The City of Caulfield was a
local government area
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about southeast of
Melbourne
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, the state capital of
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.
History
Caulfield was incorporated as a
road district on 15 October 1857, with the first Caulfield Roads Board elected in November 1857. It had control over the roads in an area bounded by
Warrigal Road
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, Hotham Street,
Dandenong Road
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, North Road and Brighton Road. It became a shire on 17 April 1871. In the 1880s, the area was a
market gardening
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district, with under cultivation, but by the end of the century, its character had become more residential. As such, it became a borough on 30 April 1901 and a town on 23 September 1901. It was proclaimed a city on 26 July 1913. On 16 April 1923, it lost part of its area (the current suburb of
Hughesdale) to the
Borough of Oakleigh.
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, La Trobe Reading Room.
In the 1990s, the City of Caulfield was originally planned to be abolished and merged with parts of the
City of Malvern to form the City of Gardiner. Instead, on 15 December 1994, the City of Caulfield and parts of the
City of Moorabbin
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History
Moorabbin was first incorporated as a road dis ...
were merged into the newly created
City of Glen Eira
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.
The councillors of both councils were dismissed.
Council meetings were held at the
Caulfield Town Hall, built in 1885, at Glen Eira Road and Hawthorn Road,
Caulfield. It presently serves as a service centre for the City of Glen Eira.
Population
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
References
External links
*
Victorian Places - Caulfield
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Caulfield
1857 establishments in Australia
City of Glen Eira
1994 disestablishments in Australia