Blackburn North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse.

North Blackburn is a predominantly residential suburb, with wide green and leafy streets and houses on quarter acre blocks. The suburb had it's start in the early 1960's, much of it being built on land formerly used as an apple orchard. North Blackburn Shopping Centre was originally known as Old Orchard Shopping Centre for this reason, as is Old Orchard Primary School today.

Property prices have risen markedly in the last 10 years, especially since the Eastern Freeway was extended to run past the suburb.

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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:44:00 -0000
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:16:00 -0000
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:37:00 -0000
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:59:00 -0000
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:51:00 -0000
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:54:00 -0000
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:55:00 -0000
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:15:00 -0000
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