Swan Street is a major street in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. A notable landmark on the street is the historic Corner Hotel. Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ... Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... Richmond is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria is one of Melbournes most popular and respected medium-sized rock venues. ...
It is the junction of all of Melbourne's eastern and southeastern rail lines with trains on the Frankston, Glen Waverley, Pakenham, Sandringham, Cranbourne, Belgrave, Lilydale and Alamein lines passing through the station.
Located 2.4km from Flinders Street Station, Melbourne's central railway station, Richmond station is located close to the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Melbourne Park, so is often busy during sporting and other special events.
Melbourne is to host the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Richmond station is the gateway to the main venues.
Nearby is an old eucalypt tree which shows a big scar caused by harvesting of bark for a canoe by the original inhabitants of the Yarra River Valley, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
Eighty One hectares of parkland were originally established in 1856 by Governor Charles La Trobe that extended from Punt Road to Swanston Street and from Wellington Parade to the Yarra River.
By the 1860s five recreational ovals were marked out: the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond Cricket Ground, East Melbourne Cricket Club ovals (two), and an oval in Gosch's Paddock, south of SwanStreet.
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