Olinda is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. It is covered by the electorates of Casey and La Trobe. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The Shire of Yarra Ranges is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

Olinda is named after Olinda Creek, which begins in the township. The creek was named in 1858 after Alice Olinda Hodgkinson, the daughter of Clement Hodgkinson, Victoria's acting Surveyor General. The town was initially a logging settlement, however as land was made available for horticulture in the early 1900s, the town began to grow substantially. Berry farming, dairying, and flower growing became prosperous industries, and tourism soon flourished as the principle industry of Olinda. Clement Hodgkinson, 1818 - 1893, was born in England, and became a notable Australian naturalist, explorer and surveyor. ... The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. ... Loggers on break, c. ... The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ...

It is home to cafes, restaurants (including the famous Cuckoo and Kenloch establishments), antique and craft shops, and numerous art galleries, showcasing local, national, and international artists, in such areas as sculpture and painting. It has a public golf course, public swimming pool, a primary school, and is home to the National Rhododendron Garden and the Olinda state Forest. The Ashendene Boys Home was located in Olinda. A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... Ashendene Boys Home was an Australian youth training facility located in Olinda, Victoria, Australia. ...

In 1919 the Australian artist Sir Arthur Streeton returned to Australia and built a house on the property called Longacres, in Olinda. Sunlight Sweet, Coogee by Arthur Streeton (1890). ...

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• Olinda photos