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'{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Canterbury | city = Melbourne | state = vic | image = Maling_Road_looking_north-east,_Canterbury.jpg | caption = Maling Road, Canterbury | lga = City of Boroondara | alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne | coordinates = {{coord|37.825|S|145.078|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne | postcode = 3126 | pop = 8056 | pop_year = 2016 | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20466 | name = Canterbury (State Suburb) | accessdate = 14 October 2018 | quick = on}}[[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref> | area = 3 | est = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Box Hill|Box Hill]] | stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Burwood|Burwood]] | stategov3 = [[Electoral district of Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] | stategov4 = [[Electoral district of Kew|Kew]] | fedgov = [[Division of Kooyong|Kooyong]] | dist1 = 10 | location1= [[Melbourne city centre|Melbourne]] | near-nw = [[Kew East, Victoria|Kew East]] | near-n = [[Balwyn, Victoria|Balwyn]] | near-ne = [[Balwyn, Victoria|Balwyn]] | near-w = [[Hawthorn East, Victoria|Hawthorn East]] | near-e = [[Surrey Hills, Victoria|Surrey Hills]] | near-sw = [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] | near-s = [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] | near-se = [[Surrey Hills, Victoria|Surrey Hills]] }} '''Canterbury''' is an eastern suburb of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 10&nbsp;km from Melbourne's [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]]. Its [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] is the [[City of Boroondara]]. At the [[Census in Australia#2016|2016 Census]], Canterbury had a population of 8,056. Famed for its leafy green [[boulevard]]s and substantial, opulent historic residences, Canterbury is one of Melbourne's most expensive and exclusive suburbs. ==Geography== Canterbury extends as far as Mont Albert Road in the north, [[Burke Road, Melbourne|Burke Road]] in the west, Chatham and Highfield Roads in the east and Riversdale Road to the south. The main thoroughfare through Canterbury is Canterbury Road, which runs east–west and roughly bisects the suburb. Canterbury is the home to many of Victoria's oldest and most prestigious private schools, including [[Camberwell Grammar School]], [[Camberwell Girls Grammar School]] and [[Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School]]. Other schools include [[Camberwell High School]], [[Canterbury Girls' Secondary College]] and Canterbury Primary School. Canterbury contains various parks and gardens and is home to the Camberwell Hockey Club in Matlock Street. The Canterbury Sports Ground, home of cricket and Australian football, is in Chatham Road. The main shopping area in Canterbury is around the [[Canterbury railway station, Melbourne|railway station]] and includes shops in Canterbury Road, as well as [[Maling Road]]. Larger shopping centres nearby include Burke Road in [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] and [[Maroondah Highway|Whitehorse Road]] in [[Balwyn, Victoria|Balwyn]]. Canterbury is serviced by the [[Canterbury railway station, Melbourne|Canterbury]] and [[East Camberwell railway station|East Camberwell]] stations, on the [[Lilydale railway line|Lilydale]] and [[Belgrave railway line|Belgrave]] train lines. It is also serviced by tram routes [[Melbourne tram route 72|72]] and [[Melbourne tram route 109|109]]. ==History== The railway station is in many ways responsible for the suburb's existence: before the opening of the railway to the City in 1882, the area was a semi-rural area. Even then, it was occupied by the well to do. Many of these early residents and in some cases, their properties, are remembered in the street names of the suburb, notably Logan Street and Monomeath Avenue. [[File:Former Canterbury Post Office.jpg|thumb|left|Former Canterbury Post Office]] Canterbury Post Office opened on 22&nbsp;November 1870 (it was closed between 1887 and 1892).<ref name = "PostOffice">{{Citation| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008 }}</ref> The first subdivision in the area came in 1885, when Michael Logan created the 'Claremont Park Estate' within the area of Canterbury Road, Bryson Street, Prospect Hill Road and Logan Street. At around this time, Edward Snowden settled on 7 hectares in the area centred on a manor he named Monomeath. In 1900 Snowden's estate was subdivided and sold off to form what is now Monomeath Avenue and residents such as notable architect Percey Kernot and prominent citizen George Coghill moved in. The road was paved in 1911 and lined with [[oak trees]]. Over time it has gained much cachet in Australian society, famed for its wealthy and sometimes eccentric residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Canterbury/MonomeathAvenueStreetscape/17257 |title=Monomeath Avenue Streetscape, Canterbury, VIC |author=Aussie Heritage |accessdate=5 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519031447/http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Canterbury/MonomeathAvenueStreetscape/17257 |archive-date=19 May 2007 }}</ref> ==Population== In the 2016 Census, there were 8,056 people in Canterbury. 67.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 7.9%, England 3.7%, Malaysia 1.7%, New Zealand 1.6% and India 1.3%. 73.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.9%, Cantonese 2.4% and Italian 1.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 37.7%, Catholic 20.1% and Anglican 12.8%.<ref name="abs"/> ==Culture== [[File:Monomeath Avenue.jpeg|thumb|Monomeath Avenue]] [[File:Victoria_Avenue_-_Canterbury.jpg|thumb|Victoria Avenue]] Canterbury is regarded as one of Melbourne's most exclusive suburbs, particularly the "Golden Mile" – a term referring to a part of Mont Albert Road, running west from Balwyn Road and the avenues that connect it to Canterbury Road, specifically Monomeath Avenue, which is lined by large, century old oak trees and grand ornate mansions and is home to many notable politicians and leaders of business and industry. lol Other [[blue chip (stock market)|blue-chip]] locales along this stretch include Alexandra Avenue, Hopetoun Avenue, Victoria Avenue and The Ridge. It consistently ranks in the top three suburbs for average house prices in Melbourne. [[File:The ramsay's house, canterbury, melbourne.jpg|thumb|right|Residential home in Canterbury]] ===Notable residents=== {{more citations needed|section|date=June 2020}} Past and present residents of Monomeath Avenue includes or have included: * Philip Barnes{{spaced endash}}former [[City of Kew]] Councillor and Chairperson of Disability Justice Australia * [[Frank Macfarlane Burnet|Sir Macfarlane Burnet]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|OM|AK|KBE|FRS|FAA|FRSNZ}}{{spaced endash}}[[virology|virologist]] best known for his contributions to [[immunology]]. He won a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] in 1960 for predicting [[Immune tolerance#Acquired tolerance|acquired immune tolerance]] and was best known for developing the theory of [[clonal selection]]. He was the first ever [[Australian of the Year]] and the [[Burnet Institute]] is named in his honour * Frank Cicutto{{spaced endash}}former CEO of [[National Australia Bank]] * Mark Eddy{{spaced endash}}Australian GT Champion and Grand Prix driver * [[Rupert Hamer|Sir Rupert Hamer]]{{spaced endash}}former [[Premier of Victoria]] * Thomas Watson Haynes{{spaced endash}}manager and director for multiple Australian companies in the early 1900s * Russell Jones{{spaced endash}}former CEO and managing director of [[Amcor]] * [[Kylie Minogue|Kylie]] and [[Dannii Minogue]]'s family * [[Andrew Peacock]]{{spaced endash}}former federal leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] * Anthony Podesta{{spaced endash}}founder and CEO of McMillan Shakespeare * Craig Saddler{{spaced endash}}Chairman of [[Boeing Australia]] * [[Tom Schieffer]]{{spaced endash}}former US Ambassador to Australia, and to Japan * Stan Wallis{{spaced endash}}former chairman of [[Coles Group|Coles Myer]] and [[AMP Limited]] * [[Philip Webb]]{{spaced endash}}former President of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria * Leonard William Weickhardt {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}}{{spaced endash}}former Chancellor of the [[University of Melbourne]] * Xianwen Xu{{spaced endash}}[[Chinese people|Chinese]] property developer who set Canterbury's house price record when he bought Anthony Podesta's mansion for A$9&nbsp;million in May 2008<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.realestatesource.com.au/sale-of-podestas-monomeath-avenue-palace-latest-in-string-of-international-megasales.html |title=Sale of Podesta's Monomeath Avenue Palace Latest in String of International Megasales |work=Real Estate Source }}</ref> ==Sport== The suburb has an [[Australian rules football]] team called the Canterbury Cobras, who compete in the [[Yarra Junior Football League]]. ==Schools== [[File:Camberwell High School.jpg|thumb|right|[[Camberwell High School]], a secondary school in Canterbury]] Canterbury has a number of primary and secondary schools in its vicinity. These include Canterbury Primary School, [[Camberwell High School]], [[Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School]], and [[Canterbury Girls' Secondary College]]. ==Places of worship== * Canterbury Christadelphians<ref>http://www.canterburyecclesia.org.au/</ref> * Canterbury Presbyterian Church<ref>http://www.canterburypc.org.au/</ref> * Canterbury Baptist Church<ref>http://www.canterburybaptist.org/</ref> ==See also== * [[City of Camberwell]] – the former local government area of which Canterbury was a part ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040404170625/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/canterbury.html Australian Places – Canterbury] {{City of Boroondara suburbs}} [[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]'