Collingwood Melbourne, Victoria
Smith Street looking North
Population:	5494 (2006) [1]
Established:	1850s
Postcode:	3066
Property Value:	AUD $560,000 [2]
LGA:	City of Yarra City of Melbourne
State District:	Richmond
Federal Division:	Melbourne
Suburbs around Collingwood: Fitzroy North Clifton Hill Clifton Hill Fitzroy Collingwood Abbotsford Melbourne East Melbourne Richmond

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The suburb is named after Baron Collingwood, a famous British admiral. Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood 1st Baron Collingwood ( 26 September 1748 &ndash 7 March 1810) was an Admiral of the

The suburb is notable for its historical buildings, with many 19th century dwellings, shops and factories still in use.

Australian author Frank Hardy set the novel Power Without Glory in a fictionalised version of the suburb, named Carringbush^[3]. Frank Hardy ( 21 March, 1917 &ndash 28 January, 1994) was a Left-wing Novelist and Writer from Australia Power Without Glory is a 1950 Novel written by Australian writer and Communist Frank Hardy. The name is often used as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the real-world locale, and is also used by a number of businesses in the area, such as "Carringbush Business Centre". At one point, a ward in the City of Yarra that includes part of Collingwood was named Carringbush.

History

Subdivision and sale of land in Collingwood began in 1838, and was mostly complete by the 1850s. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Collingwood was declared a municipality separate from the City of Melbourne on 24 April 1855, the first to follow the state's major population centres of Melbourne and Geelong. The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state Collingwood was proclaimed a town in 1873, and later a city in 1876 ^[4]. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

Collingwood's early development was directly impacted by the boom in Melbourne's population and economy during the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s and 1860s. The Victorian Gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 This resulted in the construction of a large number of small dwellings, as well as schools, shops and churches to support this new population. Around the same time, large industrial developments such as a flour mill and the Fosters brewery were being established. A gristmill or grist mill is a building where Grain is ground into Flour, or the grinding mechanism itself

Since the 1870s, Smith Street has been the dominant shopping strip, with its tram line established in 1887. Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Smith Street was also the site of a number of Melbourne's earliest large variety stores and department stores, including the first G.J. Coles store in 1912. Coles Group Limited (formerly Coles Myer Limited was an Australian public company that operated numerous retail chains Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting

An example of the prefabricated houses imported from Singapore during the 1850s, which were popular in Collingwood at the time

Culture and Sport

The Collingwood Australian rules football Club (the Magpies) has a long history (dating back to 1892 as an incorporated football club), though in recent years (despite the 1990 AFL premiership), many jokes are made about its inability to win big-occasion matches helped coin the phrase the "Colliwobbles". Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. "This term is rarely used now since their 1990 premiership win"

PBS 106.7FM also resides in Collingwood at 47 Easey St, just off Smith St. PBS 1067FM (call sign 3PBS) also known as the Progressive Broadcasting Service, is a co-operatively owned Community radio station in PBS is a community radio station that celebrated its 25th year of broadcast in 2004. bite me please

Architecture

The suburb is notable for its historical buildings, with many 19th century dwellings, shops and factories still in use. From its early days large commercial buildings often coexisted with small dwellings occupied by working-class families, and that mixture of industry and community continues to the present time. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types For example, Oxford and Cambridge Streets are dominated by imposing red-brick factories and warehouses formerly occupied by the Foy and Gibson company, but also feature a number of stone, brick and timber dwellings that date back to the earliest days of the suburb. Foy & Gibson (also known as Foys) was one of Australia 's earliest Department store chains modelled on Le Bon Marché in Paris and other European

Non-residential architecture

Collingwood has many buildings listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and several notable commercial and public buildings. The Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria Yorkshire Brewery, built in 1880 to the design of James Wood with its polychrome brick and mansard roof tower was once Melbourne's tallest building. A Mansard or Mansard roof in Architecture refers to a style of Hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its four sides with the lower slope being For many years it has been subject to development proposals and the heritage stables were at one stage demolished without a permit, however the site remains neglected. The former Collingwood Post Office was built between 1891 and 1892 in the Victorian Mannerist style to the design of John Marsden is similar to Rupertswood with its tall tower. Rupertswood is a Mansion and country estate located in Sunbury on the outskirts of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

Former Collingwood Post & Telegraph office, Smith Street

Yorkshire Brewery

Sir Robert Peel Hotel ("The Peel")

The Vine Hotel

Transport

Transport within Collingwood consists mainly of narrow one way streets. The suburb is bounded by main roads: Smith Street to the west, Victoria Parade to the south, Hoddle Street to the east and Alexandra Parade to the north. Major tramlines are on Victoria Street (route 109) and Smith Street (route 86), which are on the edge of the suburb. Tram route 109 or simply The 109 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 86 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Johnston, Wellington and Langridge streets are the main arterials going through the suburb.

The Collingwood Railway Station is actually in neighbouring Abbotsford. Collingwood is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Abbotsford (despite its name on Abbotsford is a small Inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond

Gay Village

Collingwood is Melbourne's second largest Gay village, catering mostly to the bears, gay skinheads, indie/alternative queer, leathermen and SM subcultures. A gay village (also known as a gay neighborhood or by the slang gayborhood) is an urban geographic location with generally recognized boundaries Bear is LGBT slang for those in the bear communities a subculture in the Gay / Bisexual male communities and an emerging subset of A gay skinhead, also known as a gayskin or queerskin, is a Gay person who identifies with the Skinhead Subculture, often (though not In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous Queer has traditionally meant odd or unusual but is now also used to refer to anyone who is not heteronormative. The leather subculture denotes practices and styles of dress organized around sexual activities and Hedonistic Eroticism (" kink " Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person Poliamory pride in San Francisco 2004jpg|thumb|Representatives of the Polyamory community at a San Francisco parade Referred to sometimes as the "Northside", while sizeable it does not generally compete with the typically mainstream scene of nearby South Yarra (often referred to as the "Southside"), though Collingwood venues do get a large number of visitors from that Southside scene on Friday nights. Mainstream is generally the common current of Thought of the Majority. South Yarra is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

A string of Gay businesses and venues can be found in the Collingwood/Abbotsford area. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. These include Club 80, The Gatehouse and The Peel (originally "The Sir Robert Peel Hotel") on and around Peel Street. Further east are the Wet on Wellington bathhouse on Wellington Street, The Glasshouse and The Laird on Gipps Street, and The Star Hotel, Dungeon Warehouse and Eagle Leather on Hoddle Street. Public baths originated from a communal need for cleanliness Often the term public is misleading to some people as they will have restrictions based upon who can use the facility Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route. IQ (indie queer) is an extremely popular indie/alternative music night is can be found on Thursday nights at Bar Called Barry's on Smith Street. Smith Street is a Road which may refer to Smith Street Motorway Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Smith Street There is also a significant Gay population residing in and around Collingwood itself. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality.

References

See also

• Collingwood Children's Farm

• City of Collingwood - the former local government area of the same name. The Collingwood Children’s Farm is a community-run inner city farm situated on the Yarra River in the Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, Australia The City of Collingwood was a Local Government Area located about east-northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia

External links

• Collingwood, Victoria is at coordinates 37°48′11″S 144°59′17″E / -37.803, 144.988 (Collingwood, Victoria)Coordinates: 37°48′11″S 144°59′17″E / -37.803, 144.988 (Collingwood, Victoria)
• Australian Places - Collingwood
• Collingwood Historical Society