Famed for its leafy green boulevards and substantial, opulent historic residences, Canterbury is one of Melbourne's most expensive and exclusive suburbs.

Canterbury contains various parks and gardens and is home to the Camberwell Hockey Club in Matlock Street.

The Canterbury Sports Ground, home of cricket and Australian football, is in Chatham Road.

At around this time, Edward Snowden settled on 7 hectares in the area centred on a manor he named Monomeath.

In 1900 Snowden's estate was subdivided and sold off to form what is now Monomeath Avenue and residents such as notable architect Percey Kernot and prominent citizen George Coghill moved in.

Over time it has gained much cachet in Australian society, famed for its wealthy and sometimes eccentric residents.

[4] Canterbury is regarded as one of Melbourne's most exclusive suburbs, particularly the "Golden Mile" – a term referring to a part of Mont Albert Road, running west from Balwyn Road and the avenues that connect it to Canterbury Road, specifically Monomeath Avenue, which is lined by large, century old oak trees and grand ornate mansions and is home to many notable politicians and leaders of business and industry.

This was chosen by locals to respect the memory of the Anzacs sacrifice in Flanders Fields, Belgium.

The club briefly changed its colours to Green with a gold vee at the end of World War 2 when it feared its jumper looked too much like the postwar new German flag.

Gold Coast star Matty Rowell played his junior footy with the Cobras.