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.
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.
The geology of Templestowe is striking. Templestowe exists in a region of substantial geological activity.
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.
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2005 Development of the Pines Shopping Centre
Templestowe Orchards Retirement Village
