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.
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[4] From my own personal collection
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[8] Kindly provided by Rosemary Smith from her personal collection
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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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Map of the houses at Copnal Court. Click to enlarge.
Red outlines are the houses where filming took place. The houses were only used for outdoor shots ("O.B"); interiors shots were filmed at Ripponlea Studios (see further down this page).
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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Built in 1983, 5 Copnal Court is a bilevel family home that sits on 697 m2 of land. It has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two car garage on property. It's currently (2022) valued at $1.92 million Australian dollars, which is about €1.2 million Euros or £1 million British Pounds.20
As you can see on the Streetview below, the house hasn't changed much. Sure, the window frames, front door and garage door have 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 facts: the people who owned the house in 1987, when Bartons was filmed there, lived there until 2011. The neighbours at no. 4 Copnal Court sold their house in the midst of filming. I wonder how the sightings went: "don't worry, the neighbours in this street are mostly fictitious; it's not always this loud or filled with trucks, lighting rigs and catering tables".
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Anita's house has not changed a lot either. Again, new coats of paint have been applied and the bushes have grown, but take a look at the dried wood used at the border between front yard and side walk on this Streetview:
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2 Copnal Court's front yard borders as seen in The Barton League of Bird Lovers
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We've seen Anita's house in a couple of episodes; mostly the front yard in The Barton League of Bird Lovers, in passing in the opening scene of Three Little Pigs and both the front- and the back yard in Bye Bye Bartons. The grass lawn where Elly ordered her Bird Lovers League heckle the Nature Club, is now a nice flower bed.
6 Copnal Court
…was mostly seen from the back and the side in many episodes, most notably The Siege of Bartons' Bathroom and Bye Bye Bartons. But we got a good look at the front of the house in Three Little Pigs and by the looks of it, it hasn't changed at all in the past 35 years. Yes, even Mr Jensen's "PA-PER HOL-DER!!" is still there in 2021:
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Both Copnal Court and Atheldene Drive (the street adjacent to Copnal Court) were used to stage the filming and park the trucks needed. Rosemary took some pictures at the time which you can see below.
More trucks at the set on Copnal Court.
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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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Olivia Harkin, Jennifer Jarman-Walker and Rosemary Smith, at the Cheltenham Oval. On the set of Half-time.
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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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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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Map of filming locations in Glen Waverley. Click to enlarge.
1: Copnal Court (most episodes)
2: Townsend Street (mailbox scenes in Position Vacant)
3: Century City Walk mall & Village Cinema (mall and cinema scenes in Suspected)
4: Kingsway/Bogong Avenue roundabout, with a view of the Glen Waverley Library and Monash City Council hall (chase scene in Mr Snoller's Black Bag). The Glen Waverley Library was also used for indoor shots in that episode.
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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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Maureen Edwards (Ms India) and Olivia on set in the Ripponlea Studios during the shoot of Position Vacant.
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