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]]. ''2011 Census QuickStats: Balwyn Norh (SSC)''. 28 March 2013. Canberra: ABS. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC20067, accessed: 2 May 2017</ref><ref name="Profile.idBalwyn">Australian Bureau of Statistics. ''Balwyn North - method of travel to work''. 28 March 2013. profile.id. http://profile.id.com.au/boroondara/travel-to-work?BMID=10&WebID=120, accessed: 2 May 2017</ref> | ||
===Tram=== | ===Tram=== |