Balwyn is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Boroondara. The South West part of the suburb is also known as Deepdene. Named after a farm established on the hill overlooking Canterbury Gardens, it means home of the vine. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... This article is about the area with the postcodes 3000 and 3004 in Victoria, Australia known as Melbourne. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... Camberwell Town Hall The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Electoral district of Box Hill is an eastern metropolitan electorate approximately 12 kilometres east of Melbourne, Australia in Victorias Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. ... This is a list of Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Kew East is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Balwyn North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Mont Albert North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Mont Albert North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Hawthorn East, is an affluent, upper middle-class suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Canterbury is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Mont Albert is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... Camberwell Town Hall The City of Boroondara is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

The suburb developed in the post WWII boom and was populated by a mixture of professional and working class families, although it is now primarily professional and mercantile, this being the demographic that can afford the higher real estate prices. The initial boom occurred along the Whitehorse Road tramline, which defined the lower class Deepdene factory (such as the Wade handbag and the Jarvis-Walker fishing rod factories) and shop strip and the Balwyn shops around the intersection with Burke Road. South of the tramline was generally elite while the slopes down to the north was populated by aspiring middle classes, workers and frugal professionals such as teachers and bank managers. With Deepdene State School at its Western extreme, it drew a mixed student population that contrasted with the student population of Balwyn High School located in the area that became known as North Balwyn, which was populated later than the rest of the suburb by a more uniformly comfortably-off demographic. On May 27th, 1971, Christies auction house in Geneva offered to prospective buyers a cushion-cut, 104. ... Deepdene State School, also known as Deepdene Primary School is a school in Balwyn, Victoria, Australia. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Balwyn North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ...

Apart from the significant religious establishments of the suburb, local almost village churches sprang up with the boom of young people post war, one example of which was the Deepdene Methodist Church. Now defunct, the church was a thriving focus for young people's fellowship, a scout troop, fundraising as well as mothers' and other groups that defined a viable neighbourhood. In addition to its social function in nurturing the development of young people given the opportunities of a scholastically elite school, an ever expanding employment market and the excellent public health regime of the era, the church was adopted by the great Reverend Dr A.H Wood upon his retirement as Principal of the Methodist Ladies' College in Kew. Dr. Wood made an indelible contribution to the suburb through this role, and the effect remains evident in the 2000s in the lives of people he influenced at that time. Methodist Ladies College (commonly referred to simply as MLC) is an independent, day and boarding school for girls, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Balwyn is also home to the exquisite Maranoa Gardens, a native garden developed by citizens. The suburb has been immortalised by the Skyhooks single named after the suburb, 'Balwyn Calling'. Maranoa Gardens is located next to Beckett Park in Balwyn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... Skyhooks was an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band, although this is mainly the result of the bands flamboyant costumes and makeup. ...

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Coordinates: 37°48′32″S 145°04′44″E / -37.809, 145.079 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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