Richmond is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Yarra. Richmond has three of the 82 designated Major Activity Centres in the Melbourne 2030 Metropolitan Strategy - the commercial strips of Victoria Street, Bridge Road and Swan Street. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... VIC redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Pelaco_factory_in_richmond_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. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... This article is about the area with the postcodes 3000 and 3004 in Victoria, Australia known as Melbourne. ... 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 Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 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. ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... East Melbourne is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Hawthorn is a residential suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Cremorne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... South Yarra is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Burnley is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... VIC redirects here. ... 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. ... Activity centre is a term used in urban planning and design for a mixed-use urban area where there is a concentration of commercial and other land uses. ... Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government urban planning blueprint for the metropolis of Melbourne covering the period 2000-2030 in which the population of the urban area is expected to grow to just under 5 million people. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bridge Road near the junction with Lennox St, looking east Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia. ... Swan Street Bridge over the Yarra River. ...

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. In San Francisco, during the mid-1960s, the bohemian center of the city shifted from the old Beat enclave of North Beach to Haight-Ashbury (pictured) as a response to gentrification. ... A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes are forms of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... 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. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... 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 or manufacture of clothing as well as the distribution and use of textiles . ... Bridge Road near the junction with Lennox St, looking east Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia. ...

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.
• Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre
• Bridge Road has many clothing factory outlets and is popular with tourists.
  • The Mountain View Hotel, formerly Ron Barassi's pub, 70 Bridge Road
• Punt Road, one of the main thoroughfares into Melbourne. It is often clogged with traffic and runs alongside Punt Road Oval, home ground to the Richmond Football Club.
• Church Street
• Swan Street has many entertainment venues with live music. They include:
  • The Corner Hotel, a bastion of live music in Melbourne. [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.

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Architecture

Non-residential architecture

Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre is a large modern complex built in 2001 to service the inner eastern suburbs. The Loyal Studley Hotel was built in 1891 and is now used as a homewares shop. Richmond Power Station was built in 1891. 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. Victoria Gardens is located in the suburb of Richmond, Victoria. ... The turbine hall following conversion to office space. ...

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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.

Notable examples include The Malthouse, a landmark conversion of silos into apartments by award winning architect Nonda Katsalidis. Nonda Katsalidis (born 1951, Athens) 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 a form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin San Sebastian Church in Manila, Philippines made entirely of steel. ... 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. ...

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 Flag The Eureka Stockade was a gold miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region of Ballarat. ... The Hon. ... Mannerism is the usual English term for an approach to all the arts, particularly painting but not exclusive to it, a reaction to the High Renaissance, emerging after the Sack of Rome in 1527 shook Renaissance confidence, humanism and rationality to their foundations, and even Religion had split apart. ...

Public Space

Punt Road Oval

Richmond does have some parks and gardens and reserves but they are notably absent in the main centre of the suburb. 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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 514 pixelsFull resolution (1555 × 1000 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 514 pixelsFull resolution (1555 × 1000 pixel, file size: 1. ... Punt Road Oval is a football ground located in Richmond, Australia. ...

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. James Park in Hawthorn, Dickinsons Reserve, Yarra Bend Park, Studley Park Golf Course and Studley Park in Kew. Yarra Park has become the premier sporting precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and numerous sporting fields and ovals, including the associated sporting complexes of Melbourne Park and Olympic Park. ... Melbourne Park at night. ...

Religion

St Ignatius Church on Church Street.

The local large Catholic community is served by St. Ignatius' Church on Church Street and St. 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. Image File history File linksMetadata St_ignatius_church_street_richmond. ... Image File history File linksMetadata St_ignatius_church_street_richmond. ...

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Education

Richmond is served by three high schools, St. Kevin's College (Waterford Campus), Lynall Hall Community School and Melbourne Girls' College. 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. 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. For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Address Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121 Established 1994 Student Population approximately 1200+ Religion Secular Principal Judith Crowe Assistant Principals Mary Pendergast, Barbara Guazzarotto Uniform Colours Navy blue and white Motto Lead and Achieve Yearbook Upstream Website www. ... Kevin John Sheedy AM (born December 24, 1947) was the coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. ... John Raymond Dyer senior (November 13, 1913 - August 23, 2003), always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952...

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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. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Train (disambiguation). ... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... // 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. ...

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 Latrobe Street in the city centre, to North Balwyn. ... Tram route 109 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 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. ... View of Tram Stop 74 - Stanley Road 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 Bridge over the Yarra River. ...

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. the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston, Lilydale, Belgrave, Glen Waverley and Alamein lines. Richmond station Richmond station (station code: RMD) is a suburban railway station in Melbourne, Australia. ... Interchange terminal between railway and regional buses An interchange station in British English, also known as a transfer station in American English, is a train station for more than one railway route in a passenger transport system. ... The Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland. ... The Cranbourne railway line is a suburban electric railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Frankston railway line is a bay-side suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Bridge over the Yarra River at Hawthorn The terminus, Lilydale railway station looking towards Melbourne The Lilydale railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Heathmont railway station Boronia railway station Tecoma railway station The terminus, Belgrave railway station The Belgrave railway line is a broad gauge electric suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Heyington railway station Darling railway station East Malvern railway station Mount Waverley railway station The Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... For other uses of the name Alamein, see Alamein. ...

Other train stations in Richmond include Burnley, East Richmond, North Richmond and West Richmond. One of the entrances to Burnley Station Burnley is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, located in the suburb of Burnley on the Lilydale, Belgrave, Glen Waverley and Alamein railway lines. ... Platform 2 at East Richmond Station, looking toward Church Street East Richmond is a railway station (station code: ERM) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Entrance to North Richmond station. ... This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ...

Health

Epworth Hospital (private) is a major surgical hospital, it has a major campus in Richmond fronting both Bridge Road and Erin Street. The Epworth Hospital is a leading private hospital in Melbourne. ... A private hospital is a hospital which is owned by a company and is privatlely funded, through the payment for medical services by patientsm or by insurers. ...

The Melbourne Clinic (private) is a major psychiatric facility, it is in Church Street. A private hospital is a hospital which is owned by a company and is privatlely funded, through the payment for medical services by patientsm or by insurers. ...

Trivia

• The 80s cult punk film Dogs in Space by Richard Lowenstein and starring Michael Hutchence was filmed in Richmond.
• Songwriter Paul Kelly's song 'Leaps and Bounds' mentions Richmond's 'clock on the silo', otherwise known as the Nylex Clock.

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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

The Hon. ... Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyá»…n Tường Vân  , baptised Caleb[1]) (17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005) was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. ... David Mitchell is the name of: David Mitchell (author) (born 1969), author of Ghostwritten, number9dream and Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (actor) (born 23 July 1974), star of UK television show Peep Show and BBC Radio 4s That Mitchell and Webb Sound David Mitchell (admiral) (c1642-1710), British admiral of... Ian Molly Meldrum (born January 29, 1946) is an Australian popular music critic, journalist, and record producer, and musical entrepreneur best known for hosting the seminal popular music program Countdown from 1974 to 1986. ...

References

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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 Mountain View Hotel website
• Official Corner Hotel website
• Official Richmond Football Club website