On this page we'll have a look at both. Some of the information previously on the Production details page has been moved here and expanded. I've also added a few more locations previously only mentioned in the text.
Click on a location to expand it. The entries on Glen Waverley and Copnal Court have interactive maps to highlight where everything was filmed. Each entry has a few photos and (if possible) a Streetview of the location as it is now (or how it was when Google's Streetview car last paid it a visit).
Enjoy!
Glen Waverley
) to learn more about each location. Copnal Court
Copnal Court is the street where Elly's house, Anita's house and Mr Jensen's house are all located in real life.
The front- and back yards were used in filming, as well as exterior shots of the houses.
The interiors were only partially used (for instance when a character is standing in a doorway or hanging out a window), with the rest filmed on sets in Ripponlea Studios (which has its own entry further down).
See the separate entry for Copnal Court below for more.
Townsend Street
Seen twice in the episode Position Vacant as the street corner where both Elly and Claire post their letters to the fire brigade.
The street sign is clearly readable in a few shots in those scenes.
The mail box seen in the episode is not there in real life or has since been removed.
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Century City Walk (mall)
Century City Walk is an indoor mall in Glen Waverley. Both the mall itself as well as the Village Cinema inside it are seen in Paul's date scene in Suspected.
See the separate entry for Century City Walk below.
Kingsway/Bogon Ave roundabout
During the chase scene in Mr Snoller's Black Bag, Elly loses track of Mr. Snoller on this roundabout.
In the Streetview below, you see what the camera saw in that episode. You can clearly see the Monash City Council hall in the episode (and on this Streetview). The Glen Waverly Library can also been seen in this Streetview. The library has its own marker on the map too.
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Glen Waverley Library
After losing track of Mr. Snoller during the chase scene in Mr Snoller's Black Bag, Elly finds him again in this library.
In the Streetview below, you can see the entrance of the library as seen in the episode. The interior of the library was used in the episode too.
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Fire Station 31
Seen in Position Vacant, but has since been rebuilt.
See the separate entry for Fire Station 31 below.
(©2022 - 2023 OpenStreetMap.org; cropped and annotated for clarity)
Olivia in the purple wig. Somewhere in Glen Waverley, on the set of Suspected.
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Natasha Kenneally, Olivia Harkin and Rosemary Smith somewhere in Glen Waverley during the shoot of Beautiful Beetroot.
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Olivia in one of Anita's outfits. She's standing in a public park somewhere in Glen Waverley, next to the tree that was used as a stand-in for the Bartons' back yard. Notice the fake fence that was used to give the public park consistency with the real back yard at 5 Copnal Court. On the set of Suspected.
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Copnal Court
Most notably, 5 Copnal Court features as the Bartons' house and is seen in most episodes. Three other houses were used as filming locations in various episodes: 2 Copnal Court for Anita's house, 6 Copnal Court for Mr Jensen's house and 10 Copnal Court for the Capaletti house.
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) to learn more about each house, including Streetviews and photos. 10 Copnal Court
10 Copnal Court was used as the Capaletti's house. It sits straight across from 5 Copnal Court, allowing for the shots in Bye Bye Bartons from the Barton's garage.
5 Copnal Court
Although the back yard scenes at Elly's house were shot in 5 Copnal Court's back yard, shots where Elly's tree should be visible were not. Since there was no tree in 5 Copnal Court's back yard, any scene depicting it was shot at a tree located in a nearby public park. The immediate surroundings of the tree in the park were dressed up to look like 5 Copnal Court's back yard. Clever camera work and some editing tricks made it seem the tree was in the back yard.
The house hasn't changed much. Sure, it had a few coats of paint applied over the years and the bushes have grown significantly, but it's still recognisable as the Bartons' house.
Fun fact: the people who owned the house in 1987, when Bartons was filmed there, owned it until 2011.
Still from the opening scene of The Siege of Bartons' Bathroom. Digitised by me under fair use.
Olivia in one of Anita's outfits. She's standing in a public park somewhere in Glen Waverley, next to the tree that was used as a stand-in for the Bartons' back yard. Notice the fake fence that was used to give the public park consistency with the real back yard at 5 Copnal Court. On the set of Suspected.
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6 Copnal Court
2 Copnal Court
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2 Copnal Court's front yard borders as seen in The Barton League of Bird Lovers
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Atheldene Drive
More trucks at the set on Copnal Court.
View this exact location in Streetview
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Copnal Court and Atheldene Drive were invaded by trucks during the filming of Bartons. Equipment handling for outside fiming ("O.B."), wardrobe, and make-up were all handled from these.
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5 & 6 Copnal Court, during a take break. On the set of Bye Bye Bartons.
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Cheltenham Oval
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Olivia Harkin, Jennifer Jarman-Walker and Rosemary Smith, at the Cheltenham Oval. On the set of Half-time.
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Mt. Evelyn YMCA
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Right photo: ©2021 Google; cropped for clarity source (opens Google Streetview in a seperate window)
Right photo: ©2021 Google; cropped for clarity source (opens Google Streetview in a seperate window)
Olivia Harkin and Rosemary Smith on set at Mt Evelyn Recreation Camp during the shoot of Beautiful Beetroot.
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Maud Clark (Mrs Corkhum) and someone I don't recognise in make up. On location at Mt Evelyn during the shoot of Beautiful Beetroot.
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Somers Beach
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Cast group photo, taken during the shoot of Bartons on the Beach.
Note: matching bathers: only 1 out of 6…
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Wading through cold water.
On the set of Bartons on the Beach.
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Century City Walk Mall
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Fire Station 31
The fire station scenes in Position Vacant were filmed here. The building as it was during filming of Bartons, however, is no more. It has since been rebuilt into a larger, more modern facility to cope with the larger fire brigade needed for an ever expanding Glen Waverley.
The picture below depicts the fire station around its opening in 1960, looking pretty much like how it was in 1987. the door where the fire truck is parked, is the same door where the fire truck in the episode was parked in.
You can see what the new building looks like on the Streetview further down below.
Image courtesy of Fire Rescue Victoria (website) (link opens in a new tab or window)
Thanks to fellow Bartons fan Richard for the research!
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Ripponlea Studios
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Maureen Edwards (Ms India) and Olivia on set in the Ripponlea Studios during the shoot of Position Vacant.
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