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Royal Park is located 4 km north of the Melbourne Central Business District, Victoria, Australia, in the suburb of Parkville. It is the largest of Melbourne's inner city parks at 1.88 square kilometres. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 209 KB)The Burke and Wills expedition monument in Royal Park, Melbourne with the city skyline in the background. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 209 KB)The Burke and Wills expedition monument in Royal Park, Melbourne with the city skyline in the background. ...
Robert OHara Burke William John Wills In 1860-61, Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from south to north, a journey of 1,650 miles. ...
City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 km² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/km² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 km² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321 Density 462. ...
The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...
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An inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west. ...
Many sporting facilities are provided including the Royal Park Golf Course, football and soccer ovals, baseball and cricket pitches, State Netball and Hockey Centre, and cycling and walking paths. On the corner of Gatehouse street and Royal Parade there is a native garden. There are wide vistas of grassland and lightly timbered areas with eucalypts, casuarina and acacias. Melbourne City Council administer the park and instituted in 1984 a park management plan. A wetlands area is being developed in 2005. Situated in Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, the golf course is both attractive and challenging, only 5kms from the city, with the honour of being possibly the only golf course with a tram and train line running through it. ...
Species About 600, see text Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ...
Genera Allocasuarina Casuarina Gymnostoma Casuarinaceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of 3 or 4 genera and approximately 70 species of trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics (Indo-Malaysia), Australia, and the Pacific islands. ...
Species About 1,300; see List of Acacia species Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773. ...
The grassy hill between the Royal Children's Hospital and the Native Garden is ideal for kite flying during the day. Over the summer months members of the Astronomical Society of Victoria set up telescopes and conduct evening talks and tours of the night sky from this vantage point.
Wildlife The park is home to many native animals such as possums, and a rich variety of birdlife which includes: Flame Robins, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoos, Red-rumped Parrots, Eastern and Pale-headed Rosellas, White-browed Scrubwren, Brown Goshawk, Little Falcon, Black-shouldered Kite, Kestrel, Brown Falcon, Little Eagle, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Grey Fantail, Superb Fairy-wren, Spotted and Striated Pardalote, Scarlet Robin, and Red-browed Firetails. A possum is any of about 25 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia. ...
Binomial name Petroica phoenicea Gould,, 1837 The Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. ...
Binomial name Psephotus haematonotus (Gould, 1838) The Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus, is a common bird of south-east Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin. ...
Binomial name Platycercus eximius (Shaw, 1792) The Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius, is a parrot native to southeast Australia and Tasmania which has been introduced to New Zealand. ...
Binomial name Elanus axillaris (Latham, 1802) The Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia. ...
The name kestrel is given to several different members of the falcon genus, Falco. ...
Binomial name Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 The Brown Falcon, Falco berigora, has broader wings and longer legs, making it different than the other falcons. ...
Binomial name Coracina novaehollandiae J.F. Gmelin 1789 The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), also called a large cuckoo-shrike, is a common bird in the Indian subcontinent (except Pakistan and NW India), Australia and the Solomon Islands. ...
Binomial name Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman, 1787) The Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) is a small insectivorous bird. ...
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Binomial name Pardalotus striatus (Gmelin, 1789) The Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. ...
History In the early years of European settlement Wurundjeri camp fires were sometimes seen in the vicinity of Royal Park, although the Yarra people generally preferred camping beside the Yarra River or Merri Creek. The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ...
Governor Charles La Trobe set aside in 1845 a reservation of 10.36 square kilometres for parkland and open space, however, by the time of its proclamation in 1854 this had been reduced to a reserve of 6.25 km². This was further reduced to 2.83 km² with the rapid increase of population from the Victorian gold rush, to form the suburb of Parkville from three new residential areas, Parkville North, South and West. In 1861 the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens was allocated 0.2 km². Further excisions followed for roads, tramline and the Upfield railway line; University High School (1929), Royal Melbourne Hospital (1944), Royal Children's Hospital (1957), Royal Dental Hospital (1963). Charles La Trobe (March 20, 1801 - December 4, 1875) was the first lieutenant-governor of the state of Victoria. ...
1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ...
Sumatran tiger pacing for tourists at the Melbourne Zoo The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, commonly known as the Melbourne Zoo, contains more than 350 animal species from Australia and around the world. ...
The Upfield railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...
In 1860 the Burke and Wills expedition set out from Royal Park to cross Australia from south to north. They perished on the return journey. A cairn now marks the departure point of their expedition in Royal Park. Robert OHara Burke William John Wills In 1860-61, Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from south to north, a journey of 1,650 miles. ...
The park was used for military encampments during World War One and Two, with Camp Pell being used by United States forces during the Second World War. After the war the permanent buildings of Camp Pell were used for emergency housing accommodation until 1960. As of 2005, the one existing building from Camp Pell is utilised as an Urban Camp to provide accommodation for rural school children and other groups.
Commonwealth Games Village In 2003 the Labor Government of Steve Bracks selected the 0.2 km² Royal Park psychiatric hospital site bordering on Moonee Ponds Creek, for the athletes village for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. After the games, the site developers, Australand and Citta Property Group, will sell the housing. Opponents of the village have criticised the building of the village citing the destruction of more than 1000 trees, demolition of 4 of the hospital buildings pending a heritage listing, and denigration of the heritage value of the remaining buildings, a lost opportunity to return a development back to public parkland, and privatisation of public lands. Steve Bracks Stephen Phillip Bracks (born October 15, 1954), Australian politician, has been Premier of Victoria since 1999. ...
Moonee Ponds Creek as a stormwater drain at Brunswick West. ...
The 2006 Commonwealth Games will be held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. ...
Sporting groups have criticised security arrangements for the athletes village with large sections of the park and sporting grounds having security fencing erected for the exclusive use of athletes. This will disrupt many community sporting associations from their regular use of sporting facilities.
Royal Melbourne Hospital extension In 2005, Steve Bracks Labor Government selected another site in Royal Park to extend the Royal Melbourne Hopital to build the $850 million Royal Children's Hospital and carpark facility, despite a viable alternative empty site in Docklands with better access to public transport. The Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne, Australia is the major specialist paediatric hospital for Victoria offering a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. ...
The Melbourne Docklands (postcode: 3008) is a massive urban development in Melbourne, Australia. ...
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The move attracted opposition from green groups and set a precendent for more of the large park to be sold off by the Bracks government.
Transport The Upfield railway line travels through Royal Park with Royal Park Station being a convenient stop for the Melbourne Zoo. The Upfield railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...
This station is located outside one of the two entrances to Melbourne Zoo, on the Upfield Line. ...
- Tram route 19 to North Coburg up Royal Parade.
- Tram route 55 to West Coburg through the middle of the park.
- Tram route 57 to West Maribyrnong up Flemington Road.
- Tram route 59 to Airpost West up Flemington Road.
The Capital City Trail for cyclists follows the train line through Royal Park from the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail at Flemington Bridge, past Melbourne Zoo, and under Royal Parade along the converted Inner Circle railway line to Princes Park. 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. ...
The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians which follows the Moonee Ponds Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
The Inner Circle was a steam era suburban railway line, (later electrified), in Melbourne, Australia. ...
Princes Park is a large urban park in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton, Victoria. ...
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