Blackburn North (formerly North Blackburn) is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District,[2] located within the City of Whitehorse local government area.
[1] Blackburn North is a predominantly residential suburb, with wide green and leafy streets and houses on quarter acre blocks.
A small light industrial area is located in the north-east corner of the suburb, along Joseph Street.
A former clay pipe factory on Springfield Road has been closed and replaced by housing.
On its northern boundary is the Eastern Freeway, along which also runs a bicycle track, the Koonung Creek Trail.
The northern boundary is also marked by Koonung Creek, which flows into the Yarra River further downstream.
Middlefield Primary School, formerly located on Verbena street, has now been torn down and replaced with housing.