Caulfield North is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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, 9 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...

. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira

City of Glen Eira

The City of Glen Eira is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 38.4 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 136,354 people...

. At the 2006 Census, Caulfield North had a population of 14,034.

It is bounded by Orrong Road in the west, Glen Eira Road in the south, Dandenong Road in the north and Kambrook Road in the east. The suburb contains Caulfield Park - a park of approximately 26 hectares in size, bounded by Balaclava Road, Inkerman Road, Hawthorn Road and Park Crescent.

History

Caulfield North was once home to many large Victorian mansions, most of which were demolished and subdivided, however a few remain, the most notable of which is Labassa, which is owned by the National Trust

National Trust of Australia

The Australian Council of National Trusts is the peak body for community-based, non-government organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's indigenous, natural and historic heritage....

. The mansion was one of the filming locations for the 2002 film Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned (film)

Queen of the Damned is a 2002 film adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, The Queen of the Damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the latter novel's predecessor, The Vampire Lestat. It stars Aaliyah as the vampire queen Akasha, and Stuart...

.

Many streets in the suburb were named in the late 1850s after Crimea War locations and people, for example, Cardigan, Canrobert

François Certain Canrobert

François Certain de Canrobert, usually known as François Certain-Canrobert and later simply as Maréchal Canrobert , was a marshal of France.-Biography:...

, Inkerman

Battle of Inkerman

The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on November 5, 1854 between the allied armies of Britain and France against the Imperial Russian Army. The battle broke the will of the Russian Army to defeat the allies in the field, and was followed by the Siege of Sevastopol...

, Alma

Battle of Alma

The Battle of the Alma , which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War , took place just south of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St...

, Raglan, and Balaclava

Battle of Balaclava

The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Anglo-French-Turkish campaign to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea...

.

The Caulfield North Post Office was opened on 26 March 1915.

Public transport

Tram

Trams in Melbourne

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s service Caulfield North extensively, with a major tram interchange at Balaclava Junction

Balaclava Junction

Balaclava Junction is the only extant grand union in the Southern Hemisphere, a junction where trams can go in all directions from all directions...

. Tram routes 3

Melbourne tram route 3

Tram route 3 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne north of the city centre to Malvern East in the eastern suburbs....

, 16

Melbourne tram route 16

Tram route 16 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to Kew in the eastern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, St Kilda, Balaclava, Malvern, and Kew...

 and 64

Melbourne tram route 64

Tram route 64 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from the University of Melbourne in the city centre to East Brighton in the southern suburbs. It runs through the suburbs of Melbourne, Windsor, Caulfield, and Brighton East...

 all service Caulfield North. Caulfield North also contains, Balaclava Junction

Balaclava Junction

Balaclava Junction is the only extant grand union in the Southern Hemisphere, a junction where trams can go in all directions from all directions...

, the only extant grand union

Grand union

A grand union is a rail track junction where two double-track railway lines cross at grade, often in a street intersection or crossroads. A total of sixteen railroad switches allow streetcars coming from any direction to take any of the three other directions...

 in the Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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, a junction where trams can go in all directions from all directions.

Train

Train

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s connect the suburb to the city via the major transport interchange, Caulfield railway station at Caulfield East (via tram route 3). Train

Train

A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...

s also connect the suburb to the city through Balaclava railway station

Balaclava railway station

Balaclava railway station opened in 1892 and closed in 1992. It served the small town of Balaclava on the Kingston to Montego Bay line and was from the Kingston terminus....

 (via tram routes 3 and 16).

Notable people

Australian television personality Graham Kennedy

Graham Kennedy

Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...

 went to the Caulfield North State School (now Caulfield Junior College), in Balaclava Road.

See also

• City of Caulfield
  City of Caulfield
  The City of Caulfield was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
  
  - the former local government area of which Caulfield North was a part.