Abbotsford (parts of which were also known as Carringbush at the turn of the 19th century) is a small inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and separated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River. Formerly part of the City of Collingwood, it is now part of the City of Yarra. Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image:SkippingGirl. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... km redirects here. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Richmond is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Fitzroy North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Clifton Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fairfield is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... East Melbourne is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Richmond is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Hawthorn is a residential suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $222,022 (2nd)  - Product per capita  $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  5,110,500 (2nd)  - Density  22. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Richmond is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Clifton Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

History

Abbotsford area was once bush along the Yarra River, but was subdivided as an industrial estate in the late 1870s.

Originally the area was home to many Irish, mostly factory workers, and until the construction of Melbourne's sewerage and drainage systems was regularly flooded by the Yarra River. Since World War II the area has become very multicultural, with many Greeks, Italians, Vietnamese, Chinese and more recently Arabs and Africans making it their home. The word sewerage means the provision of pipes etc to collect and dispose of sewage. ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a mainly desert peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia and an important part of the greater Middle East. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

In the 1960s a section of the northern part of the suburb was demolished to make way for the Eastern Freeway. The Eastern Freeway is one of Melbournes major freeways, connecting Alexandra Parade and Hoddle St in the inner suburbs, with Springvale Road in Melbournes east. ...

The originally working class area long had a reputation for heroin and crime. Heroin ((INN) Diacetylmorphine, (BAN) diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ...

Along with Clifton Hill and Collingwood the suburb was a part of the City of Collingwood until former State premier Jeff Kennett conducted a wholesale merger of local government areas in the early 1990s. Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 25 July 1948), Australian politician, was one of the most influential and controversial men to hold the office of Premier of Victoria (6th October, 1992 to 20th October, 1999). ... Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state or province. ...

Property values have skyrocketed in recent years and many young professionals have moved to the area and the old industrial areas have experienced significant gentrification and urban renewal since 2000. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... 1999 photograph looking northeast on Chicagos now demolished Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts. ...

In recent years, Victoria Street has become associated with Melbourne's Vietnamese community and is home to the biggest and best selection of Vietnamese food in Melbourne and is known as Little Saigon along Victoria Street. Victoria Street is the name of several streets in various countries: In Australia: Victoria Street, Sydney, New South Wales Victoria Street, Melbourne, Victoria In Singapore: Victoria Street In the United Kingdom: Victoria Street, London, England In the United States: Victoria Street, Carson, California See also: List of places named after... Modern Vietnamese cuisine is heavily influenced by the French colonists. ... // Little Saigon is a name given to any of several overseas Vietnamese immigrant and descendant communities outside Vietnam, usually in the United States. ...

Industry

Abbotsford is home to Carlton and United Breweries, the company which produces Victoria Bitter and Foster's Lager. The malt smell of brewing often fills the surrounding area. Visitors can see the beer making process at the Carlton Brewhouse centre and tour the brewery itself before returning to the Brewhouse for a complimentary ale. Carlton and United Breweries is an Australian brewing company based in Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria. ... VB Stubbie A can of Victoria Bitter (VB) Victoria Bitter, or VB, as it is commonly called, has the highest market share of all beer sold in Australia, both on tap and packaged. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then are quickly dried before the plant develops. ...

Recreation and Leisure

Dights Falls, where the Merri Creek and Yarra River join is a short walk from the farm and is a favourite spot for kayakers and picnicers. Cyclists pass through the Collingwood Children's Farm on the Yarra River Trail which follows the Yarra River from the city to Dight's Falls, where it meets the Merri Creek Trail. This also forms part of the Capital City Trail. Dights Falls on the Yarra River, Abbotsford. ... The Merri Creek The Merri Creek is a waterway in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria, Australia. ... Look up kayak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Friends and family gather for a picnic in a public park in Columbus, Ohio, c. ... // 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, Victoria, Australia. ... // The Merri Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Merri Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Capital City Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians which circles the Melbourne central business district and some inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Studley Park is an extensive parkland which merges with the larger Yarra Bend Park, contains Dights falls and features within it a golf course, sports grounds, and small pockets of natural forest. Studley Park Boathouse on the Yarra River Yarra Bend Park is a 260 hectare (642 acre) park in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. ... Studley Park Boathouse on the Yarra River Yarra Bend Park is a 260 hectare (642 acre) park in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. ... Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and also is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

Local Landmarks

Victoria Park was the home ground of the Collingwood Football Club from its inception in 1892 until 2005. AFL matches are no longer played there and the club now trains at Olympic Park. Since Collingwoods departure the famous ground has moved upmarket with its conversion to a Council tip. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... Olympic Park is a sporting precinct located a few kilometres from the CBD of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Collingwood Children's Farm was established in 1979 by the local community with the support of the former City of Collingwood to give city children a taste of country life. It is located next to the grounds of Abbotsford Convent Arts Precinct and a Steiner School on a bend in the river. It is a fully functioning traditional farm, with animals, vegetable gardens and the rest. Fresh milk and eggs are for sale, and visitors are encouraged to help with farm work. The convent itself was home to a campus of La Trobe University for a while, but is now set to be developed for both commercial and for community use after protracted negotiations between developers and Yarra City Council. The Collingwood Children’s Farm is a community-run farm on the Yarra River in Abbotsford, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Waldorf Education, sometimes called Steiner education, is a world-wide movement based on an educational philosophy formulated by Austrian Rudolf Steiner after World War I. With a goal of educating the whole child, Waldorf educators place a strong emphasis on balancing the childs natural stages of development with creativity... La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. ...

The suburb is probably most notable for the heritage neon 'Skipping Girl' sign along Victoria Street.

Residential Architecture

Like many of Melbourne's inner suburbs, there are few detached houses in Abbotsford. Residential streets are often narrow, and some streets are leafy. A large proportion of houses in Abbotsford are subject to Heritage overlay provisions, which protect their heritage value. The older residential sections comprise mostly of working class single-storey Victorian terrace houses. Some double-storey terraces are found along the railway line and off the tram line on Victoria Street. Unlike the terraces in the wealthier suburbs of the city, many in Abbotsford remain in a state of disrepair and few have been renovated. Among the notable ones are terraces in Charles Street, and the identical pair of Dorothy and Winniefrir terraces in Lulie Street which are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. In recent years, many previous industrial and commercial sites have been redeveloped as housing, including sites along the Yarra river and the Denton Mills hat factory. Cultural heritage (national heritage or just heritage) is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. ... A street of British terraced housing In architecture and city planning, a terrace, rowhouse, or townhouse (United States) is a style of housing since the late 18th century where identical individual houses are cojoined into rows. ... The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...

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Public Buildings

Abbotsford contains some impressive public buildings, most of them centred around the historic Collingwood Town Hall precinct. Among them is the Carringbush Library, former Church of Christ built between 1888-1889 in the classical style to the design of Jonathan Rankine. It is on the National Trust register. The Sailors and Soldiers memorial Hall is an unusual looking free classical building constructed in 1927 on Hoddle Street.

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Commercial and Industrial Architecture

Denton Hat Mills is a large turn of the century industrial complex designed by architect William Pitt in polychrome brick in 1888. It was the home to Brush Fabrics until 2004, when plans for conversion to apartments were implemented. William Pitt (1855-1918) was an architect working in Melbourne, Australia in the later part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. ...

The Carringbush Hotel was built in 1889, its original name was the Friendly Society Hotel.

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Educational facilities

Abbotsford has a government primary school (Abbotsford PS) and the Sophia Mundi Steiner School which caters for children from preparatory grades to year 12. Waldorf Education, sometimes called Steiner education, is a world-wide movement based on an educational philosophy formulated by Austrian Rudolf Steiner after World War I. With a goal of educating the whole child, Waldorf educators place a strong emphasis on balancing the childs natural stages of development with creativity...

Transport

Two railway stations are located in Abbotsford, both on the Epping and Hurstbridge lines. The Collingwood railway station services the middle of the suburb, whilst Victoria Park station services the northern section and Victoria Park stadium. Nearby North Richmond station also services the southernmost part of the suburb. The Epping railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Collingwood Railway Station was opened in 1901. ... Victoria Park is a railway station on Hurstbridge railway line and the Epping railway line in Abbotsford, Melbourne, Australia. ... Entrance to North Richmond station. ...

Tram no. 109 (Port Melbourne/Box Hill) runs down Victoria Street and trams no. 78/79 terminate at the corner of Church Street and Victoria Street (technically in Richmond). This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Tram route 109 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Box Hill is a multicultural suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Chapel Street is one of Melbourne, Australias best shopping, dining and entertainment precincts. ...

Hoddle Street is one of the most congested roadways in metropolitan Melbourne. The Eastern Freeway feeds into it at the northern end. Much of Abbotsford is serviced by narrow one way streets and is punctuated by the main streets of Hoddle, Nicholson and Johnston Streets. Hoddle Street looking south, with Collingwood town hall on the left Hoddle Street is a busy arterial road in inner-eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Hoddle Street is a major busway and includes a dedicated priority bus lane along the length of the Abbotsford section. A Go North East bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England. ...

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