Templestowe, Victoria

Encyclopedia : T : TE : TEM : Templestowe, Victoria

''"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.

Contents

1 History
2 Geology
3 Road Structure
4 Recent developments

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.

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.

Geology

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

Road Structure

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

Manningham Road
Reynolds Road
Blackburn Road
Springvale Road
Doncaster Road
High Street

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.

Melbourne suburbs near Templestowe
(City of Manningham)
Viewbank Eltham Warrandyte
Bulleen Templestowe Warrandyte
Templestowe Lower Doncaster Park Orchards

Recent developments

2005 Development of the Pines Shopping Centre

Suburbs of the City of Manningham
Bulleen \| Doncaster \| Doncaster East \| Donvale \| Park Orchards \| Templestowe \| Templestowe Lower \| Warrandyte \| Warrandyte South \| Wonga Park

[Templestowe Orchards Retirement Village]

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Melbourne suburbs near Templestowe (City of Manningham)
Viewbank	Eltham	Warrandyte
Bulleen	Templestowe	Warrandyte
Templestowe Lower	Doncaster	Park Orchards