St Kilda is a inner city suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. 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 links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 287 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo by Adam Carr. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... “km” 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... 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. ... Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. ... The Electoral district of Caulfield 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 Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Middle Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the City of Port Phillip. ... Windsor is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... Landsat 7 composite imagery of the bay. ... St Kilda East is the name of an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Landsat 7 composite imagery of the bay. ... Elwood is a bayside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Balaclava is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia. ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

It is located on Port Phillip Bay about 7 km south-east of the Melbourne's central business district. It has the largest population of any suburb in the City of Port Phillip. There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... Schematic plan of Hoddles allotments for the village of Melbourne, March,1837 Each block was further subdivided into 20 allotments each 76 perches in area Map of central Melbourne Melbournes CBD. The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... 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 has been a popular seaside resort for residents and visitors since its foundation. During the Edwardian and Victorian eras it was favoured by Melbourne's elite, and many palatial mansions were constructed. Subsequently the area became Melbourne's red-light district, with many of the large mansions converted into low-cost rooming houses. In recent years, St Kilda has begun to shake off a seamy reputation and is home to many of Melbourne's famous visitor attractions including Luna Park, the Esplanade Hotel, Acland Street and Fitzroy Street. It is the home of many theatres and St Kilda Beach and to many of the city of Melbourne's big events. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It succeeded the Victorian period and is sometimes extended to include the period up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ... Melbournes Luna Park, St Kilda Luna Park is an amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ... The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda The Esplanade Hotel is an iconic public house in St Kilda, a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... Acland Street is a culturally diverse street in St Kilda, Melbourne, which has gained popularity as a living and dining address in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

Origins of the name

The suburb takes its name from a ship called The Lady of St Kilda, which visited Melbourne in July 1841, five years after the founding of Melbourne. The ship was owned by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, a member of a prominent British political family, and the main shopping street of St Kilda is named Acland Street after him. The ship was named for the island of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ^[2] Sir Thomas Acland Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (1787–1871), British politician, was born in London, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet. ... St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: ) is an isolated archipelago situated 64 kilometres (40 mi) west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. ... Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) redirects here. ... This article is about the country. ...

Many people have mistakenly referred to the suburb as "St. Kilda" or "Saint Kilda", assuming that it stands for "saint", however the correct spelling is "St Kilda" as there is no known saint by the name of Kilda.

Looking north over Port Phillip Bay toward Albert Park and the Melbourne skyline from St Kilda Pier

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History

See also: History of Melbourne

Kulin people lived in Euroe Yroke (the area now known as St Kilda) for up to 30,000 years. Evidence has been found of shellfish middens and huts along Albert Park and Lake and axes which were most likely sharpened on the sandstone cliffs behind the main beach. Corroborees where held at the historic tree which still stands at St Kilda Junction. This does not cite any references or sources. ... The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria, Australia, around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. ... A midden, also known as kitchen middens, is a dump for domestic waste. ... Albert Park and Albert Park Lake are situated in the City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, three km south of the Melbourne CBD. It encompasses 2. ... Axe For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation). ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... A Corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aborigines. ... St Kilda Junction is one of the most notorious intersections in Melbourne, residing in the suburb of St Kilda, and bordering Windsor, Melbourne and St Kilda East. ...

St Kilda was first settled around 1839 by Ben Baxter, a settler from Melbourne, on a grazing lease. The high ground above the beach offered a cool fresh breeze during Melbourne's hot summer months. In 1840 St Kilda was the home to Melbourne's first quarantine station for Scottish immigrants. The area was named St Kilda by then governor Charles La Trobe in 1841. This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ... Charles La Trobe (March 20, 1801 - December 4, 1875) was the first lieutenant-governor of the state of Victoria. ...

Within a few years of its founding St Kilda became a fashionable area for wealthy settlers and the indigenous peoples were driven out to surrounding areas.

St Kilda became a separate municipality in 1857, and in the same year, the railway line and railway station connected the suburb to Melbourne city. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The St Kilda railway line was a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... St Kilda railway station was the terminus of the line of the same name of the Melbourne suburban rail system. ...

During the Land Boom of the 1880s, St Kilda became a suburb of great stone mansions and palatial hotels, particularly along the seaside streets such as Fitzroy Street , Grey Street and Acland Street and the area once known as St Kilda Hill centred between Wellington Street, Alma Road, former High Street (incorporated as part of St Kilda Road) and Chapel Street. The lower inland areas of St Kilda East were not so wealthy and comprised of many smaller, semi detached cottages, many constructed of timber. Much of the area which is now St Kilda West was swampland, but was reclaimed and subdivided in the 1870s. // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Grey St, St Kilda, looking south-west from the corner of Dalgety St There are 14 Grey Streets in metropolitan Melbourne, but by far the best-known is Grey Street in St Kilda, once a grand residential street but now with a reputation as a centre of prostitution. ... Acland Street is a culturally diverse street in St Kilda, Melbourne, which has gained popularity as a living and dining address in the 1980s and 1990s. ... St. ... Chapel Street is one of Melbourne, Australias best shopping, dining and entertainment precincts. ... St Kilda East is the name of an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... St. ...

During the Depression of the 1890s, however, St Kilda began to decline. The seaside area became an entertainment precinct for Melbourne's working classes after a tramline was extended south from the Melbourne central city area, and the wealthy people moved further south to more exclusive suburbs such as Brighton. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Brighton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km southeast of the city. ...

Italian Carlo Catani, Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department was contracted in 1906 to masterplan for the beautification the foreshore of St Kilda all the way to Point Ormond. His successful plan resulted in the famous leisure precinct that people enjoy visiting today, paving the way for several resort style developments along the foreshore including Luna Park (1912), the Palais Theatre (1927), Palais de Danse (1926), St Moritz Ice Rink (1939), and many others. As a result, several landmarks along the foreshore were named after Catani, including the clock tower, gardens and arch.^[3] Melbournes Luna Park, St Kilda Luna Park is an amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ... The Palais Theatre is a a former picture theatre now functioning as a live performance venue located in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ...

In the 1930s St Kilda became a centre for Melbourne's growing Jewish community and subsequently a growing Orthodox community developed with a number of synagogues and schools. In recent decades, however, the centre of Melbourne's Jewish community has moved eastwards to more affluent Caulfield. There are still Jewish neighbourhoods in East St Kilda, mainly of older and more Orthodox people and recent Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union, but the Jewish character of Acland Street, for example, has been lost. The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the World Depression. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonised in the Talmudic texts (Oral Torah) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ... A synagogue (from ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogē, assembly; ‎ beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: or Template:Lanh-he beit tefila, house of prayer, shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. ... Caulfield is a suburb of Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Acland Street is a culturally diverse street in St Kilda, Melbourne, which has gained popularity as a living and dining address in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

In the 1960s, St Kilda became one of Melbourne's leading gay and lesbian residential areas. In 1968, the Palais de Danse, adjacent to the Palais was gutted by fire. The Palace nightclub was built in its place in 1971. Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ...

In the late 1960s, widening of St Kilda Road and the creation of the Queens Way connection to Dandenong road destroyed much of the former St Kilda Junction (including the famous Junction Hotel) and High Street, once considered the centre of the suburb, which became an extension of the road. The widening also had the effect of creating a physical barrier between the foreshore suburb, its civic area and eastern streets.

In 1981, the St Moritz ice rink was closed. Around 1984, it was destroyed by a pectacular fire. In 1987, the St Kilda railway line was closed, rationalised and re-opened to become part of route 96, one of the first light rail lines in Melbourne, terminating in Acland Street. Tram route 96 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ...

In 1991 the site formerly occupied by the St Moritz site was reopened as the St Moritz, which became the Novotoel Bayside in 1993, then the Novotel Bayside in 1999.^[4]

Since the 1990s, an influx of tourists and young backpackers and the increased gentrification of the area over the past 5 - 10 years, has led many long term residents to leave, thus removing much of the bohemian/artistic character of the area. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

In mid-1998 Becton, new owners of the Esplanade Hotel announced its plan to build a 125 metre, 38-storey tower behind the historic hotel. The plans were later scaled down due to resident concerns.

On September 11, 2003, the St Kilda icon, the 99 year old pier kiosk burned down in an arson attack.^[5] In a swift and overwhelming response to the loss, the government committed to its original plans using what remained of the original materials.

In 2004, Baymour Court, significant 1920s Spanish Mission flats and hotel stables were demolished despite the campaigning of the National Trust of Victoria and The Esplanade Alliance as part of the commencement of hi-rise Esplanade apartment building. The Mission Revival Style was an architectural movement that began in the late 19th Century and drew inspiration from the early Spanish missions in California. ... 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. ...

For the 2006 Commonwealth Games, St Kilda hosted an interpretive public artwork called, the Lady of St Kilda sculpture, a mock timber shipwreck. The installation proved to be extraordinarily popular with locals and tourists and it was left erected for many months afterward. However the sculpture was subject to vandals disassembling parts of it as well as OH&S concern for childrens safety on the high unprotected bow of the "ship" so the local council removed it in November 2006. The beach is currently subject to a foreshore redevelopment scheme aimed at improving the pedestrian experience. The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26, 2006. ... The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. ... For other uses, see Shipwreck (disambiguation). ...

The area adjacent to the Palais Theatre known as the Triangle Site, including the Palace music venue is the subject of a major re-development, first proposed in 2005. The proposals stipulated the restoration of the Palais Theatre, but controversially many advocated the demolition of the Palace, one of the area's main live music venues. To save the Palace, a legal battle ensued. Ironically, the Palace burned down spectacularly arson attack^[6], and fears were held for the Palais. The winning development in 2007 plans a series of lanes, promenades and walkways rambling through eating and drinking spaces, art installations, entertainment venues, retail outlets and open grassy spaces. Further controversy over the new development was caused when the tenants who vacated the Palais illegally removed its 80 year old chandeliers.^[7]

In 2006, plans went out for a foreshore re-development, which included promenade widening and saw the demolition of the bicentennial pavillion which marked the land end of the St Kilda pier.

In 2006, the proposed development of a skate park on Fitzroy Street next to the primary school at Albert Park caused significant local controversy. A skate park is a recreational area where skateboarders, inline skaters, and bicyclists can perform tricks. ...

Demography

Today St Kilda is an area of sharp social contrast, with many homeless and other disadvantaged people living among the wealthy and fashionable who crowd its shops and cafes.

For many years, St Kilda has had the highest population density in the Melbourne statistical area, and the highest for a metropolitan area outside of Sydney ^[8]. This density is reflected in the built form, which consists primarily of strata titled units, apartments and flats, including a single housing commission tower. In recent years a hi-rise apartment trend in suburbs like Southbank, Docklands and the Melbourne CBD and St Kilda Road all rival the suburb's population density. Southbank, across the Yarra from Melbourne City Southbank is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... The Melbourne Docklands (postcode: 3008) is a massive urban development in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Despite migrationary trends, St Kilda retains a large Jewish population. The legacy of Jewish people in the area is evidenced in the large number of synagogues in the area and the Jewish Museum of Australia, the only one of its kind in the country, which is located in Alma Road. A synagogue (from ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogē, assembly; ‎ beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: or Template:Lanh-he beit tefila, house of prayer, shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. ... The history of the Jews in Australia began with the transportation of several Jewish convicts aboard the First Fleet in 1788 when the first European settlement was established on the continent in present-day Sydney. ...

Culture

St Kilda has a unique artists culture, but is also home to many local events of high profile.

Major events

St Kilda has run Melbourne's first major arts and crafts market which has been run on the Esplanade every Sunday since the 1980s. It has been rivalled in Melbourne in recent years by the Southbank art and craft market on Southbank promenade. Southbank is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... Southbank is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ...

St Kilda is also home to many major annual events. The largest of these is the St Kilda Festival, which since 1981 has grown over recent years and now attracts over half a million young people to the area each year. St Kilda also hosts the gay Pride March, part of Melbourne's Midsumma Festival. St Kilda is also home to the many venues of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Each year, the Community Cup Festival celebrates grassroots Australian rules football, attracting up to 23,000 spectators and raising money for local charity the Sacred Heart Mission which helps the homeless, a similar annual celebrity cricket match known as Batting for the Battlers is played at the Peanut Farm opposite Luna Park and attracts a crowd of up to 2,000. Other local events include the St Kilda Film Festival and St Kilda Writers Festival. The St Kilda Festival in 2005 The St Kilda Festival is a community festival held in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. ... Baton twirlers perform in the 2002 Divers-Cité pride parade in downtown Montreal A pride parade is part of a festival or ceremony held by the LGBT community of a city to commemorate the struggle for gay liberation, gay rights, and Lesbian and Gay pride. ... Midsumma is an annual lesbian and gay festival held during January and February in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Melbourne Underground Film Festival or MUFF was formed out of disagreements over the content and running of the Melbourne International Film Festival. ... 2005 Community Cup The Community Cup is an annual charity Australian rules football match held in St Kilda, Melbourne. ... High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of...

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Music

St Kilda has a vibrant local music scene that has produced many Australian live music acts. One of the more famous of these is legendary rock band Hunters & Collectors and its front-man Mark Seymour. Members of The Birthday Party lived here in the late 1970s, when they were known under their previous name of The Boys Next Door. As have Paul Kelly, Tex Perkins, Fred Negro, Rowland S. Howard and dozens of other independent musicians. For all things related to the seedier and funnier sides of St Kilda music scene see Fred Negro's 'Pub Strip'. Prominent local music venues include the Palace,(closing soon due to redevelopment unless the High Court says otherwise) the Palais theatre for larger concerts, the Esplanade Hotel, the Prince of Wales Hotel for larger gigs and DJ's (and backpackers), The George Public Bar on Saturday afternoons, the St Kilda Bowls Club, and The Greyhound - which picked up the local crowd, local bands, local bar staff and sticky carpet when the The Esplanade Hotel (The Espy) kicked them out after 'suburbification' in the early noughties. Hunters & Collectors, often referred to as the Hunnas by their fans, were an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1980. ... Mark Seymour (born 1957 in Benalla, Victoria) is an Australian musician and singer best known for his work as the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors, but also with a solo career. ... The Birthday Party was an Australian post punk rock group, active from 1977 to 1983. ... Paul Kelly may refer to: Paul Kelly (musician), (born 1955) Australian musician Paul Kelly (journalist) (born 1947), Australian journalist Paul Kelly (footballer) (born 1969), Australian footballer Paul Kelly (actor) (1899-1956) Paul Kelly (criminal) (c. ... Tex Perkins (born Gregory Steven Perkins on 28 December 1964) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don... Fred Negro on stage. ... Rowland Stuart Howard (born 1960) is an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his use of electric guitar audio feedback in the post-punk group The Birthday Party (with Nick Cave) and his collaborations with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden. ... Fred Negro on stage. ... The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda The Esplanade Hotel is an iconic public house in St Kilda, a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Sport

Junction Oval.

St Kilda is represented in the national Australian Football League by the St Kilda Football Club, known as the Saints, the club has a cult following which includes local celebrities such as Ian Meldrum, former Test cricketer Shane Warne, former coach Grant Thomas and actress Stephanie McIntosh. The team retains the name St Kilda, however the club moved its base in 1964 to Moorabbin Oval in suburban Moorabbin, and later began playing its home games out of the Telstra Dome at Melbourne Docklands. Image File history File links JunctionOval2. ... Image File history File links JunctionOval2. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Auue. ... From video The Ultimate Kylie 2004 Ian Alexander Molly Meldrum OAM (born January 29, 1946 in Orbost, Victoria) is a popular Australian popular music critic, journalist, record producer, and musical entrepreneur, best known as talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer and music news presenter on the seminal popular music program... Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. ... Grant Thomas (born February 14, 1958) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. ... Stephanie McIntosh (born 5 July 1985) is an Australian actress and singer. ... Moorabbin Oval is an Australian Rules Football oval based in Linton Street, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia. ... Moorabbin is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This page is for Telstra Dome, Melbourne. ... The Melbourne Docklands is a new inner city suburb and Urban renewal project in Melbourne, Australia. ...

The suburb is home to many sports ovals in Albert Park Reserve, including the historic Junction Oval which is home to the St Kilda Cricket Club, the Melbourne Football Club and occasionally the Victorian Bushrangers Cricket Club, which was made famous as the debut venue of cricket great Shane Warne.^[9] Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the City of Port Phillip. ... The Junction Oval is a sports ground in Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. ...

The suburb is also home to the St Kilda City Football Club of the Southern Football League, the St Kilda Sharks who won back-to-back Victorian Women's Football League titles in 1998&99 as well as several VAFA clubs based in Albert Park. The Southern Football League is an Australian Rules Football Amateur League, based in the south, south eastern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors. ... The Leagues logo. ... The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. ...

During the forthcoming FINA World Championships the open water swimming events will be held there. FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are held every two years. ...

Local landmarks

St Kilda has many distinctive local landmarks, most centred around the St Kilda Esplanade and foreshore area, several featuring domes of a Moorish architecture theme established at the turn of the century. Perhaps the best known is Luna Park an early 20th century amusement park with its famous "Moonface" entry and its historic scenic railway. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Melbournes Luna Park, St Kilda Luna Park is an amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ...

Little Penguin climbing to its nest on the St Kilda breakwater

The St Kilda Pier is another local landmark and major tourist attraction. The pier is terminated by the St Kilda Pavilion, an eccentric Edwardian building in the mould of English pier pavilions which is considered of high cultural importance to Melburnians. It was recently reconstructed and listed on the Victorian Heritage Register after burning down. The pier has a long breakwater which shelters St Kilda Harbour and hosts a Little Penguin colony.^[10] The pier is also the starting point for a ferry which runs between St Kilda and Williamstown. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 777 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1752 × 1352 pixel, file size: 353 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Little Penguin St Kilda, Victoria Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 777 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1752 × 1352 pixel, file size: 353 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Little Penguin St Kilda, Victoria Metadata... The St Kilda Pavilion is an historic kiosk located at the end of St Kilda Pier, in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ... Korora redirects here. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ... Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, Williamstown Nelson Place, a popular street to visit in Williamstown consisting of many cafés. ...

St Kilda Beach is a beach with gentle bay waves popular with swimmers and sunbathers during the summer months. It is often criticized by locals and visitors alike for its pollution, but significant recent efforts have been made by government organisations to keep it clean. For other uses, see Beach (disambiguation). ... Despite the risks, many female teens said in a survey with Seventeen that they look better with a tan and feel healthier, more sophisticated Sun tanning describes a darkening of the skin (especially of fair-skinned individuals) in a natural physiological response stimulated by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunshine... For other uses, see Summer (disambiguation). ...

The St Kilda Sea Baths, a Moorish themed building was built in the late 1920s, and demolished in the 1990s. It was rebuilt in a Moorish style, continuing a history of sea baths in St Kilda dating back to the 1850s.

Acland Street is a shopping and restaurant precinct famous for its cake shops and cafes. It also features a number of public artworks. Acland Street is a culturally diverse street in St Kilda, Melbourne, which has gained popularity as a living and dining address in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

St Kilda Town Hall is an impressive building by William Pitt. Directly opposite is the St Kilda Public Library, built between 1971-73 at 150 Carlisle Street, it is a notable brutalist design by architect Enrico Taglietti, uniquely designed to open like a book. Also includes Ashton Raggatt McDougall’s award winning extension (1994).^[11] St Kilda Town Hall from entrance gardens St Kilda Town Hall is a city hall in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ... William Pitt (1855-1918) was an architect working in Melbourne, Australia in the later part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... Ashton Raggatt McDougall or ARM is a firm of architects based in Melbourne, internationally renowned for their design work. ...

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Theatres / cinemas

St Kilda has three main theatres, each catering to a different niche use, all are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The National Theatre (formerly the Victory) on the corner Barkly and Carlisle Streets is a Beaux Arts styled performing arts venue built in 1920 which is home to the oldest ballet school in Australia (established 1939). The Palais Theatre is located on the Esplanade and was built in 1927 to the design of Henry White as a cinema (formerly Palais Pictures). It is now used as a live music and concert venue. The Astor Theatre on Chapel Street is a modern/art deco styled cinema built in 1935 to the design of Ray Morton Taylor. It features the largest screen in southern hemisphere and operates as an arthouse cinema with its own year long film festival and private functions.^[12] The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ... The National Theatre building dates from 1920. ... Beaux-Arts architecture[1] denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. ... For other uses, see Ballet (disambiguation). ... The Palais Theatre is a a former picture theatre now functioning as a live performance venue located in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Chapel Street is one of Melbourne, Australias best shopping, dining and entertainment precincts. ... Asheville City Hall. ...

St Kilda once had many more smaller theatre venues, but has lost many over the years.

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Places of worship

St Kilda is home to a large number of places of worship built over the years to serve primarily the Christian and Jewish faiths, although many of these churches have since been converted for other uses. St Kilda Synagogue is one of the earliest, built between 1872-1880 and is located in Charnwood Grove. The Former Baptist Church, built in 1876 at 16 Crimea Street served as a masonic hall before being acquired by St Michael's Grammar School. The St Kilda Parish Mission Uniting Church, built in 1877 on the corner Chapel and Carlisle Streets is notable for its polychromatic brick and slate roof design. St Kilda Presbyterian Church, built in 1878 on the corner of Alma Road and Barkly Street was designed by Wilson & Beswicke architects. The Sacred Heart Church is a St Kilda landmark with its tall tower built on Grey Street in 1890 to the design of renowned colonial architect Reed in partnership with Henderson & Smart architects. The Former St Kilda Uniting Church on the corner Fitzroy and Princes Streets became part of an apartment complex in the late 1990s. The Holy Trinity Church built between 1882 and 1889 on the corner of Brighton Road and Dickens Street is another church by Reed of Reed & Barnes. Other notable churches include the Christ Church Complex on the corner Acland Street and Church Square. St Michaels Grammar School is a co-educational, independent, day school, located in St Kilda, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Joseph Reed (1823?-1890), a Cornishman by birth, was probably the most influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia. ... Joseph Reed (1823?-1890), a Cornishman by birth, was probably the most influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia. ...

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Residential architecture

With many layers of development, St Kilda is characterised by an eclectic mix of residential styles, ranging from rows of Victorian terrace houses, Edwardian and interwar homes and apartments to post-war and modern infill development. Much of the suburb's innovative architecture is recognised nationally. 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. ...

St Kilda is home to many "boom style" mansions, dating back to the early days of the seaside resort. Notable historic residences include Eildon Mansion on Grey Street built in 1855 (later modified) to the design of Reed and Barnes is a significant grand old mansion. Hewison House built at 25 Chapel Street in 1869 is a former mansion that has become an administration building of St Michael's Grammar School. Marion Terrace in Burnett Street was built in 1883 and is considered one of the finest Second Empire styled terrace houses in Australia. Myrnong Hall built in 1890 on Acland Street is a large Victorian mansion richly decorated in cast iron. Eildon Mansion as it appears from Grey St today. ... Bates Smart is Australias oldest architectural firm, and one of the worlds oldest, established in 1853 by Joseph Reed as the practice Reed and Barnes. ... St Michaels Grammar School is a co-educational, independent, day school, located in St Kilda, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The canonical example of Second Empire style is the Opéra Garnier, in which Neo-Baroque meets Neo-Renaissance. ... 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. ...

Notable Edwardian buildings include The Priory, built in 1890 at 61 Alma Road, it is one of the few Richardsonian Romanesque homes in Melbourne, built as the boarding house for a ladies school, but now a private residence.^[13] Richardsonian Romanesque has both French and Spanish Romanesque characteristics, like the First Presbyterian Church in Detroit, Michigan by architechs George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice in 1891 Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of American architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston in Massachusetts. ...

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During the Interwar years, St Kilda was heavily subdivided into apartments. This era produced some outstanding early apartment designs including Majestic Mansions on Fitzroy Street (1912) and The Canterbury flats built on Canterbury Road built between 1914-1919 to the design of H.W & F.B Tompkins is a notable mixture of Edwardian styles and are some of the earliest self-contained flats in Melbourne. Summerland Mansions built in 1920 on Fitzroy Street is another notable block in the "mansion flats" style, a style rare in Melbourne.^[14] Belmont Flats on the corner of Alma Road and Chapel Street was built in 1923, an outstanding blend of Arts and Crafts and Californian Bungalow influences applied to an apartment building, was built in 1923. Belvedere Flats at 22 Esplanade on the corner of Robe Street was built in 1929 and is a notable Spanish Mission styled block of flats designed by William H. Merritt and has featured on The Secret Life of Us. All of these buildings are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. A significant block of Spanish Mission flats, the Baymor Court, built in 1929 was demolished in November 2004 to make way for the Esplanade hi-rise apartment development.^[15] Californian Bungalows arent in California. ... The Spanish Colonial Revival Style was an architectural movement that came about in the early 20th century after the opening of the Panama Canal and the overwhelming success of the novel Ramona. ...

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St Kilda is also home to some notable contemporary residential designs. St Leonards Apartments in St Leonards Street is two blocks of post modern apartments built in 1996 to the design of Nonda Katsalidis and is recognised with multiple RAIA Victorian architecture awards. Newman House on Canterbury Road was built in 2000 and became a pop architecture icon. The house was designed by Cassandra Fahey for local celebrity Sam Newman featuring an image of Pamela Anderson's face. Sam did not first obtain council permission, however permits were issued retrospectively when it became a major local landmark and won the award for Best New Residential Building in the RAIA Victorian Architecture awards. Newman no longer lives at the house. Nonda Katsalidis (born 1951, Athens) is an award winning Australian architect. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lucy the Elephant, July 2004 New York-New York Hotel & Casino. ... John Noel William Sam Newman (born December 22, 1945 in Geelong, Victoria) is a retired Australian rules football player for the Geelong Cats and is now a local celebrity, television personality and part-time specialist ruck coach. ... Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian/American[1] actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Historic hotel buildings

St Kilda features many notable grand old hotels, some which still operate as licensed premises and others that function as accommodation, most of which are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The most famous is the Esplanade Hotel on the Esplanade. Built in 1878 and later modified, the Esplanade is an iconic pub and live music venue known by locals simply as the 'Espy'. The St Kilda Coffee Palace, built in the 1870s was once the suburb's main coffee palace. It is now a busy backpackers hostel. The George Hotel built in 1887 on the corner of Fitzroy and Grey streets was also once a large coffee palace. In the 1990s is was converted into studio apartments. Many of the interior and exterior features are in need of restoration. The Prince of Wales Hotel is another famous hotel which was built in 1940 in the moderne style on the site of the first Prince of Wales which was built in 1920^[16]. It has been used as a cabaret venue and is now another live music venue. The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda The Esplanade Hotel is an iconic public house in St Kilda, a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... The term Coffee Palace was used for 1880s hotels that did not serve alcohol as part of the Temperance movement in Australia. ...

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Parks and gardens

St Kilda is known for its many parks and gardens, many featuring combinations of the predominant Canary Island Date Palms, which are synonymous with the area and Californian Fan Palms. Some of the notable gardens include St Kilda Botanic Gardens on Blessington Street, which has heritage features and gates, a conservatory, rose garden, lake and sustainable Eco Centre building. The gardens were once surrounded by mansions, but was subject to unit development in the 1960s. The St Kilda Foreshore and Catani Arch are on Jacka Boulevarde, while the upper Esplanade reserve where the Sunday markets are held features the Catani Clock Tower, heritage toilets and vaults. The Catani Gardens which sit between the foreshore, Beaconsfield Parade and the Esplanade includes a War Memorial, Captain Cook statue and Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron Buildings. O'Donnell Gardens is adjacent to Luna Park on Acland Street and features an art-deco monument and tall palms. Alfred Square on the upper Esplanade has numerous war memorials, which include the South African War Memorial (1905) listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Albert Park is a large park which spans many suburbs, including St Kilda on Fitzroy Street and hosts a number of sporting fields and a recreational lake. The St Kilda Town Hall features a small public Victorian garden facing the corner of busy Brighton Road and Carlisle Street. Binomial name Phoenix canariensis Chabaud The Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) is a large palm native to the Canary Islands off the Atlantic coast of north Africa. ... Species Washingtonia filifera Washingtonia robusta Washingtonia is a genus of palms, native to the southwestern United States (in southern California, southwest Arizona) and northwest Mexico (in northern Baja California and Sonora). ... British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ...

The "Veg Out" Community Gardens at the former St Kilda Bowling Club in the Peanut Farm reserve is another popular public garden. The gardens are primarily rented by residents of apartments in the area and offer local residents the opportunity to express themselves in a small plot of dirt, which results in many colourful artistic displays.

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Other landmarks

Other St Kilda landmarks include the St Kilda Marina on Marine Parade, one of the first marinas in Melbourne and still very popular. The Metropole and Terminus on Fitzroy Street is the former St Kilda railway station, it now serves as a light rail terminus and apartment and restaurant precinct. The St Kilda Lawn Bowls Club, Fitzroy Street and its heritage clubhouse buildings have been featured on television and film. The St Kilda Park Primary School on Fitzroy Street is a large gothic styled building behind the bowls club and one of the suburb's main schools. St Kilda Primary School is on Brighton Road and is also a large gothic styled building. It hosts a monthly fashion market. St Kilda Junction is a large traffic interchange which also feeds into St Kilda Road. Junction Oval on Fitzroy Street is one of St Kilda's main sporting grounds and features two large heritage grandstands. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... 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. ... St Kilda Junction is one of the most notorious intersections in Melbourne, residing in the suburb of St Kilda, and bordering Windsor, Melbourne and St Kilda East. ... St. ... The Junction Oval is a sports ground in Melbourne, Australia. ...

St Kilda is also home to one of Melbourne's few remaining Indigenous Australian landmarks, the Corroboree Tree. The red gum eucalyptus, estimated at being between four and seven hundred years old, is located next to Queens Road, close to the junction with Fitzroy Street, overlooked by the Cadbury-Schweppes building. A plaque close to its base reads "Aboriginals of early settlement days congregated and held their ceremonies under and in the vicinity of this tree". These ceremonies celebrated important events, told traditional stories and promoted unity between communities, and are commonly known by the generic term, corroboree, or ngargee in the local language. The site continued to be used, both for ceremonial purposes and as a fringe camp, for some years after European settlement in 1835, as is evidenced by Jacob Miller who told his son how he had witnessed the remnant Kulin population "perform their dancing about the old tree" after moving into the area during the 1850s. ^[17] Languages Several hundred indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous... This article is about the plant genus. ... Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. However, it does not manufacture Schweppes beverages for Brazil, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania or the United Kingdom, having sold its trademarks there to The Coca-Cola Company; nor is it... A Corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aborigines. ... The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria, Australia, around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. ...

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References in popular culture

St Kilda has featured prominently in television. The Network Ten drama The Secret Life Of Us which ran from 2001-2005 was set in St Kilda, mostly around Acland Street, Fitzroy Street and in the famous Esplanade Hotel. The main characters were often depicted playing social games of soccer in Catani Gardens and social lawn bowls at St Kilda bowls club, both of which have since become a popular local traditions. The show featured a fictional pub called the Foo Bar which was often sought after by tourists but did not actually exist, the popularity of the name later inspired a real licenced venue in nearby beachside Brighton. St Kilda was also the venue for My Restaurant Rules 2004 series, with the Melbourne restaurant Seven Stones. Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ... The Secret Life of Us was a 2001 - 2005 television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. ... The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda The Esplanade Hotel is an iconic public house in St Kilda, a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... 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. ... Brighton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km southeast of the city. ... My Restaurant Rules is an Australian reality television series that airs on the Seven Network. ...

Many of Paul Kelly's popular songs feature the suburb, including From St. Kilda To King's Cross from the Album Post which included the famous lyric "I'd give you all of Sydney Harbour (all that land, all that water) For that one sweet promenade", in reference to the St Kilda Esplanade. The area also featured in songs such as Killed her in St Kilda by Voodoo Lovecats, St Kilda Nights by Purple Dentists and Melodies Of St Kilda by Masters Apprentices. Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter and is recognized as an icon of Australian rock music as a member of the ARIA Hall of Fame. ... Post is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1985. ... Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest natural harbour in the world. ...

Many movies and video clips have been filmed in St Kilda. Many of the indoor scenes from The Story of the Kelly Gang were filmed in St Kilda^[18]. The beach scenes of the 2005 hit Bollywood film Salaam Namaste were both set and filmed in St Kilda. The 2006 film Kenny also featured many scenes set in St Kilda. The Story of the Kelly Gang (also screened as Ned Kelly and His Gang) is widely regarded as the worlds first feature length film. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Salaam Namaste (Urdu and Hindi greetings, respectively) is an Indian Bollywood movie released on September 9, 2005, directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Hunters and Collectors filmed many of their video clips in St. Kilda in the 1980s; of particular note is Talking to a Stranger which used the old St Kilda Railway Station, Say Goodbye, parts of which were filmed upstairs at the George Hotel and Do you see what I see? which was partly filmed on a train running along the Sandringham line past parts of East St. Kilda, Balaclava and Ripponlea, Victoria. Other musicians to film in the area include Eran James' clip "Touched by Love" which has backdrops including the Palais Theatre and St Kilda Pier^[19] and Something for Kate, whose clip "The Futurist" was filmed at St Kilda West pier. For the anthropological concept, see Hunter-gatherer. ... Talking to a Stranger is a British television drama, produced by the BBC and made up of four separate plays telling the story of one weekend from the viewpoints of four different members of the same family. ... St Kilda railway station was the terminus of the line of the same name of the Melbourne suburban rail system. ... Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1981, often referred to as Hunnas by their fans. ... Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1981, often referred to as Hunnas by their fans. ... Sandringham can refer to: The village in Norfolk, United Kingdom Sandringham House in the aforementioned village The Sandringham Time system The suburb of Melbourne, Australia The railway line in Melbourne The railway station in Melbourne at the end of the aforementioned line This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... St Kilda East is the name of an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Balaclava is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia. ... Ripponlea is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Recreation and leisure

Recreation on St Kilda beaches includes most watersports, including windsurfing, kitesurfing, rollerblading, beach volleyball, jetskiing, waterskiing and sunbathing. A skate park for the Fitzroy street end of Albert Park is in the planning stages. A water sport is a form of recreation where water (other than drinking water) is an essential aspect of the activity. ... A windsurfer with modern gear tilts the rig and carves the board to perform a planing gybe (downwind turn) close to shore in Maui, Hawaii, one of the popular destinations for windsurfing. ... Power kites at Coche, Venezuela Kitesurfing in the Columbia River Gorge Kitesurfers use power kites tethered to harnesses to glide through water and air Kitesurfing, also known as kiteboarding, involves using a power kite to pull a rider through the water on a small surfboard or a kiteboard (a wakeboard... Roller skating girl in Rome, Italy (soul grind) Roller skating is travelling on smooth terrain with roller skates. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Pump-jet PWCs such as this Yamaha Waverunner are extremely popular for their speed and maneuverability. ... Recreational skiiers typically use two skis — other techniques abound. ... Sunlight is also the trade name of the worlds first packaged, branded laundry soap producted by Lever Brothers. ... A skate park is a recreational area where skateboarders, inline skaters, and bicyclists can perform tricks. ...

Kitesurfing on St Kilda Beach

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Transport

St Kilda is well connected to the Central Business District (CBD) of Melbourne by trams and a dedicated Light Rail line along the former St Kilda railway line which terminates at the Terminus - the former St Kilda railway station before integrating with the on-road system. This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ...

Tram routes 96 from Bourke Street, tram 112 from Collins Street and tram 16 from Swanston Street, all service St Kilda and are around 25 minutes from the city. This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... Tram route 96 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Bourke Street Mall Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Tram route 112 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Collins Street is a major street in the Melbourne Central Business District and runs from east to west. ... Tram route 16 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Swanston Street, looking north from the corner of Bourke Street Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. ...

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Localities in St Kilda

St Kilda West is a locality in St Kilda and represents the area north west of St Kilda bordered by West Beach Road, Fraser Street and Canterbury Road. It is a small community which is a mix of medium density terrace housing and flats (mostly 1920s stock) to modern hi-rise apartments. Average house and apartment prices are higher and insurance premiums lower in the St Kilda West area than the main St Kilda area, so many real estate agents advertise properties as St Kilda West as a result.

Missing Person Cases

Two separate and prominent missing persons cases are associated with St Kilda. Linda Stilwell was a 7 year old girl who was abducted on the 10th August 1968 from St Kilda Beach. Louise and Charmian Faulkner also vanished from outside their Acland St flat on the 26th April 1980 after getting into a ute driven by an older Australian male. Louise and Charmian Faulkner December 1978. ...

Notable residents

• Albert Jacka
• Mark Seymour
• Fred Negro
• Trevor Marmalade
• Dave Hughes
• William Pitt
• Rowland S. Howard
• Dick Gross
• John Safran
• Stanley Bruce former Prime Minister of Australia
• Hamish Blake
• Zbych Trofimiuk

Captain Albert Jacka VC, MC and bar. ... Mark Seymour (born 1957 in Benalla, Victoria) is an Australian musician and singer best known for his work as the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors, but also with a solo career. ... Fred Negro on stage. ... Trevor Marmalade (born Jason van de Velde on April 20, 1962) is the stage name of a comedian from Melbourne, Australia. ... David William Hughesy Hughes (born 26 November 1970 in Warrnambool, Victoria) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio and television presenter. ... William Pitt (1855-1918) was an architect working in Melbourne, Australia in the later part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. ... Rowland Stuart Howard (born 1960) is an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his use of electric guitar audio feedback in the post-punk group The Birthday Party (with Nick Cave) and his collaborations with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden. ... Councillor Dick Gross Richard Andrew Landa Gross (born 16 November 1954 in Melbourne, Australia) is the President of the Municipal Association of Victoria, and former three-time Mayor of the City of Port Phillip, Australia, from 1998-2000 and in 2004, and has served on the Port Phillip City Council... This Australian media personality is not to be confused with the American author Jonathan Safran Foer. ... Rt Hon Stanley Bruce Stanley Melbourne Bruce (15 April 1883 - August 25, 1967), Australian politician and diplomat, later Viscount Bruce of Melbourne and Westminster, was the eighth Prime Minister of Australia. ... This section does not cite any references or sources. ... Zbych Krzysztof Trofimiuk (born April 7, 1979 in Warsaw, Poland) is an AFI award winning actor and artist. ...

References

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