Ashburton, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Ashburton
city = Melbourne
state = vic

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caption = High Street, Ashburton
lga = City of Boroondara
postcode = 3147
pop = 7,173 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21031 | name = Ashburton (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-26 | quick = on]
area = 2.9
est =
propval = $775,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Ashburton&postcode=3147 Ashburton] , accessed 13 March 2008]
stategov = Burwood
fedgov = Higgins
dist1 = 14
location1= Melbourne
near-nw = Glen Iris
near-n = Glen Iris
near-ne = Burwood
near-w = Malvern
near-e = Ashwood
near-sw = Malvern East
near-s = Malvern East
near-se = Chadstone

Ashburton is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Boroondara.

Ashburton features a retail area around High Street, has two train stations - Ashburton and Alamein - and is home to a branch of the Boroondara Library.

The suburb being close to the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Monash University (Caulfield and Clayton campuses), Deakin University (Burwood campus) and Swinburne University (Hawthorn Campus) as well as easy public transport into the city has allowed for the growth and continuation of two student houses for students originally from the country. These two student houses are operated by the Ashburton Baptist Church.

It is also home to the Ashburton Asylum Seeker Support Group (founded in 2005) which is a combined effort between the Ashburton Baptist, Catholic and Anglican Churches to provide shelter and support to Asylum Seeker families while their visa applications are being processed during which time they are not entitled to receive social welfare nor obtain a job to support themselves.

There was controversy in June 2007 when potential ALP candidate Barbara Norman called the suburb [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/kath-and-kim-call-irks-costello/2007/06/14/1181414422532.html "almost Kath and Kim country"] . She was referring to Ashburton to being like the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes, in the ABC Television's show Kath and Kim.

Also home to the 07/08 Eastern Cricket Association Dunstan Shield winning Ashburton Willows Cricket Club

See also

* City of Camberwell - the former local government area of which Ashburton was a part.
* Ashburton Willows Cricket Club - www.ashburtonwillows.com

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040511085635/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/ashburton.html Australian Places - Ashburton]

Ashburton Willows Cricket Club www.ashburtonwillows.com