Alma Park, St Kilda East
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Alma Park is a park in St Kilda East
, Victoria
, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the city of Port Phillip
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It includes a hexagonal rotunda described as "a rare Victorian example of an early twentieth century park rotunda" and the former Keepers Lodge, which are both registered on the Register of the National Estate
.
The park was originally designed by Clement Hodgkinson
, and includes two children's playgrounds,, a cricket
and football (soccer)
oval and large stands of elm
trees, Moreton Bay Fig
s, bike paths and native vegetation areas.
severed the park into two. The line was sunken through the park to facilitate grade separations at Chapel Street, Dandenong Road, and Alma Road.
The train line now forms part of the Sandringham Line from Flinders Street Station
. Its sunken grade now also provides for uninterrupted view of amenities across the park.
St Kilda East, Victoria
St Kilda East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is located within the Local Government Areas of the City of Glen Eira and the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, it had a population of 12,188.St Kilda East is one...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the city of Port Phillip
City of Port Phillip
The City of Port Phillip is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne's central business district. It has an area of 20.62 km² and has an estimated population of 96,110 people....
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Location
It is bounded by private properties to the east and west, Dandenong Road to the north, and Alma Road to the south. Alma Park is the main park for residents of St Kilda East and WindsorWindsor, Victoria
Windsor is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Windsor had a population of 6394....
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It includes a hexagonal rotunda described as "a rare Victorian example of an early twentieth century park rotunda" and the former Keepers Lodge, which are both registered on the Register of the National Estate
Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate is a listing of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia. The listing was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission. The register is now maintained by the Australian Heritage Council...
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The park was originally designed by Clement Hodgkinson
Clement Hodgkinson
Clement Hodgkinson was a notable English naturalist, explorer and surveyor of Australia. He was Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey from 1861 to 1874.- Exploration in New South Wales :...
, and includes two children's playgrounds,, a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
oval and large stands of elm
Elm
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the plant family Ulmaceae. The dozens of species are found in temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward into Indonesia. Elms are components of many kinds of natural forests...
trees, Moreton Bay Fig
Moreton Bay Fig
Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay Fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island. Its common name is...
s, bike paths and native vegetation areas.
Railway line
In 1859, the construction of the then Brighton railway line from St KildaSt Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...
severed the park into two. The line was sunken through the park to facilitate grade separations at Chapel Street, Dandenong Road, and Alma Road.
The train line now forms part of the Sandringham Line from Flinders Street Station
Flinders Street Station
Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city...
. Its sunken grade now also provides for uninterrupted view of amenities across the park.