Maling Road | |
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View of Theatre Place in the Maling Road shopping strip from Canterbury railway station. | |
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General information | |
Type | Street |
Location | Melbourne, Victoria |
Major junctions | |
South end | Prospect Hill Road |
NW end | ![]() |
Location(s) | |
LGA(s) | City of Boroondara |
Major suburbs |
Maling Road is a popular shopping strip in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. It contains over fifty Edwardian-style shops in a pseudo- village setting. Its location was chosen due to its proximity to Canterbury railway station. [1]
The present-day shopping strip has its roots in the construction of the railway line at Canterbury railway station in 1882. [2] Although most buildings in the area near the intersection with Canterbury Road date from the early 1900s, some were constructed before this time. [3]
In the 1970s after the grade separation of the railway line across Canterbury Road, there were proposals to demolish large parts of the shopping centre and construct a supermarket. This was met with resistance from the local community and the project successfully stopped. [4] A council proposal to turn part of the street into a pedestrian mall was also scrapped. [5]