Caulfield East is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, 10 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira

City of Glen Eira

The City of Glen Eira is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 38.4 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 136,354 people...

. At the 2006 Census, Caulfield East had a population of 1242.

The suburb contains landmarks such as the Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs...

, Caulfield railway station, the Caulfield Campus of Monash University

Monash University

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 and Glen Eira College

Glen Eira College

Glen Eira College is a co-educational, public, secondary school located in East Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on Booran road and backs on to Caulfield Racecourse...

. The suburb is bounded by Booran Road and Kambrook Road to the west, Dandenong Road to the north, Grange Road to the east and Neerim Road to the south.

History

Caulfield East Post Office opened on 6 December 1888, and was known briefly in 1928 and 1929 as Malvern East.

See also

• City of Caulfield
  City of Caulfield
  The City of Caulfield was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
  
  - the former local government area of which Caulfield East was a part.