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{{Merge from|Tally Ho, Victoria |date=April 2021|discuss=Talk:Burwood East, Victoria#Proposed merge from Tally Ho, Victoria}}
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| name = Burwood East
| city = Melbourne
| city = Melbourne
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| image = [[File:E.Benson.jpg|thumb|The Local Hero Elijah Benson]]
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| caption = Robinson Drive, Burwood East
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| stategov3 = [[Electoral district of Glen Waverley|Glen Waverley]]
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[[File:Red williams pears.jpg|thumb|Red Williams Pear]]
[[File:Red williams pears.jpg|thumb|Red Williams Pear]]


'''Burwood East''' is a suburb of [[Melbourne]], Australia, located 17&nbsp;km east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]].<ref>http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/vic/hawthorn/burwood+east</ref> Its [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] is the [[City of Whitehorse]]. At the [[Census in Australia#2016|2016 Census]], Burwood East had a population of 10,273.<ref name=ABS2016/>
'''Burwood East''' is a suburb of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], located {{Convert|17|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Central Business District]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/vic/hawthorn/burwood+east|title=Postcode for Burwood East, Victoria (Near Melbourne) - Postcodes Australia}}</ref> located within the [[City of Whitehorse]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Burwood East recorded a population of 10,675 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name="ABS2021">{{cite web |title=2021 Census QuickStats Burwood East |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL20427 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>


Burwood East is the home of the wild Elijah Benson and is bounded by [[Route 40, Melbourne|Springvale Road]] to the east, Middleborough Road to the west, Eley Road and Hawthorn Road to the north and Highbury Road to the south.
Burwood East is bounded by [[Route 40, Melbourne|Springvale Road]] to the east, Middleborough Road to the west, Eley Road and Hawthorn Road to the north and Highbury Road to the south.


==History==
==History==
[[File:Burwood East aerial panorama facing the city.jpg|thumb|Burwood East aerial panorama facing the city]]

The [[Benson]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] clan, one of four Koorie clans that inhabited the [[Port Phillip]] region, were the original occupants of the area now occupied by East Burwood. To the east of present-day Middleborough Road, much of the land was initially not very attractive to European squatters for settlement and parts were mostly covered with open forests, consisting of [[Red Stringybark]], [[Eucalyptus polyanthemos|Red Box]], [[Long Leaf Box]], [[Candlebark]] and [[Manna Gum]].<ref>Presland G, (2007)''The Whitehorse Calendar: Celebrating 150 Years of Local Government in Whitehorse'', City of Whitehouse</ref> Highbury Park contains some of the few remaining stands of remnant vegetation, including the locally uncommon Shiny Wallaby-grass (Austrodanthonia induta).<ref>Sinclair S, Volume 123 (2) 2006, ''The Victorian Naturalist'', The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc.</ref>
The [[Wurundjeri]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] clan, one of four Koorie clans that inhabited the [[Port Phillip]] region, were the original occupants of the area now occupied by East Burwood. To the east of present-day Middleborough Road, much of the land was initially not very attractive to European squatters for settlement and parts were mostly covered with open forests, consisting of [[Red Stringybark]], [[Eucalyptus polyanthemos|Red Box]], [[Long Leaf Box]], [[Candlebark]] and [[Manna Gum]].<ref>Presland G, (2007)''The Whitehorse Calendar: Celebrating 150 Years of Local Government in Whitehorse'', City of Whitehouse</ref> Highbury Park contains some of the few remaining stands of remnant vegetation, including the locally uncommon Shiny Wallaby-grass (Austrodanthonia induta).<ref>Sinclair S, Volume 123 (2) 2006, ''The Victorian Naturalist'', The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc.</ref>
[[File:Burwood East facing the Dandenong Ranges to the East.jpg|thumb|Burwood East facing the Dandenong Ranges to the East]]

By the mid 19th century, East Burwood and the surrounding districts were under cultivation and local horticulturists were supplying Melbourne's markets, including the Victoria Markets, with cut flowers and produce. Jonquils and Daffodils were harvested in the area well into the 1950s. Apple, cherry and pear groves covered the hill slopes for close to a century. Local orchardist Walter Mock developed the Red Williams' pear variety in East Burwood during the 1930s.<ref>Campbell Dr J, ''European Pear Varieties, ''Agfact H4.1.13, Second Edition, October 2002, NSW Agriculture</ref> The 'Reds' found favour and the variety was exported to Europe and North America.<ref>[http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/product.aspx?id=WILRED&v=1 Information on William (Red)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719162227/http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/product.aspx?id=WILRED&v=1 |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> However little more than thirty years later, the last of the orchards located in East Burwood had been ripped up or relocated in one case, to [[Bacchus Marsh]].<ref>In the 1950s the Payne Family relocated 300 mature apple trees from East Burwood to Bacchus Marsh.[http://www.paynesorchards.com.au/about.html Paynes Orchards]</ref><ref>[http://www.templetonps.vic.edu.au/us/history.htm Wantirna History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912144910/http://www.templetonps.vic.edu.au/us/history.htm |date=12 September 2009 }}</ref>
By the mid 19th century, East Burwood and the surrounding districts were under cultivation and local horticulturists were supplying Melbourne's markets, including the Victoria Markets, with cut flowers and produce. Jonquils and Daffodils were harvested in the area well into the 1950s. Apple, cherry and pear groves covered the hill slopes for close to a century. The earliest orchardist was James Tainton who placed 50 acres of land under cultivation in the 1880s.<ref>Fine Record of Pioneer Orchardist at Burwood East, Weekly Times, Sat 6 Sep 1930, Page 52</ref> Another orchardist Walter Mock developed the Red Williams' pear variety in East Burwood during the 1930s.<ref>Campbell Dr J, ''European Pear Varieties, ''Agfact H4.1.13, Second Edition, October 2002, NSW Agriculture</ref> The 'Reds' found favour and the variety was exported to Europe and North America.<ref>[http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/product.aspx?id=WILRED&v=1 Information on William (Red)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719162227/http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/product.aspx?id=WILRED&v=1 |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> However little more than thirty years later, the last of the orchards located in East Burwood had been ripped up or relocated in one case, to [[Bacchus Marsh]].<ref>In the 1950s the Payne Family relocated 300 mature apple trees from East Burwood to Bacchus Marsh.[http://www.paynesorchards.com.au/about.html Paynes Orchards]</ref><ref>[http://www.templetonps.vic.edu.au/us/history.htm Wantirna History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912144910/http://www.templetonps.vic.edu.au/us/history.htm |date=12 September 2009 }}</ref>


==Commercial activity==
==Commercial activity==
[[File:Aerial panorama of Burwood East reserve facing the city skyline.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Burwood East reserve facing the city skyline]]
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Burwood East is notable as the site of the first [[Kmart Australia|Kmart]] department store in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Coles-Myer-Ltd-Company-History.html|title=History of Coles Myer LTD. – FundingUniverse}}</ref> The Kmart Plaza store<ref>Also known as Burwood Plaza, it is listed as Kmart Plaza in the Melways Street Directory</ref> opened in 1969, at the intersection of [[Burwood Highway|Burwood Road]] (now Highway) and Blackburn Road. It was the first 24-hour Kmart store and proved very popular with locals, frustrated with the limited shopping hours on offer at the time. Burwood East Kmart is the second largest in Australia, with a [[gross leasable area]] of {{convert|8444|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="realestatesource.com.au">{{Cite web|url=http://www.realestatesource.com.au/australias-first-k-mart-centre-to-double-in-size.html|title = Australia's First K-Mart Centre to Double in Size|date = 29 June 2009}}</ref>


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The [[Tally Ho, Victoria|Tally Ho]] Business Park, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Springvale Road, hosts the headquarters of many corporations and organisations, including the [[Country Fire Authority]] and former regional headquarters of [[VicRoads]] and [[Yokogawa]]. The site of the Tally Ho Business Park and its surrounds was previously occupied by the Tally Ho Boys' Home, which was established on land provided at a reduced price to the Methodist Church by [[Abel Hoadley]], the inventor of the [[Violet Crumble]] chocolate bar.{{cn|date=March 2024}} The Violet Crumble was supposedly manufactured in a Cottage where the ABC now stands.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
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Burwood East is notable as the site of the first [[Kmart Australia|Kmart]] department store in Australia.<ref>http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Coles-Myer-Ltd-Company-History.html</ref> The Kmart Plaza store<ref>Also known as Burwood Plaza, it is listed as Kmart Plaza in the Melways Street Directory</ref> opened in 1969, at the intersection of [[Burwood Highway|Burwood Road]] (now Highway) and Blackburn Road. It was the first 24-hour Kmart store and proved very popular with locals, frustrated with the limited shopping hours on offer at the time. Burwood East Kmart is the second largest in Australia,{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} with a [[gross leasable area]] of {{convert|8444|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="realestatesource.com.au">http://www.realestatesource.com.au/australias-first-k-mart-centre-to-double-in-size.html</ref>

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The [[Tally Ho, Victoria|Tally Ho]] Business Park, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Springvale Road, hosts the headquarters of many corporations and organisations, including the [[Country Fire Authority]] and a regional headquarters of [[VicRoads]] and [[Yokogawa]]. The site of the Tally Ho Business Park and its surrounds was previously occupied by the Tally Ho Boys' Home, which was established on land provided at a reduced price to the Methodist Church by [[Abel Hoadley]], the inventor of the [[Violet Crumble]] chocolate bar. The Violet Crumble was supposedly manufactured in a Cottage where the ABC now stands.


On the north side of Burwood Highway, there are additional business buildings including a [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] building, expanding the business park beyond the boundary of the original Tally Ho Boys' Home.
On the north side of Burwood Highway, there are additional business buildings including a [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] building, expanding the business park beyond the boundary of the original Tally Ho Boys' Home.
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==Population==
==Population==
[[File:Aerial perspective of Burwood East reserve facing west to the city skyline.jpg|thumb|Aerial perspective of Burwood East reserve facing west to the city skyline]]
In the 2016 Census, there were 10,273 people in Burwood East. 48.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 14.8%, Greece 4.1%, India 3.6%, Sri Lanka 3.2% and Malaysia 2.7%. 44.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.7%, Greek 8.9%, Cantonese 6.0%, Vietnamese 2.3% and Sinhalese 2.2%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 17.8%, Eastern Orthodox 10.4% and Buddhism 7.3%.<ref name="ABS2016"/>
In the 2016 Census, there were 10,273 people in Burwood East. 48.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 14.8%, Greece 4.1%, India 3.6%, Sri Lanka 3.2% and Malaysia 2.7%. 44.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.7%, Greek 8.9%, Cantonese 6.0%, Vietnamese 2.3% and Sinhalese 2.2%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 17.8%, Eastern Orthodox 10.4% and Buddhism 7.3%.<ref name="ABS2016">{{cite web |title=2016 Census QuickStats Burwood East |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC20425 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=29 June 2019}}</ref>


==Transport==
==Transport==
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Burwood East is home to the Nunawading [[Basketball]] Centre, Nunawading [[Velodrome]], East Burwood/Bennettswood Cricket Club and East Burwood Football Club, on Burwood Highway.
Burwood East is home to the Nunawading [[Basketball]] Centre, Nunawading [[Velodrome]], East Burwood/Bennettswood Cricket Club and East Burwood Football Club, on Burwood Highway.


[[Australian rules football|Football]] has been played in Burwood East since 1915 and local fruit and flower growers produced an abundance of footballers. The club has built a family tradition and families names such as Fankhauser, Tainton and Mullens.<ref>''History of East Burwood Football Club''[http://www.eastburwoodfc.com/history.html Club History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522225106/http://www.eastburwoodfc.com/history.html |date=22 May 2009 }},</ref> Today the club competes in the [[Eastern Football League (Australia)|Eastern Football League]].<ref name="d">{{Citation | last = Full Point Footy | title = Eastern Football League | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm | accessdate = 21 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090101213058/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm# | archive-date = 1 January 2009 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
[[Australian rules football|Football]] has been played in Burwood East since 1915 and local fruit and flower growers produced an abundance of footballers. The club has built a family tradition and families names such as Fankhauser, Tainton and Mullens.<ref>''History of East Burwood Football Club''[http://www.eastburwoodfc.com/history.html Club History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522225106/http://www.eastburwoodfc.com/history.html |date=22 May 2009 }},</ref> Today the club competes in the [[Eastern Football League (Australia)|Eastern Football League]].<ref name="d">{{Citation | last = Full Point Footy | title = Eastern Football League | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm | accessdate = 21 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090101213058/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm | archive-date = 1 January 2009 | url-status = usurped | df = dmy-all }}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
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Schools in the suburb include:
Schools in the suburb include:


* A part of Burwood East is in the [[Mount Waverley Secondary College]] School Zone.
* [[Forest Hill College]]
* [[Forest Hill College]]
* Burwood East Primary School [http://www.burwoodeastps.vic.edu.au/]
* Burwood East Primary School
* Burwood Heights Primary School [http://www.burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/]
* Burwood Heights Primary School
* Blackburn English Language School [http://www.blackburnels.vic.edu.au/]
* Blackburn English Language School
* Burwood East Special Developmental School [http://www.besds.vic.edu.au/]
* Burwood East Special Developmental School


==Local churches==
==Local churches==


* Burwood Heights Uniting Church
* Burwood Heights Uniting Church
* [http://www.ascensionchurch.org.au/ Anglican Church of the Ascension]
* Anglican Church of the Ascension
* [[Crossway Baptist Church|Crossway]]
* [[Crossway Baptist Church|Crossway]]

==Tally Ho==
[[File:Tally_Ho_Business_Park,_Burwood_East.jpg|thumb|300px|Tally Ho Business Park in June 2018]]
'''Tally Ho''' is a locality within Burwood East centred ({{Coord|37.857|S|145.166|E|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline}}) on the intersection of [[Burwood Highway]] and [[Springvale Road]] and is approximately 18&nbsp;km east of the [[Melbourne Central Business District]]. Originally a rural area, the neighbourhood is named after a hotel which stood beside a shop on the corner of Blackburn Road and Highbury Road during the 1870s and 1880s. Opposite the hotel a primitive racecourse was constructed,<ref>{{cite news | title=Tally Ho Races | date=16 November 1898 | newspaper=South Bourke and Mornington Journal | location=Richmond, Victoria | page=3 | accessdate=7 February 2017 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70020981}}</ref> and although the roads were considered in poor repair, activities there attracted large crowds. In October 1888 the hotel was destroyed by fire<ref>{{cite news | title=District News | date=27 October 1888 | newspaper=The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian | location=Victoria | page=6 | accessdate=7 February 2017 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107815016}}</ref> but later rebuilt but in 1922 moves were made to close the hotel along with a number of others<ref>{{cite news | title=Closing of Hotels | date=17 January 1922 | newspaper=The Age | location=Melbourne, Victoria | page=7 | accessdate=7 February 2017 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205749044}}</ref>
A small shopping centre now occupies the area where the hotel once stood.

The Tally Ho Boys Home was established nearby by the [[Wesley Mission]] of the [[Methodist Church of Australasia|Methodist Church]] in 1902.<ref>{{cite web | title=Victorian Places: Tally Ho | accessdate=7 February 2017 | url=http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/tally-ho}}</ref> Later closed, it became the Tally Ho Business Park.


==Current and future developments==
==Current and future developments==
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The [[State Government of Victoria|State Government]] has declared the Burwood Heights area as a 'Major Activity Centre' because of the easy access to public transport, current uses and the potential for significant development. In March 2008 Whitehorse Council approved a development plan that will see housing for up to 1000 residents at the old brickworks site in East Burwood.<ref>According to Melbourne 2030 Activity Centre program, the Burwood Square project {{cite web|url=http://www.tract.com.au/projects_detail.aspx?view%3D81%26discipline%3DPlanning%26page%3D4 |title=Tract projects |accessdate=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720173106/http://www.tract.com.au/projects_detail.aspx?view=81&discipline=Planning&page=4 |archivedate=20 July 2008 }}</ref>


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The development will comprise over 25,000sqm of retail floorspace, multiscreen cinemas, up to 700 dwellings, leisure and entertainment and community facilities, all based around "main street" retail/entertainment precinct and urban plaza. The project is scheduled for completion in 2015. Details of the Burwood Heights Activity Center Project are listed [http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Burwood-Heights-Activity-Centre-Structure-Plan.html]. However, the progress of the project is stalled or very slow.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
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The [[State Government of Victoria|State Government]] has declared the Burwood Heights area as a 'Major Activity Centre' because of the easy access to public transport, current uses and the potential for significant development. In March 2008 Whitehorse Council approved a development plan that will see housing for up to 1000 residents at the old brickworks site in East Burwood.<ref>According to Melbourne 2030 Activity Centre program, the Burwood Square project {{cite web|url=http://www.tract.com.au/projects_detail.aspx?view%3D81%26discipline%3DPlanning%26page%3D4 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720173106/http://www.tract.com.au/projects_detail.aspx?view=81&discipline=Planning&page=4 |archivedate=20 July 2008 }}</ref>


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Kmart Plaza has also undergo a facelift, with renovations scheduled to start early 2010. The owners of the Kmart Plaza, also known as the East Burwood Plaza, will double the size of the complex, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Blackburn Road, from 15,000 square metres to 30,000 square metres.<ref name="realestatesource.com.au"/> The new leasing floor plan can be viewed [https://web.archive.org/web/20120327212546/http://www.burwoodone.com.au/store-directory?sid=57:Tenants] here.
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The development will comprise over 25,000sqm of retail floorspace, multiscreen cinemas, up to 700 dwellings, leisure and entertainment and community facilities, all based around "main street" retail/entertainment precinct and urban plaza. The project is scheduled for completion in 2015. Details of the Burwood Heights Activity Center Project are listed [http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Burwood-Heights-Activity-Centre-Structure-Plan.html]. However, the progress of the project is stalled or very slow.


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Pomeroy Pacific development manager Paul Chiodo said the $35&nbsp;million extension will add about 30 speciality shops, a {{convert|5,500|m2|sqft|adj=on}} [[Coles Supermarkets|Coles Supermarket]], a 333-seat restaurant, gymnasium and a First Choice bottle shop. The extension will be built over an existing car park, on the western side of the {{convert|6.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} site.
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Kmart Plaza has also undergo a facelift, with renovations scheduled to start early 2010. The owners of the Kmart Plaza, also known as the East Burwood Plaza, will double the size of the complex, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Blackburn Road, from 15,000 square meters to 30,000 square metres.<ref name="realestatesource.com.au"/> The new leasing floor plan can be viewed [https://web.archive.org/web/20120327212546/http://www.burwoodone.com.au/store-directory?sid=57:Tenants] here.


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German discount supermarket chain [[Aldi]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120916213205/http://aldi.com.au/au/html/service/ALDI_new_stores_22083.htm] has leased the {{convert|2,981|m2|sqft|adj=on}} supermarket space currently occupied by Coles. Kmart, which occupies about {{convert|8,444|m2|sqft}} of space and trades 24-hours a day, will not relocate. Construction work is currently underway, with stage 1 completed in 2011, and the centre is named to be 'Burwood One' [http://www.burwoodone.com.au].
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Pomeroy Pacific development manager Paul Chiodo said the $35&nbsp;million extension will add about 30 speciality shops, a 5,500 square metre [[Coles Supermarkets|Coles Supermarket]], a 333-seat restaurant, gymnasium and a First Choice bottle shop. The extension will be built over an existing car park, on the western side of the 6.3 hectare site.

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German discount supermarket chain [[Aldi]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120916213205/http://aldi.com.au/au/html/service/ALDI_new_stores_22083.htm] has leased the 2,981 square meter supermarket space currently occupied by Coles. Kmart, which occupies about 8,444 square metres of space and trades 24-hours a day, will not relocate. Construction work is currently underway, with stage 1 completed in 2011 and the centre is named to be 'Burwood One' [http://www.burwoodone.com.au].


RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Burwood East is the largest RSPCA animal shelter in Victoria and features an animal adoption centre, animal shelter, veterinary clinic, animal behaviour training, grooming and education centre. Animal ambulance services also operate out of the Burwood East location. The site is undergoing a substantial re-development, scheduled for completion is mid-2013.
RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Burwood East is the largest RSPCA animal shelter in Victoria and features an animal adoption centre, animal shelter, veterinary clinic, animal behaviour training, grooming and education centre. Animal ambulance services also operate out of the Burwood East location. The site is undergoing a substantial re-development, scheduled for completion is mid-2013.


On the 10th of December 2019, the shopping centre development at the old brickworks site, called Burwood Brickworks, officially opened.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Andrew|date=2019-12-10|title=Burwood Brickworks: Grand opening for unique sustainable shopping centre|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/burwood-brickworks-grand-opening-for-unique-sustainable-shopping-centre/news-story/e2513838ba8c2139ec7b6ca6195bbdf4|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Herald Sun}}</ref> Burwood Brickworks notably has a 2,000 square metre rooftop farm to service an in house Acre Farm and Eatery restaurant, along with housing a Woolworths store.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seyfort|first=Serena|date=2019-10-09|title=Burwood Brickworks: Acre Farm and Eatery to host three eateries|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/burwood-brickworks-acre-farm-and-eatery-to-host-three-eateries/news-story/b3321a96238a70141e6058c0bd89829e|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Herald Sun}}</ref> The centre aims to meet the [[Living Building Challenge]] requirements, in terms of having zero [[carbon footprint]], no waste, non toxic materials, growing 20% of the food used, and net generation of electricity and water,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bliszczyk|first=Aleksandra|date=2018-02-12|title="World's Most Sustainable Shopping Centre", with Rooftop Farm, to Open in Melbourne|url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/city-file/article/worlds-most-sustainable-shopping-centre-rooftop-farm-open-melbourne|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Broadsheet Melbourne}}</ref> aimed to be what the developer describes as "the most sustainable shopping centre in the world".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burwood Real Estate {{!}} Burwood Brickworks {{!}} Frasers Property Australia|url=https://www.frasersproperty.com.au/vic/burwood-brickworks|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.frasersproperty.com.au|language=en}}</ref> The adjacent residences are to be completed some time in mid-2021<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Andrew|date=2020-05-10|title=Burwood Brickworks' neighbouring homes could be ready within a year|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/burwood-brickworks-neighbouring-homes-could-be-ready-within-a-year/news-story/29ebac1a2a3582a2ed90408815126209|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.heraldsun.com.au}}</ref>
On 10 December 2019, the shopping centre development at the old brickworks site, called Burwood Brickworks, officially opened.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Andrew|date=2019-12-10|title=Burwood Brickworks: Grand opening for unique sustainable shopping centre|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/burwood-brickworks-grand-opening-for-unique-sustainable-shopping-centre/news-story/e2513838ba8c2139ec7b6ca6195bbdf4|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Herald Sun}}</ref> Burwood Brickworks notably has a {{convert|2,000|m2|sqft|adj=on}} rooftop farm to service an in house Acre Farm and Eatery restaurant, along with housing a Woolworths store.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seyfort|first=Serena|date=2019-10-09|title=Burwood Brickworks: Acre Farm and Eatery to host three eateries|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/burwood-brickworks-acre-farm-and-eatery-to-host-three-eateries/news-story/b3321a96238a70141e6058c0bd89829e|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Herald Sun}}</ref> The centre aims to meet the [[Living Building Challenge]] requirements, in terms of having zero [[carbon footprint]], no waste, non toxic materials, growing 20% of the food used, and net generation of electricity and water,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bliszczyk|first=Aleksandra|date=2018-02-12|title="World's Most Sustainable Shopping Centre", with Rooftop Farm, to Open in Melbourne|url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/city-file/article/worlds-most-sustainable-shopping-centre-rooftop-farm-open-melbourne|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212090913/https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/city-file/article/worlds-most-sustainable-shopping-centre-rooftop-farm-open-melbourne |archive-date=12 February 2018 |access-date=2020-12-28|website=Broadsheet Melbourne}}</ref> aimed to be what the developer describes as "the most sustainable shopping centre in the world".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burwood Real Estate {{!}} Burwood Brickworks {{!}} Frasers Property Australia|url=https://www.frasersproperty.com.au/vic/burwood-brickworks|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.frasersproperty.com.au|language=en}}</ref> Despite this, in July 2022, ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' reported that the Brickworks establishment had been given approval to allow untreated stormwater to run into [[Gardiners Creek]].<ref name="ABC stormwater" /> The developer, [[Frasers Property]], originally had plans to build a wetland with support from [[Melbourne Water]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ehq-production-australia.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/6d01e363b4c17a5a8bc71026340870d9c6fe10f7/original/1639719260/02e4349dbdae1fa41421d131b79392c1_78_Middleborough_Road_Burwood_East_-__Development_Plan_Report_%28tracked_changes%29_-_16_December_2021.PDF?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIBJCUKKD4ZO4WUUA%2F20220727%2Fap-southeast-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220727T101642Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=202cf3b274e87a33f36b48988d426e173ca6a23e8ae21550d235e46fa734c631|title=78 Middleborough Road, Burwood East Development Plan Tracked Changes|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2021-12-16|publisher=Frasers Property|access-date=2022-07-27|pages=71–72|format=PDF}}</ref> but they later reversed their support, calling the proposal unsafe.<ref name="ABC stormwater" /> Environmentalist Karin Traeger has expressed concerns that this decision will result in more pollution ending up in Gardiners Creek, and consequently the [[Yarra River]]. She also said that polluted stormwater is one of the main issues affecting the river's health. The developer is instead paying $220,000 in stormwater offsets to meet their obligations.<ref name="ABC stormwater">{{Cite news|last=Paul|first=Margaret|date=2022-07-27|title=Development promoted for its sustainability given approval for untreated stormwater to flow into creek|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-27/brickworks-development-stormwater-polluting-waterways-/101271500|access-date=2022-07-27}}</ref>

The adjacent residences are to be completed some time in mid-2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Andrew|date=2020-05-10|title=Burwood Brickworks' neighbouring homes could be ready within a year|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/burwood-brickworks-neighbouring-homes-could-be-ready-within-a-year/news-story/29ebac1a2a3582a2ed90408815126209|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.heraldsun.com.au}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[City of Nunawading]] – the former local government area of which Burwood East was a part
* [[City of Nunawading]] – Burwood East was previously within this former local government area.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Suburbs of the City of Whitehorse]]

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Burwood East
Melbourne, Victoria
Robinson Drive, Burwood East
Burwood East is located in Melbourne
Burwood East
Burwood East
Map
Coordinates37°51′07″S 145°09′00″E / 37.852°S 145.15°E / -37.852; 145.15
Population10,675 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)3151
Elevation125 m (410 ft)
Area4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)City of Whitehorse
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Chisholm
Suburbs around Burwood East:
Box Hill South Blackburn South Forest Hill
Burwood Burwood East Vermont South
Chadstone Mount Waverley Glen Waverley
Red Williams Pear

Burwood East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 17 km (11 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District,[2] located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Burwood East recorded a population of 10,675 at the 2021 census.[3]

Burwood East is bounded by Springvale Road to the east, Middleborough Road to the west, Eley Road and Hawthorn Road to the north and Highbury Road to the south.

History

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Burwood East aerial panorama facing the city

The Wurundjeri Aboriginal clan, one of four Koorie clans that inhabited the Port Phillip region, were the original occupants of the area now occupied by East Burwood. To the east of present-day Middleborough Road, much of the land was initially not very attractive to European squatters for settlement and parts were mostly covered with open forests, consisting of Red Stringybark, Red Box, Long Leaf Box, Candlebark and Manna Gum.[4] Highbury Park contains some of the few remaining stands of remnant vegetation, including the locally uncommon Shiny Wallaby-grass (Austrodanthonia induta).[5]

Burwood East facing the Dandenong Ranges to the East

By the mid 19th century, East Burwood and the surrounding districts were under cultivation and local horticulturists were supplying Melbourne's markets, including the Victoria Markets, with cut flowers and produce. Jonquils and Daffodils were harvested in the area well into the 1950s. Apple, cherry and pear groves covered the hill slopes for close to a century. The earliest orchardist was James Tainton who placed 50 acres of land under cultivation in the 1880s.[6] Another orchardist Walter Mock developed the Red Williams' pear variety in East Burwood during the 1930s.[7] The 'Reds' found favour and the variety was exported to Europe and North America.[8] However little more than thirty years later, the last of the orchards located in East Burwood had been ripped up or relocated in one case, to Bacchus Marsh.[9][10]

Commercial activity

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Aerial panorama of Burwood East reserve facing the city skyline

Burwood East is notable as the site of the first Kmart department store in Australia.[11] The Kmart Plaza store[12] opened in 1969, at the intersection of Burwood Road (now Highway) and Blackburn Road. It was the first 24-hour Kmart store and proved very popular with locals, frustrated with the limited shopping hours on offer at the time. Burwood East Kmart is the second largest in Australia, with a gross leasable area of 8,444 m2 (90,890 sq ft).[13]

The Tally Ho Business Park, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Springvale Road, hosts the headquarters of many corporations and organisations, including the Country Fire Authority and former regional headquarters of VicRoads and Yokogawa. The site of the Tally Ho Business Park and its surrounds was previously occupied by the Tally Ho Boys' Home, which was established on land provided at a reduced price to the Methodist Church by Abel Hoadley, the inventor of the Violet Crumble chocolate bar.[citation needed] The Violet Crumble was supposedly manufactured in a Cottage where the ABC now stands.[citation needed]

On the north side of Burwood Highway, there are additional business buildings including a HP building, expanding the business park beyond the boundary of the original Tally Ho Boys' Home.

Vision Drive (located adjacent to the Tally Ho Business Park) is the current location of World Vision Australia's National Office, The GPT Group and the National Archives of Australia (Melbourne Repository).

Population

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Aerial perspective of Burwood East reserve facing west to the city skyline

In the 2016 Census, there were 10,273 people in Burwood East. 48.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 14.8%, Greece 4.1%, India 3.6%, Sri Lanka 3.2% and Malaysia 2.7%. 44.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.7%, Greek 8.9%, Cantonese 6.0%, Vietnamese 2.3% and Sinhalese 2.2%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 17.8%, Eastern Orthodox 10.4% and Buddhism 7.3%.[14]

Transport

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Burwood East is serviced by public transport:

Burwood Highway is part of Melbourne's Tram Network. Tram Route 75 originally terminated at the intersection of Blackburn Road and Burwood Highway until July 2005, with the completion of the 3 km line extension to Hartland Road in Vermont South. Also, with the introduction of the new Myki ticketing system, the tram zone boundaries have also been extended. This is good news for Route 75 passengers travelling across Zone 1+2, as they now only need to pay Zone 1 fares.

Sport

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Burwood East is home to the Nunawading Basketball Centre, Nunawading Velodrome, East Burwood/Bennettswood Cricket Club and East Burwood Football Club, on Burwood Highway.

Football has been played in Burwood East since 1915 and local fruit and flower growers produced an abundance of footballers. The club has built a family tradition and families names such as Fankhauser, Tainton and Mullens.[15] Today the club competes in the Eastern Football League.[16]

Education

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Schools in the suburb include:

  • Forest Hill College
  • Burwood East Primary School
  • Burwood Heights Primary School
  • Blackburn English Language School
  • Burwood East Special Developmental School

Local churches

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  • Burwood Heights Uniting Church
  • Anglican Church of the Ascension
  • Crossway

Tally Ho

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Tally Ho Business Park in June 2018

Tally Ho is a locality within Burwood East centred (37°51′25″S 145°09′58″E / 37.857°S 145.166°E / -37.857; 145.166) on the intersection of Burwood Highway and Springvale Road and is approximately 18 km east of the Melbourne Central Business District. Originally a rural area, the neighbourhood is named after a hotel which stood beside a shop on the corner of Blackburn Road and Highbury Road during the 1870s and 1880s. Opposite the hotel a primitive racecourse was constructed,[17] and although the roads were considered in poor repair, activities there attracted large crowds. In October 1888 the hotel was destroyed by fire[18] but later rebuilt but in 1922 moves were made to close the hotel along with a number of others[19] A small shopping centre now occupies the area where the hotel once stood.

The Tally Ho Boys Home was established nearby by the Wesley Mission of the Methodist Church in 1902.[20] Later closed, it became the Tally Ho Business Park.

Current and future developments

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The State Government has declared the Burwood Heights area as a 'Major Activity Centre' because of the easy access to public transport, current uses and the potential for significant development. In March 2008 Whitehorse Council approved a development plan that will see housing for up to 1000 residents at the old brickworks site in East Burwood.[21]

The development will comprise over 25,000sqm of retail floorspace, multiscreen cinemas, up to 700 dwellings, leisure and entertainment and community facilities, all based around "main street" retail/entertainment precinct and urban plaza. The project is scheduled for completion in 2015. Details of the Burwood Heights Activity Center Project are listed [1]. However, the progress of the project is stalled or very slow.[citation needed]

Kmart Plaza has also undergo a facelift, with renovations scheduled to start early 2010. The owners of the Kmart Plaza, also known as the East Burwood Plaza, will double the size of the complex, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Blackburn Road, from 15,000 square metres to 30,000 square metres.[13] The new leasing floor plan can be viewed [2] here.

Pomeroy Pacific development manager Paul Chiodo said the $35 million extension will add about 30 speciality shops, a 5,500-square-metre (59,000 sq ft) Coles Supermarket, a 333-seat restaurant, gymnasium and a First Choice bottle shop. The extension will be built over an existing car park, on the western side of the 6.3-hectare (16-acre) site.

German discount supermarket chain Aldi [3] has leased the 2,981-square-metre (32,090 sq ft) supermarket space currently occupied by Coles. Kmart, which occupies about 8,444 square metres (90,890 sq ft) of space and trades 24-hours a day, will not relocate. Construction work is currently underway, with stage 1 completed in 2011, and the centre is named to be 'Burwood One' [4].

RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Burwood East is the largest RSPCA animal shelter in Victoria and features an animal adoption centre, animal shelter, veterinary clinic, animal behaviour training, grooming and education centre. Animal ambulance services also operate out of the Burwood East location. The site is undergoing a substantial re-development, scheduled for completion is mid-2013.

On 10 December 2019, the shopping centre development at the old brickworks site, called Burwood Brickworks, officially opened.[22] Burwood Brickworks notably has a 2,000-square-metre (22,000 sq ft) rooftop farm to service an in house Acre Farm and Eatery restaurant, along with housing a Woolworths store.[23] The centre aims to meet the Living Building Challenge requirements, in terms of having zero carbon footprint, no waste, non toxic materials, growing 20% of the food used, and net generation of electricity and water,[24] aimed to be what the developer describes as "the most sustainable shopping centre in the world".[25] Despite this, in July 2022, ABC News reported that the Brickworks establishment had been given approval to allow untreated stormwater to run into Gardiners Creek.[26] The developer, Frasers Property, originally had plans to build a wetland with support from Melbourne Water,[27] but they later reversed their support, calling the proposal unsafe.[26] Environmentalist Karin Traeger has expressed concerns that this decision will result in more pollution ending up in Gardiners Creek, and consequently the Yarra River. She also said that polluted stormwater is one of the main issues affecting the river's health. The developer is instead paying $220,000 in stormwater offsets to meet their obligations.[26]

The adjacent residences are to be completed some time in mid-2021.[28]

See also

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  • City of Nunawading – Burwood East was previously within this former local government area.

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Burwood East (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Postcode for Burwood East, Victoria (Near Melbourne) - Postcodes Australia".
  3. ^ "2021 Census QuickStats Burwood East". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ Presland G, (2007)The Whitehorse Calendar: Celebrating 150 Years of Local Government in Whitehorse, City of Whitehouse
  5. ^ Sinclair S, Volume 123 (2) 2006, The Victorian Naturalist, The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc.
  6. ^ Fine Record of Pioneer Orchardist at Burwood East, Weekly Times, Sat 6 Sep 1930, Page 52
  7. ^ Campbell Dr J, European Pear Varieties, Agfact H4.1.13, Second Edition, October 2002, NSW Agriculture
  8. ^ Information on William (Red) Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ In the 1950s the Payne Family relocated 300 mature apple trees from East Burwood to Bacchus Marsh.Paynes Orchards
  10. ^ Wantirna History Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "History of Coles Myer LTD. – FundingUniverse".
  12. ^ Also known as Burwood Plaza, it is listed as Kmart Plaza in the Melways Street Directory
  13. ^ a b "Australia's First K-Mart Centre to Double in Size". 29 June 2009.
  14. ^ "2016 Census QuickStats Burwood East". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  15. ^ History of East Burwood Football ClubClub History Archived 22 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine,
  16. ^ Full Point Footy, Eastern Football League, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 21 October 2008{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ "Tally Ho Races". South Bourke and Mornington Journal. Richmond, Victoria. 16 November 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  18. ^ "District News". The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian. Victoria. 27 October 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Closing of Hotels". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 17 January 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Victorian Places: Tally Ho". Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  21. ^ According to Melbourne 2030 Activity Centre program, the Burwood Square project "Tract projects". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  22. ^ Rogers, Andrew (10 December 2019). "Burwood Brickworks: Grand opening for unique sustainable shopping centre". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  23. ^ Seyfort, Serena (9 October 2019). "Burwood Brickworks: Acre Farm and Eatery to host three eateries". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  24. ^ Bliszczyk, Aleksandra (12 February 2018). ""World's Most Sustainable Shopping Centre", with Rooftop Farm, to Open in Melbourne". Broadsheet Melbourne. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  25. ^ "Burwood Real Estate | Burwood Brickworks | Frasers Property Australia". www.frasersproperty.com.au. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  26. ^ a b c Paul, Margaret (27 July 2022). "Development promoted for its sustainability given approval for untreated stormwater to flow into creek". ABC News. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  27. ^ "78 Middleborough Road, Burwood East Development Plan Tracked Changes" (PDF). Frasers Property. 16 December 2021. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  28. ^ Rogers, Andrew (10 May 2020). "Burwood Brickworks' neighbouring homes could be ready within a year". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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