Caulfield

Caulfield is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 kilometers south-east of Melbourne's central business zone. Its close-by government zone is the City of Glen Eira. It is restricted by Kooyong Road in the west, Glen Eira Road in the north, Glen Huntly Road in the south and Booran Road in the east. Caulfield is best known as the zone of Caulfield Racecourse and the Caulfield grounds of Monash University.

The wellspring of the name of Caulfield isn't known for certain, anyway the name had all the earmarks of being associated with Baron Caulfield of Ireland, possibly through John Caulfield, a pioneer of the settlement. The name Caulfield was being utilized by 1853, and the early maps constantly put it some place around the racecourse. In the mid 19^th century, the Caulfield district was swampy, low-lying ground.

It filled in as watering and field land for the pastoralists driving stock from Gippsland to Melbourne. In the 1840s, a couple of indisputable systems had developed all through the zone. Owensville was arranged around the western end of Glen Eira Road. Alma Road Village was another office class area help north. Camden Town was a typical workers zone at the crossing point of Glen Huntly and Hawthorn Roads.