Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the City of Port Phillip. 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 Biltmore_albert_park. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... 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... Mayor/President Cr BOLITHO, Janet CEO Mr SPOKES, David Electoral Divisions WARDS (Alma, Albert Park, Blessington, Emerald Hill, Ormond, Sandridge, St Kilda) Councillors Cr RAY, Darren, Cr KLEPNER, Judith, Cr GROSS, Dick, Cr LOGAN, Peter, Cr CRIBBES, Janet, Cr BOLITHO, Janet, Cr SAIT, Karen. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... Melbourne Ports is an Australian federal electoral division in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Coat of arms of South Melbourne South Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Middle Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Middle Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 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. ... Mayor/President Cr BOLITHO, Janet CEO Mr SPOKES, David Electoral Divisions WARDS (Alma, Albert Park, Blessington, Emerald Hill, Ormond, Sandridge, St Kilda) Councillors Cr RAY, Darren, Cr KLEPNER, Judith, Cr GROSS, Dick, Cr LOGAN, Peter, Cr CRIBBES, Janet, Cr BOLITHO, Janet, Cr SAIT, Karen. ...

The suburb is characterised by wide streets, open air cafes and many parks.

Local landmarks

• Albert Park - the massive Albert Park Reserve, (formerly South Park in the 19th century until it was also renamed after Prince Albert) is nearby. It is a significant state park managed by Parks Victoria. It is also known as the site of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, home to the Formula One Australian Grand Prix each March; usually on the Labour Day weekend.
• Bridport Street - centre of affluent living ^[3]
• Victoria Avenue - known for its cafes, delicatessens and boutiques
• Kerferd Road - Kerferd Road is a royal boulevard of elm trees with a giant reserve between flanked on either side by an unusual array of eclectic semi-detached Edwardian homes
• Kerferd Kiosk - an iconic Edwardian pavilion
• Kerferd Pier - terminates Kerferd Road and is a jetty out onto Port Phillip Bay. Many use it for fishing. Sharks have occasionally been found around the pier.
• Beaconsfield Parade - a main thoroughfare between St Kilda and Port Melbourne which runs along the Port Phillip Bay foreshore and is flanked by grand buildings and Victorian terrace homes
• Victoria Hotel - a grand hotel (formerly a Coffee Palace) built in 1887 on Beaconsfield Parade - now apartments and cafe bar.
• The Biltmore - a former Coffee Palace converted into apartments in the 1990s.
• St Vincent Gardens - the most important 'square' development in Victoria, if not Australia, based on similar models in London
• Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre - large swimming centre which hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games squash, swimming and diving events. MSAC has basketball and table tennis courts too.
• Bob Jane Stadium - Large stadium specially designed for football (soccer). As well as being the home of South Melbourne FC, the venue has also hosted games by the Socceroos^[4], Young Socceroos, Australia's national women's team the Matildas, and home games and finals of South Melbourne Hellas in the NSL and Victorian Premier League competitions.

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History

Indigenous Australians first inhabited the area that is now Albert Park around 40,000 years ago. The area was a series of swamps and lagoons. Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ...

The main park after which the suburb was named was declared a public park and named in 1864 to honour Queen Victoria's consort, Prince Albert. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in full Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel), later The Prince Consort, (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

Albert Park was used as a garbage dump, a military camp and for recreation before the artificial lake was built. Landfill can also refer to Land reclamation. ... A military camp or bivouac is a minor, semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army. ... A reservoir (French: réservoir) is an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam. ...

The suburb of Albert Park extends from the St Vincent Gardens to Beaconsfield Parade and Mills Street. It was settled residentially as an extension of Emerald Hill, South Melbourne. St Vincent Gardens in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, is an Australian park of national significance. ...

In 1854 a land-subdivision survey was done from Park Street, South Melbourne, to the northern edge of the parkland (Albert Road). St. Vincent Gardens were laid out and the surrounding streets became the best address for successful citizens. Street names commemorated Trafalgar and Crimean War personalities.^[5] St Vincent Gardens in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, is an Australian park of national significance. ... Combatants United Kingdom First French Empire Kingdom of Spain Commanders Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson † Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line France: 18 ships of the line and 8 others. ... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire United Kingdom Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1854–1856) was fought...

Heritage Victoria notes that Albert Park's St Vincent Gardens, Melbourne "is historically important as the premier 'square' development in Victoria based on similar models in London. It is significant as the largest development of its type in Victoria and for its unusual development as gardens rather than the more usual small park" and "was first laid out in 1854 or 55, probably by Andrew Clarke, the Surveyor-General of Victoria. The current layout is the work of Clement Hodgkinson, the noted surveyor, engineer and topographer, who adapted the design in 1857 to allow for its intersection by the St Kilda railway. The precinct, which in its original configuration extended from Park Street in the north to Bridport Street in the south, and from Howe Crescent in the east to Nelson Road and Cardigan Street in the west, was designed to emulate similar 'square' developments in London, although on a grander scale. The main streets were named after British naval heroes. The development of the special character of St Vincent Place has been characterised, since the first land sales in the 1860s, by a variety of housing stock which has included quality row and detached houses and by the gardens which, although they have been continuously developed, remain faithful to the initial landscape concept."'' St Vincent Gardens in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, is an Australian park of national significance. ... Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, KCH (1793–11 February 1847) was Governor of Western Australia from 1846 until his death in 1847. ... Clement Hodgkinson, 1818 - 1893, was born in England, and became a notable Australian naturalist, explorer and surveyor. ... Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Topography, a term in geography, has come to refer to the lay of the land, or the physiogeographic characteristics of land in terms of elevation, slope, and orientation. ... St Kilda railway station was the terminus of the line of the same name of the Melbourne suburban rail system. ...

St Vincent's is a garden of significant mature tree specimens registered with the National Trust and is locally significant for the social focus the gardens provide to the neighbourhood. Activities in the park range from relaxing walks, siestas to organised sports competition. The Lawn Bowls Club was established in 1873 and the Tennis Club established 1883 on the site of an earlier croquet ground." The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ... Men playing bowls Bowls (or Lawn Bowls) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack) than ones opponent is able to do. ...

Origin of the name

The suburb was named after Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's late husband), after his tragic early death in the mid 19th century.

Events

The suburb has been home to the Formula One Australian Grand Prix since 1996. In preparing the Reserve for the race many trees were cut down and replaced during landscaping, roads were improved and World War II facilities were demolished and funds injected for larger, more modern replacement facilities, most notably the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Today, the lake circuit is popular with strollers, runners and cyclists. Dozens of small yachts sail around the lake on sunny days. In December 2006 Polo (with horses) returned to Albert Park reserve after an absence of 100 years. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. ...

Famous former citizens

• Roy Cazaly - Australian rules football legend (birthplace).

Roy Cazaly was an Australian rules football player famous his high marks, and for giving rise to the phrase Up there Cazaly. Cazaly was born in Albert Park, a suburb of Melbourne on January 13, 1893. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...

Gallery

The Biltmore in Albert Park. A former coffee palace now prestigious apartments Image File history File linksMetadata Biltmore_albert_park. ... The term Coffee Palace was used for 1880s hotels that did not serve alcohol as part of the Temperance movement in Australia. ...	Victoria Hotel, Beaconsfield Parade. Now apartments and a cafe. Image File history File linksMetadata Victoria_hotel_albert_park. ...	Terrace houses along Beaconsfield Parade. White painting signals the arrival of the urban gentry. Image File history File linksMetadata Terrace_houses_beaconsfield_parade_port_melbourne. ...	Rochester Terrace in St Vincent Gardens Image File history File linksMetadata Rochester_terrace_south_melbourne. ...
Details of Rochester Terrace's main pavilion Image File history File linksMetadata Rochester_terrace_albert_park_main_pavillion. ...	Old Lake Oval Grandstand, unused and in a state of disrepair Image File history File linksMetadata Old_lake_oval_grandstand. ...	Landmark Edwardian home on Canterbury Road Image File history File linksMetadata Landmark_edwardian_home_on_canterbury_road_middle_park. ...	Victorian Terrace houses on Canterbury Road Image File history File linksMetadata Victorian_terrace_home_on_canterbury_road_in_albert_park. ...
Terraces on the corner of Kerferd and Canterbury Roads Image File history File linksMetadata Victorian_terrace_homes_on_corner_of_canterbury_and_kerford_roads_albert_park. ...	Former Albert Park Rail Station building. Now a plant nursery Image File history File linksMetadata St_vincent_gardens_light_rail_station. ...	Terraces and shops in Bridport Street Image File history File linksMetadata Bridport_street_albert_park. ...	Timber decorated terraces in Madden Street Image File history File linksMetadata Timber_terraces_in_madden_street_albert_park. ...
A variety of terrace house styles in Madden Street Image File history File linksMetadata Terrace_houses_in_madden_street_albert_park. ...	View over Albert Park Lake Image File history File linksMetadata Albert_Park_Lake_2005-11-06. ...	Albert Park foreshore, near Kerferd Road Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 2129 KB) Tong GFDL (self made) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Beach near South Melbourne Life Saving Club Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 830 KB) Tong GFDL (self made) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...

External links

Coordinates: 37°50′31″S 144°57′00″E / -37.842, 144.950 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Local history of Albert Park
• St Vincent Gardens

Reference list

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