| Ashburton Melbourne, Victoria |
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 High Street, Ashburton |
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| Population: | 7,173 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3147 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 9 km² (1. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $775,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Boroondara | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Burwood | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Higgins | ||||||||||||
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Ashburton features a retail area around High Street, has two train stations - Ashburton and Alamein - and is home to a branch of the Boroondara Library. There are several High Streets in Melbourne Australia but the two best known are a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare running from St Kilda Road Ashburton is a Railway station on the Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia. Alamein is a Railway station Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia.
The suburb being close to the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Monash University (Caulfield and Clayton campuses), Deakin University (Burwood campus) and Swinburne University (Hawthorn Campus) as well as easy public transport into the city has allowed for the growth and continuation of two student houses for students originally from the country. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Monash University is a Public university based in Melbourne, Australia. Monash University Caulfield campus is a campus of Monash University located in Caulfield, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in Monash University Clayton Campus is the main campus of Monash University located in Clayton, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, Deakin University is an Australian public University with around 33600 Higher education students studying as of 2007 Burwood is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Swinburne University of Technology is a university with a number of campuses based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Hawthorn is an inner-eastern Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. These two student houses are operated by the Ashburton Baptist Church.
It is also home to the Ashburton Asylum Seeker Support Group (founded in 2005) which is a combined effort between the Ashburton Baptist, Catholic and Anglican Churches to provide shelter and support to Asylum Seeker families while their visa applications are being processed during which time they are not entitled to receive social welfare nor obtain a job to support themselves. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race
There was controversy in June 2007 when potential ALP candidate Barbara Norman called the suburb "almost Kath and Kim country". June 2007 is the sixth month of that year It began on a Friday and 30 days later ended on a Saturday. She was referring to Ashburton to being like the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes, in the ABC Television's show Kath and Kim. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. Kath & Kim is a Logie Award -winning character-driven Australian Television Comedy series created by Jane Turner and
Also home to the 07/08 Eastern Cricket Association Dunstan Shield winning Ashburton Willows Cricket Club
See also
- City of Camberwell - the former local government area of which Ashburton was a part. The City of Camberwell was a Local Government Area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.
- Ashburton Willows Cricket Club - www. ashburtonwillows. com
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ashburton (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
- ^ Ashburton, accessed 13 March 2008
External links
- Ashburton, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Australian Places - Ashburton
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