Balwyn

State :	Australia Australia
State :	Victoria
City :	Melbourne

Coordinates :	37 ° 49 ′ S , 145 ° 5 ′ E Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′ S , 145 ° 5 ′ E-37.808888888889 145.07888888889
Area :	4.4 km²

Residents :	13,312 (2016)
Population density :	3025 inhabitants per km²

Time zone :	AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code :	3103

LGA :

City of Boroondara

Balwyn

Balwyn is a district of the Australian city of Melbourne . It is located about ten kilometers east of the city center.

history

In 1841 Henry Elgar bought land from the English Crown in what is now Balwyn and leased it to small farms. In the late 1850s, journalist Andrew Murray bought land in the area and named his house Balwyn ("house of wine", from Gaelic bal , "house", and Old Saxon "wyn", wine). The house was on what is now the Fintona Girls' School .

The first school opened in Balwyn in 1868 and a post office in 1874. In 1891 a rail link to Melbourne was established, which was closed in 1927. From 1913 Balwyn was connected to the tram network.

Individual evidence

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Balwyn ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
^ D. Camfield: Murray, Andrew (1813-1880) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1966–2012 (English).

[ABS-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics : Balwyn ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[2] D. Camfield: Murray, Andrew (1813-1880) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1966–2012 (English).