Templestowe, Victoria

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Templestowe
Melbourne, Victoria

Population:

16006 (2001 census)

Postcode:

3106

Area:

14.7 km²

Property Value:

AUD $555,000 ^[1]

Location:

19 km from Melbourne

LGA:

City of Manningham

State District:

Bulleen, Warrandyte

Federal Division:

Menzies

Suburbs around Templestowe
Lower Plenty	Eltham	Warrandyte
Templestowe Lower	Templestowe	Doncaster East
Doncaster	Doncaster East	Donvale

"Templestowe" redirects here. For the Victorian Legislative Council Province, please see Templestowe Province.

Templestowe is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. Templestowe is associated with the Heidelberg School, and is the location of Westerfolds Park. Templestowe is generally regarded as one of the more affluent suburbs in Melbourne. It has a number of natural attractions, including ample parklands, contrasted with large, modern shopping malls.

1 History
2 Geology
3 Road Structure
4 Sporting Teams
5 External links

[edit] History

Until the 1970s, Templestowe was barely populated. Most children of the time would visit Templestowe every so often for its orchards. Non-expansion into Templestowe can be attributed partly to the fact that it lies exactly in between two of Melbourne's rail services, and partly because it is notoriously hilly for a non-mountain suburb. It has since been built into, and while there is still no rail service, there is a modest bus network offering connections to the city in the west, Box Hill and Blackburn in the south, and Ringwood in the east. The bus network is quite poor by any standards, with average times between buses of 1 hour after peak hours, most service end before 10pm (departure time).

Much of the area was dominated by orchards where apples, peaches, lemons, pears and other stone fruits were grown. As the city spread past Kew and Balwyn the price of land escalated and pressure was brought to bear to change the boundaries of the restricted land subdivision. In the 1980's Templestowe became more and more popular and most areas have been developed.

The suburb now has many nouveau riche mansions. In 2006, a property on Church Rd. was sold for $7.2 million, a record for the area.

[edit] Geology

The geology of Templestowe is striking. Templestowe exists in a region of substantial geological activity.

[edit] Road Structure

A number of major roads combine to provide the basis for the infrastructure for the area. They include:

Manningham Road
Foote Street/Reynolds Road
High Street
Thompsons Road
Williamsons Road/Fitzsimons Lane
Porter Street
Blackburn Road

Another reason for the lack of development in the area was the fact that it was then part of the so called "green belt" of Melbourne and subdivision into less than 5 acres was not possible in many parts of the area. Combined with this was the lack of infrastructure such as public transport and shopping the latter still exists today where good shopping is available in neighbouring Doncaster at a large Westfield shopping centre.

[edit] Sporting Teams

Soccer - Templestowe Eagles FC (formerly Templestowe Eagles Soccer Club) - Although they play in Doncaster due there being no available grounds in Templestowe
Australian Rules - Templestowe Football Club