Richmond Melbourne, Victoria
View of the Pelaco factory sign between blocks of flats
Population:	22,475 (2006) [1]
Established:	19th century
Postcode:	3121
Area:	3. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 8 km² (1. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi)
Property Value:	AUD $605,000 [2]
Location:	4 km (2 mi) from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Yarra
State District:	Richmond
Federal Division:	Melbourne
Suburbs around Richmond: Collingwood Abbotsford Kew East Melbourne Richmond Hawthorn Cremorne South Yarra Burnley

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The suburb has been the subject of gentrification since the early 1990s and is now an eclectic mix of expensively converted warehouse residences, public housing high-rise flats and Victorian-era terrace houses, along with a lively retail sector and a shrinking industrial and manufacturing base. Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is the change in an Urban area associated with the movement of more affluent individuals into a lower-class Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. In Architecture and City planning, a terrace(d or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to Patio houses For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale

The suburb is well known for its textile industry, in particular, popular factory outlets centred along Bridge Road. The Textile industry (also known in the United Kingdom and Australia as the Rag Trade) is a term used for industries primarily concerned with the design Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia.

Contents 1 Local Landmarks 2 Architecture 2.1 Non-residential architecture 2.2 Residential architecture 3 Public Space 4 Religion 5 Education 6 Transport 7 Health 8 Trivia 9 See also 10 Notable Citizens 11 References 12 External links

Local Landmarks

These are some of the landmarks of Richmond.

• Richmond Town Hall
• Victoria Street, to the north of the suburb, is popular for its Vietnamese food. Richmond Town Hall is a civic building located on Bridge Road in Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Victoria Street is one of the major thoroughfares of inner Melbourne.
• Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre
• Bridge Road has many clothing factory outlets and is popular with tourists. Victoria Gardens is located in the Suburb of Richmond Victoria, Australia. Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia.
  • The Mountain View Hotel, formerly Ron Barassi's pub, 70 Bridge Road
• Punt Road, one of the main thoroughfares into Melbourne. Ronald Dale Barassi Jr (born 27 February 1936 is a former Australian rules football player and coach It is often clogged with traffic and runs alongside Punt Road Oval, home ground to the Richmond Football Club. Punt Road Oval (also known as the Richmond Cricket Ground) is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne Victoria. Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, competes in the Australian Football League.
• Church Street
• Swan Street has many entertainment venues with live music. Swan Street is a major street running through the Melbourne suburbs of Richmond, Cremorne and Burnley. They include:
  • The Corner Hotel, a bastion of live music in Melbourne. The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria is one of Melbourne 's most popular and respected medium-sized rock venues [1]
  • The Swan. A pub on the corner of Church and Swan streets built in 1890. It often has live bands and is popular with the younger set.
  • The Rising Sun, which is located at the corner of Burnley and Swan streets.
• The Great Britain Hotel, Church Street.
• Dimmey's building on Swan Street, with its ornate clock tower.

Architecture

Non-residential architecture

Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre is a large modern complex built in 2001 to service the inner eastern suburbs. Victoria Gardens is located in the Suburb of Richmond Victoria, Australia. The Loyal Studley Hotel was built in 1891 and is now used as a homewares shop. Richmond Power Station was built in 1891. Richmond Power Station is a Victorian era Coal fired Power station which operated on the banks of the Yarra River in Richmond The Burnley Theatre is now a commercial homewares shop but contains some elements of the original interiors, including the foyer and stage. 450 Swan Street, completed in 1995 combines an old bank and modern building in outstanding example of deconstructivist architecture by Ashton Raggart McDougall.

Richmond Town Hall on Bridge Road	Prince Alfred Hotel. Church Street.	Swan Hotel	The Pelaco Factory and sign is a local Richmond landmark and visible from miles away.
Wustermann's Buildings, Bridge Road	Richmond Power Station	Loyal Studley Hotel, Burnley Street	Victoria Gardens, cnr Burnley and Victoria Street
Grand Central Hotel, Coppin Street	Burnley Theatre, Swan Street	450 Swan Street	GTV, Nine Network studios on Bendigo Street

Residential architecture

With a large number of small homes in its narrow streets, Richmond has some of Melbourne's best examples of residential architecture from most periods. GTV (General Television Corporation is a Television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney

Notable examples include The Malthouse, a landmark conversion of silos into apartments by award winning architect Nonda Katsalidis. Nonda Katsalidis (born 1951 Athens, Greece) is an award winning Australian Architect.

The bluestone terrace homes at 13 & 15 James Street, built in 1857 in the rustic Gothic style for Eneas Mackenzie, a civil servant, are classified by the National Trust and are among the oldest homes remaining in Melbourne. Bluestone is the name given to several stones (1 a feldspathic sandstone in the U The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began The Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT is a community-based non-government organisation committed to promoting and conserving Australia's indigenous natural and historic heritage

Lalor House on Church Street, named after Eureka Stockade upriser Peter Lalor with its rich boom-style ornament is possibly Australia's best example of the Mannerist style applied to residential architecture. The Eureka Stockade was the setting of a gold miners' Revolt in 1854 near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia against the officials supervising the Peter Finta Lalor ( ( 5 February 1827 – 9 February 1889) was the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion one of Australia's Mannerism is a period of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520.

13 & 15 James Street	The Malthouse, silos converted into apartments.	Lalor House	Double storey Edwardian terrace houses
Subdued two storey brick Victorian terraces	Hillside Terrace. Punt Road.	Victorian terrace housing on Erin Street.	Italianate mansion at Epworth Hospital

Public Space

Richmond does have some parks and gardens and reserves but they are notably absent in the main centre of the suburb. Punt Road Oval (also known as the Richmond Cricket Ground) is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne Victoria. The largest park is Citizens Park (Richmond Oval) bordering on Church and Highett Streets. Other notable spaces include Barkly Gardens and the Allen Bain Reserve as well as a number of smaller parks and reserves.

Other large parks are located in nearby suburbs, including Yarra Park and Melbourne Park in East Melbourne, (Jolimont) the Golden Square Bicentennial Park, Burnley Park and oval, the Burnley Golf Course (survey paddock) and a number of sport reserves and ovals in Burnley, Pridmore Park, Yarra Bank Reserve, Creswick Street Reserve and St. Yarra Park has become the premier sporting precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG and numerous Melbourne Park is a sporting arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia James Park in Hawthorn, Dickinsons Reserve, Yarra Bend Park, Studley Park Golf Course and Studley Park in Kew.

Religion

The local large Catholic community is served by St. Ignatius' Church on Church Street and St. St Ignatius' Church Richmond is a Catholic Church located in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Australia. James Parish. Anglicans also have a presence in Richmond served by St. Stephens, next door to St. Ignatius Church. A Uniting Church also serves its members with a Fijian presence located on Church Street.

There is also a large Assemblies of God Church (Richmond AOG) in Griffiths Street. The World Assemblies of God Fellowship, or Assemblies of God for short is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with over 283413 churches and outstations

Education

Richmond is served by three high schools, St. Kevin's College (Waterford Campus), Lynall Hall Community School and Melbourne Girls' College. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution St Kevin's College, founded 1918 is a private, all-boys primary and Secondary school in the Catholic tradition Melbourne Girls' College is an all-girls government school located in the Melbournian suburb of Richmond. Primary schools in Richmond are Richmond Primary School, Richmond West Primary School, and Yarra Primary School. The former St. Ignatius School was closed at the end of 2005 marking an end to over a hundred years of presence serving the local Catholic community. Former notable students included Richmond football club legends, Kevin Sheedy and the late Jack Dyer. Kevin John Sheedy AM (born 24 December 1947 was the coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. John Raymond Dyer senior (13 November 1913 - 23 August 2003 always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during The school amalgamated with St. James Primary School to form the Jesuit run, Trinity Catholic School that opened in the start of 2006 on the grounds occupied by the former St. James Primary School.

The Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music, affiliated with Victoria University, is located in York Street, Richmond. The Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music is a school of music located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Victoria University is a tertiary education facility located in Melbourne, Australia. Kangan Batman TAFE has a presence in Burnley. Kangan Batman TAFE is a Technical and Further Education provider located over a number of campuses in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Transport

Richmond has an established transport system involving arterial roads, five train stations, seven tram routes, a bus route and a series of bicycle trails including the Capital City Trail and the Yarra River Trail. An arterial road is a moderate or high-capacity Road which is immediately below a Highway Level of service. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train The Capital City Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and Pedestrians which circles the Melbourne city centre and some inner eastern and northern The Yarra River Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and Pedestrians which follows the Yarra River through the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne

Richmond is served by tram numbers 24 and 109 on Victoria Street, tram numbers 78 and 79 on Church Street, tram numbers 48 and 75 on Bridge Road and tram number 70 on Swan Street. Tram route 24 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which runs from La Trobe Street in Tram route 109 or simply The 109 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Victoria Street is one of the major thoroughfares of inner Melbourne. Tram route 78 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 79 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 48 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 75 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tram route 70 is a Public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Swan Street is a major street running through the Melbourne suburbs of Richmond, Cremorne and Burnley.

The main train station in Richmond is Richmond railway station, it is an interchange for all metropolitan passenger trains to the eastern and south-eastern suburbs, viz. Richmond station is a suburban railway station in Melbourne, Australia. Jewellry Quarter railway station train and tram - Birmingham - 2005-10-14 the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston, Lilydale, Belgrave, Glen Waverley and Alamein lines. The Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the Suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern The Cranbourne railway line is a Suburban electric railway service operated by Connex Melbourne in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne The Frankston railway line is a bay-side Suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. The Lilydale railway line is a Suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. The Belgrave railway line is a Broad gauge electric Suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. The Glen Waverley railway line is a Suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. The Alamein railway line is a Suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia.

Other train stations in Richmond include Burnley, East Richmond, North Richmond and West Richmond. Burnley is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Burnley on the Lilydale East Richmond is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. North Richmond is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Richmond, on the Epping West Richmond is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Richmond, on the Epping

Health

Epworth Hospital (private) is a major surgical hospital, it has a major campus in Richmond fronting both Bridge Road and Erin Street. Epworth HealthCare Epworth HealthCare is a provider of acute medical surgical and rehabilitation services in Melbourne. A private hospital is a Hospital owned by a for-profit company or a Non-profit organisation and privately funded through Payment for medical services

The Melbourne Clinic (private) is a major psychiatric facility, it is in Church Street. A private hospital is a Hospital owned by a for-profit company or a Non-profit organisation and privately funded through Payment for medical services

Trivia

• The 80s cult punk film Dogs in Space by Richard Lowenstein and starring Michael Hutchence was filmed in Richmond. Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film Dogs in Space is a 1987 Australian film set in the post-punk " Little band scene " in Melbourne in 1979 Richard Lowenstein (born March 1, 1959 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian Film director. Michael Kelland John Hutchence ( January 22 1960 &ndash November 22 1997) was an Australian Singer-songwriter, most famous
• Songwriter Paul Kelly's song 'Leaps and Bounds' mentions Richmond's 'clock on the silo', otherwise known as the Nylex Clock. Paul Kelly may refer to Paul Kelly (fighter (born 1986 British mixed martial artist Paul Kelly (musician, (born 1955 Australian The Nylex Clock is an iconic Neon sign sitting atop Malting Storage silos in the suburb of Cremorne, Victoria, Australia

See also

• City of Richmond - the former local government area of the same name

Notable Citizens

• Peter Lalor (deceased)
• Van Tuong Nguyen (deceased)
• David Mitchell (deceased)
• Molly Meldrum

References

External links

• Richmond, Victoria is at coordinates 37°49′23″S 144°59′53″E / -37.823, 144.998 (Richmond, Victoria)Coordinates: 37°49′23″S 144°59′53″E / -37.823, 144.998 (Richmond, Victoria)
• Official Corner Hotel website
• Official Richmond Football Club website

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