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An attraction is the [[Cultural heritage|heritage]] [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]], [[Locomotive#Steam|steam-operated]] [[Puffing Billy Railway]], which was reopened in 1962—after four years of restoration by volunteers—and travels through 24 kilometers of cool temperate rainforest.<ref>{{Citation | title = Puffing Billy Steam Railway | publisher = Tourism Victoria |
An attraction is the [[Cultural heritage|heritage]] [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]], [[Locomotive#Steam|steam-operated]] [[Puffing Billy Railway]], which was reopened in 1962—after four years of restoration by volunteers—and travels through 24 kilometers of cool temperate rainforest.<ref>{{Citation | title = Puffing Billy Steam Railway | publisher = Tourism Victoria |
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Revision as of 03:54, 25 July 2011
| Belgrave Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Belgrave main street (Burwood Highway) | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 4094 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | Lua error: Unable to convert population "4094 (2006)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000000-QINU`"'" to a number. | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1851 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3160 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 200 m (656 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges 37°54′50″S 145°21′25″E / 37.914°S 145.357°E | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monbulk, Gembrook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | La Trobe | ||||||||||||||
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Belgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Belgrave had a population of 4094. Belgrave is only 16 years younger than Melbourne CBD[citation needed].
History
Belgrave was first settled in 1851.
Belgrave was named after an 1840s chapel in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; the name carried by Mr and Mrs R.G. Benson when they came to Melbourne in 1856. Their sons, the Benson Brothers, settled in the Belgrave district in the 1870s. A Post Office opened in the area around 1904.[2] Many men from Belgrave went to war, and there is a war memorial in Belgrave.
Business
Most of the commercial district of Belgrave is located on Main Street, which is at the end of Burwood Highway. There are also shops on Bayview Road, which is located just across the rail bridge. Belgrave has galleries and bookshops. The most notable bookshop would have to be The Belgrave Book Barn, located right next to the Cameo Theatre. There is an organic and fair trade emphasis amongst some businesses including Belgrave Organics, at least four cafés serving fairtrade coffee (Earthly Pleasures Organic Café, Café Green Bean, Reel Café and Main St. Café). There are two retro clothing stores (Walk in Wardrobe and The Silver Compac). There is a Safeway supermarket, three hairdressing salons, a building design (drafting) service, a pharmacy, a butcher, a dry cleaner, three bakeries, a newsagency, a cinema, a few fast food outlets, restaurants, a Centrelink centre, a pub and a few bars/lounges, two banks (the Commonwealth Bank and the Bendigo Bank) as well as a public library. It also has a very active Traders Association. JB Hi-Fi plan to open a store in Belgrave between 2012 and 2014[citation needed].
Tourism
An attraction is the heritage narrow gauge, steam-operated Puffing Billy Railway, which was reopened in 1962—after four years of restoration by volunteers—and travels through 24 kilometers of cool temperate rainforest.[3] It is also the terminus of the Belgrave Suburban Electric Railway Line.
Other nearby attractions include The 1000 Steps, Sherbrooke Forest and Sherbrooke Falls in the Dandenong Ranges National Park.[4]
Social scene
Belgrave has a park 3 km from the Main Street.
The Cameo Cinema has six cinemas, with Cinema 1 dating to the 1930s. There is an outdoor Cinema at the rear of the building, which is open only during the summer months (December to March). There is a music scene with live acts taking place at Rubys Lounge and the Scarab Bar. There is a recording studio. The historic property known as Glen Harrow Gardens has been featured on travel television programs.
Schools
Belgrave itself does not contain any state schools, with these being located in the neighbouring suburbs of Tecoma, Selby and Belgrave South. Upwey High School is the nearest state high school.
Two Catholic schools operate within Belgrave: St Thomas More's Primary School that was founded in 1963 by the parish of Belgrave, and is situated on Reynolds hill overlooking Belgrave and adjacent to St. Thomas More's Catholic Church, and Mater Christi College, a girls' secondary school located on Bayview Road.
Recreation and Government buildings
Belgrave has a state of the art Police Station, which acts as the base for all police stations in the Dandenong Ranges Region. There is also the Belgrave Volunteer Fire Brigade on Bayview Road, which has been serving the community for over 80 years. It is also home to the Dandenong Ranges Fire Brigades Group HQ, which manages all major fires within the Dandenong Ranges. There is also an Ambulance station in Bayview Road.
There is a Centrelink office on the high side of Main Street. The State Member for the seat of Monbulk, James Merlino MLA, has his Electoral Office in Belgrave. The closest Shire of Yarra Ranges office is in Upwey on Main Street.
The Belgrave Town Park, just below the police station, provides a fine view over the town as well as a public space for events such as the annual Christmas carols. Just off the Belgrave-Hallam Road is the Belgrave outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a playground.
The town supports both a cricket and Australian Rules football team which are located at Belgrave Recreation Reserve on Reserve Road. The Belgrave Cricket Club is affiliated with the Ferntree Gully And District Cricket Association, while the Belgrave Football Club competes in the Yarra Valley Mountain Football League.[5]
Transport
Belgrave railway station is located behind the main street shops, with the steam train Puffing Billy just beyond it. Belgrave suburban electric trains go to Melbourne via Ringwood. Puffing Billy goes to Gembrook via Emerald
Bus services are located throughout the suburb, and go to Oakleigh, Ringwood, Lilydale, Box Hill, Emerald, Glen Waverley, Olinda, Monbulk and Knox City Shopping Centre. There are also many extremely local buses that go to very nearby places like Belgrave South, Upwey and Ferntree Gully.
Major roads include Burwood Highway and EastLink, Wellington Road, Ferntree Gully Road and Belgrave-Hallam Road, all providing access to the city centre of Melbourne.
Public reserves
Public reserves in Belgrave include Belgrave Lake Park, Belgrave Recreation Reserve, Borthwick Park, Violet Larsen Reserve and Dandenong Ranges National Park.
Belgrave Lake Park
A small reserve surrounding Belgrave Lake and located south of Belgrave town centre. It is an important biolink between Dandenong Ranges National Park and Birdsland as well as Lysterfield Lake Park. The park has a combined focus of recreation and conservation. Monbulk creek flows through the area and is important for wildlife such as Platypus and Water Rat. In the trees, arboreal mammals include the Sugar Glider and also would have been a habitat for the Yellow-bellied Glider.
Belgrave Lake was constructed in 1893 to supply water to Dandenong. Water flowed by pipeline to Heany Park in Rowville and then by aqueduct and pipeline through Churchill Park and on to Dandenong. From 1924 water supply to Dandenong was discontinued but the pipeline continued to supply water to farms in the Lysterfield area. Fern Tree Gully Shire leased the pipeline from 1940 to 1950.[6][7] The pipeline was still in use in the 1970s and was closed some time after that.
Media
Belgrave's local newspapers are The Free Press Leader, and The Ferntree Gully-Belgrave Mail and its local radio station is 3MDR on 97.1FM.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Belgrave (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Puffing Billy Steam Railway, Tourism Victoria, retrieved 2011-07-25
- ^ Belgrave, Tourism Victoria, retrieved 2011-01-10
- ^ Full Points Footy, Belgrave, retrieved 2008-07-25 [dead link]
- ^ "RLHP Local Stories: Heany Park". Rlcnews.org.au. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- ^ http://www.heanyparkscouts.com/History.pdf
External links
- Belgrave Township—Belgrave Traders Association
- 3MDR 97.1FM
- Mater Christi College
- Menzies Creek Primary School
- Sherbrooke Community School
- Belgrave Cricket Club
- Belgrave Football Club [1]
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