Balaclava, Victoria

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Balaclava
Melbourne, Victoria

Lady of St Kilda mural on the railway overpass over the main shopping strip on Carlisle Street

Population:

4931 (2001 census)

Postcode:

3183

Area:

0.8 km²

Property Value:

AUD $500,000 ^[1]

Location:

8 km from Melbourne

LGA:

City of Port Phillip

State District:

Caulfield

Federal Division:

Melbourne Ports

Suburbs around Balaclava
St Kilda	St Kilda East	St Kilda East
Elwood	Balaclava	St Kilda East
Elwood	Ripponlea	Elsternwick

Balaclava is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia. It is situated in the south-east of the city in the St Kilda East area and is bounded by Inkerman street to the north, Chapel street to the west, Hotham Street to the east and Oak Grove and Los Angeles Streets to the South.

It was named after the battlefield in the Crimean War, known as the Battle of Balaclava. A number of streets in Balaclava are named after famous persons and places in that war, such as Nightingale, Inkerman, Raglan and Sebastopol.

The well known television celebrity, Graham Kennedy, spent part of his childhood in the Balaclava area. After his death, the local council erected a plaque commemorating him on the house he lived in.

Balaclava is home to much of Melbourne's Hasidic Jewish Community.

1 Local Landmarks
- 1.1 Residential architecture
- 1.2 Places of Worship
2 Transport
3 External links

[edit] Local Landmarks

Caulfield Campus of Caulfield Grammar School - the suburb's largest school.
St Colman's School Hall, Carlisle Street (1938-39) - designed to complement the church next door (now King David School's Carlisle campus)

Lady of St Kilda mural, Carlisle Street

Main shopping strip. Carlisle Street

St Colman's School Hall, Carlisle Street

[edit] Residential architecture

Late 1870s Terrace housing in Inkerman Street

Combinations of Victorian terraces and late Edwardian duplexes and a variety of sub-tropical palms

[edit] Places of Worship

There are many churches in St Kilda East, many of the modern places of worship serve the Jewish Faith, but many of the older buildings have at some point served various Christian religions. Many of the church buildings in St Kilda East are historic and heritage registered and form various religious precincts. Historic church buildings include:

St Colman's Church, Carlisle Street (1913, designed by Watts " Sons)
St George's Presbyterian Church, Chapel Street. Built in 1877-80 to the design of Albert Purchas. Listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Former Balaclava Corps Hall