Ivanhoe, Victoria
| Ivanhoe Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
 Ivanhoe Town Hall | |||||||||||||
| Population: | 10245 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3079 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 5.1 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD$559,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 11 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Banyule | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Ivanhoe | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Jagajaga | ||||||||||||
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Ivanhoe is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Banyule and has postcode 3079.
Ivanhoe is located approximately 12 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's CBD It is largely an affluent neighbourhood, with many large homes dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Properties in the Eaglemont area often auction for more than $1 million AUD.
The area hosts two of Melbourne's few private schools in the northern suburbs: Ivanhoe Grammar School and Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School.
Upper Heidelberg Road is considered to be the suburb's centre, and is where the Heidelberg Town Hall is located. The town hall is a classic 'art-deco' building on top of a hill, with a green neon clockface on a tower.
The Yarra River forms the southern boundary of the suburb, with a golf course and a narrow riparian strip reserve.
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The Boulevard Christmas Lights Display
One of Ivanhoe's most renowned features is the annual Christmas lights on its Boulevard. Every year, many hundreds of dollars are spent on the extravaganza that attracts a great many residents of Melbourne to have a look. The display was started by George Whitelaw in the 1950s. Normally, in the week before Christmas, this suburban street is enclosed in a grid-lock as it attracts over 100 000 people over the nine day period of its display. It is commonly recognised as one of the most impressive Christmas displays throughout Melbourne, with many residents making it an annual visit.
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 Queen Anne Style residence |
Sources
Hessel, Michelle. (1999) Bouvelard of Christmas Dreams <http://www.apapublishing.com.au/articles/56.asp> APA Publishing: December 13 1999 retrieved 28 November 2005.
External links
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the City of Banyule | |
|---|---|
Bellfield |Bundoora |Eaglemont |Greensborough |Heidelberg |Heidelberg Heights |Heidelberg West |Ivanhoe |Ivanhoe East |Lower Plenty |Macleod |Montmorency |Rosanna |Viewbank |Watsonia |Watsonia Nth |Yallambie |
Categories
Suburbs of Melbourne