Flagstaff Gardens is the oldest park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, first established in 1862. In 2005 it is one of the most visited and widely used parks in the city by nearby office workers and tourists. The gardens are notable for their archeological, horticultural, historical and social significance to the history of Melbourne. Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]). The... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Melbourne, now the capital city of the state of Victoria in Australia, was founded in 1835. ...

The gardens are 72,000 square metres of Crown Land bound by William, La Trobe, King and Dudley streets, managed by the City of Melbourne. On the Southeast corner opposite is the entrance to Flagstaff railway station. Diagonally opposite stands the Victorian branch of the Royal Mint, established 7 August 1869. The former Royal Mint building is a well-preserved example of Victorian gold rush boom-period classical styled architecture. The facade features paired columns with scrolled capitals and the Royal Mint coat-of-arms. The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Flagstaff station Flagstaff is an underground railway station in the suburban train network of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Royal Mint is the name of the body permitted to make (mint) coins in the United Kingdom. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ...

On the northeast corner over William street, is the Queen Victoria Market. The Queen Victoria Market is a Melbourne, Australia landmark. ...

The park contains extensive lawns with a variety of mature trees and flowerbeds. The southern end is characterised by deciduous trees, while the northern end contains mature eucalypts. Avenues of elms shade pathways along with several large Moreton Bay Fig trees. The north corner contains a bowling lawn, rose beds, flower and shrub beds. Along William Street there are tennis courts, which also double as volleyball, handball and netball courts. Electric barbecues nearby provides a popular site for office parties in December. Scattered about the lawns and gardens are memorials and sculptures that illuminate some of the social significance of the area. Deciduous forest after leaf fall Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ... Species About 600, see text Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ... Species See text. ... Categories: Plant stubs | Australian plants | Magnoliopsida ... Species About 100, see text References:   U. of Illinois 2002-05-29 A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa and the flower of this shrub. ...

Flagstaff Gardens have been classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and is listed by the Australian Heritage Commission. At the listing ceremony by the Victorian Heritage Council in April 2004, Council Chair Chris Gallagher said "This listing ensures the much loved trees, landscaping and other individual features are conserved and protected. But it also means the whole site is recognised as an important place for gaining an insight into our historical, archaeological, aesthetic, horticultural and social heritage." 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. ...

History

With the establishment of Melbourne in 1835, the first deaths in the colony were buried on high ground between William street and King street, in what was colloquially called Burial Hill. The hill had panoramic views of the small colony, the Yarra River and Port Phillip. Melbourne, now the capital city of the state of Victoria in Australia, was founded in 1835. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Yarras lower reaches travel through central Melbourne. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ...

• 1838 - Melbourne cemetery was marked out in what is now the Queen Victoria market, and burials continued at that location.
• 1839 - Superintendent Charles La Trobe first included the site as part of the green belt encircling Melbourne which included Batman's Hill, Carlton Gardens, Fitzroy Gardens, Treasury Gardens and the King's Domain.
• 1840 - a flagstaff was erected on the hill as part of a signaling system between the town and ships in the Port of Melbourne. The flagstaff proved too small and the following year a fifty foot (15 m) flagstaff was erected.
• 11 November 1850: site of announcement of Victoria’s Separation from the Colony of New South Wales, resulting in celebrations with a huge bonfire with about 5,000 townspeople in attendance.
• 1857 - cutting excavated to ease the gradient of King Street. This created the bluestone retaining wall of the high bank along the western boundary.
• 1857 - 1863 - Magnetic observatory and a weather station established on the hilltop, then moved to the Domain due to interference by the iron in the surrounding buildings..
• 1860s - the telegraph superceeds signaling by flags.
• 1862 - West Melbourne residents petition the government to turn the hill into public gardens or reacreation reserve. Clement Hodgkinson, the Deputy Surveyor-General in charge of city parks, prepared a plan for the gardens and directed its implementation.The Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens were also designed by him.
• 1871 - Memorial to Melbourne’s pioneers erected.
• 1873 - Gardens permanently reserved
• 1880 - establishment of path network, lawns, trees and flowerbeds.
• October 9, 1917 - the City of Melbourne was appointed responsible for the Flagstaff Gardens.
• 1918 - children’s playground established, one of the first in Melbourne.
• 23 March 2004 - gardens formerly added to the Victorian Heritage Register.

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References

• City of Melbourne - Flagstaff Gardens (http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=25&pa=1273&pg=1286)
• Flagstaff gardens heritage listing (http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=228&pg=715&st=107)