Carlton North, Victoria
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Carlton North is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia, 4 km north from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Melbourne
and Yarra
. At the 2006 Census, Carlton North had a population of 6090.
The suburb is bordered by Princes Street and Cemetery Road to the south, Royal Parade to the west, Nicholson Street
to the east and Park Street to the north. Carlton North is home to the Melbourne General Cemetery
and the Princes Park
which contains the Princes Park Football Ground.
Its main commercial area is along Rathdowne Street which has numerous cafés, restaurants, small fashion boutiques, bookshops and other businesses.
Today, Carlton North, like other inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, contains a mixture of white-collar professionals, bureaucrats and academics. The area has become more gentrified
than Fitzroy North
, Brunswick
or Collingwood
resulting in significantly higher median property prices.
in 1853. Previous cemetery sites at Flagstaff Gardens
and (what is now) Queen Victoria Market
, had become full, thus the new Carlton North site was established. In the same year a prison stockade, Collingwood Stockade
, was built on Lee Street. This subsequently became an asylum
, until 1873 when it became the area's first primary school. A bluestone
quarry was established at what is now Curtain Square. Subdivision into residential blocks began in 1869, with the emerging brick terrace houses standing in contrast to Carlton
's timber cottages. Princes Park
was established in 1844 and became home to the Carlton Football Club
in 1864.
Tram lines were installed along Lygon Street, Rathdowne Street (dismantled in 1936), and Nicholson Street. The area was also serviced by the Inner Circle railway line
(passenger services were ceased in 1948 although it remained a goods line until 1980).
pizza restaurant (which has since become an Australia and New Zealand-wide franchise) and the Natural Tucker bakery.
In 2010 St Michael's Anglican Church celebrated its 125th anniversary. Carlton North also has one of the oldest Masjids (Mosque
) in Melbourne. Originally built by Albania
n migrants, it is attended by Muslims during the 5 daily obligatory prayer sessions.
, Princes Street, Rathdowne Street and Nicholson Street.
Tram routes run north-south along Royal Parade (19), Lygon Street (1, 8) and Nicholson Street (96).
Bus routes run along Rathdowne Street and Richardson Street
The local railway station was closed to passengers in 1948 and freight in the early 1980's. Part of the former line was conversationally utilised for Housing Commission units for the elderly and part was turned into a rather long and narrow park. Carlton North also has significant segregated bicycle facilities including the Capital City Trail
. The Carlton North section is a converted rail trail
.
) necropolis
which is notable for the graves of four Australian Prime Ministers: James Scullin
, Sir Robert Menzies
, Harold Holt
and Sir John Gorton
. Holt's stone is a memorial as his body was never recovered after he disappeared at sea. The tomb of famous Australian explorers Robert O'Hara Burke
and William John Wills
(see Burke and Wills expedition
) is also located in the cemetery, with an inscription reading "Comrades in a great achievement and companions in death."
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, 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, 4 km north from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Melbourne
City of Melbourne
The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 93,105 people. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she...
and Yarra
City of Yarra
The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 19.5 square kilometres, and at the 2006 census it had a population of 69,330...
. At the 2006 Census, Carlton North had a population of 6090.
The suburb is bordered by Princes Street and Cemetery Road to the south, Royal Parade to the west, Nicholson Street
Nicholson Street, Melbourne
Nicholson Street is a street in inner Melbourne. It is named after William Nicholson, then member of the Legislative Council, and later Premier of Victoria from 1859 to 1860.-Geography:...
to the east and Park Street to the north. Carlton North is home to the Melbourne General Cemetery
Melbourne General Cemetery
The Melbourne General Cemetery is a large necropolis located north of the city of Melbourne in the suburb of Carlton North.-History:...
and the Princes Park
Princes Park, Carlton
Princes Park is a 38.6 hectare park in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Victoria. It is located directly north of the University of Melbourne and bounded on its eastern and western sides by Melbourne General Cemetery and Royal Parade respectively...
which contains the Princes Park Football Ground.
Its main commercial area is along Rathdowne Street which has numerous cafés, restaurants, small fashion boutiques, bookshops and other businesses.
Today, Carlton North, like other inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, contains a mixture of white-collar professionals, bureaucrats and academics. The area has become more gentrified
Gentrification
Gentrification and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities. Urban gentrification is associated with movement. Consequent to gentrification, the average income increases and average family size...
than Fitzroy North
Fitzroy North, Victoria
Fitzroy North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Yarra and Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Fitzroy North had a population of 11,069....
, Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria
Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...
or Collingwood
Collingwood, Victoria
Collingwood is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
resulting in significantly higher median property prices.
History
Carlton North has its origins with the allotment of the Melbourne General CemeteryMelbourne General Cemetery
The Melbourne General Cemetery is a large necropolis located north of the city of Melbourne in the suburb of Carlton North.-History:...
in 1853. Previous cemetery sites at Flagstaff Gardens
Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne
Flagstaff Gardens is the oldest park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, first established in 1862. In 2005 it is one of the most visited and widely used parks in the city by nearby office workers and tourists...
and (what is now) Queen Victoria Market
Queen Victoria Market
The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in Melbourne, Australia, and at around seven hectares is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. The Market is significant to Melbourne's culture and heritage and has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register...
, had become full, thus the new Carlton North site was established. In the same year a prison stockade, Collingwood Stockade
Collingwood Stockade
Collingwood Stockade was a penal stockade in modern day Carlton North, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1853 and was in use until 1866 when it was converted into an asylum, which then closed in 1873...
, was built on Lee Street. This subsequently became an asylum
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
, until 1873 when it became the area's first primary school. A bluestone
Bluestone
Bluestone is a cultural or commercial name for a number of dimension or building stone varieties, including:*a feldspathic sandstone in the U.S. and Canada;*limestone in the Shenandoah Valley in the U.S...
quarry was established at what is now Curtain Square. Subdivision into residential blocks began in 1869, with the emerging brick terrace houses standing in contrast to Carlton
Carlton, Victoria
Carlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...
's timber cottages. Princes Park
Princes Park, Carlton
Princes Park is a 38.6 hectare park in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Victoria. It is located directly north of the University of Melbourne and bounded on its eastern and western sides by Melbourne General Cemetery and Royal Parade respectively...
was established in 1844 and became home to the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in 1864.
Tram lines were installed along Lygon Street, Rathdowne Street (dismantled in 1936), and Nicholson Street. The area was also serviced by the Inner Circle railway line
Inner Circle railway line, Melbourne
The Inner Circle was a steam era suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It covered the inner-northern suburbs of Parkville, Carlton North, Fitzroy North, and Fitzroy...
(passenger services were ceased in 1948 although it remained a goods line until 1980).
Commerce and culture
The main commercial precincts in Carlton North are the strip on Rathdowne Street (called 'Rathdowne Village') and the northern end of Nicholson Street. The most notable businesses in the area include the original La PorchettaLa Porchetta
La Porchetta /por'ket:a/ is a restaurant franchise in Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia which has become one of the most successful Italian restaurants in these nations....
pizza restaurant (which has since become an Australia and New Zealand-wide franchise) and the Natural Tucker bakery.
In 2010 St Michael's Anglican Church celebrated its 125th anniversary. Carlton North also has one of the oldest Masjids (Mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
) in Melbourne. Originally built by Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n migrants, it is attended by Muslims during the 5 daily obligatory prayer sessions.
Housing
Carlton North has a large amount of Victorian and Edwardian era attached and semi-detached terrace houses.Pubs
- The Great Northern Hotel
- The Kent Hotel
- The Brandon Hotel
Transport
The suburb is serviced by the main roads of Royal Parade, Lygon StreetLygon Street, Melbourne
Lygon Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, Australia running through the suburbs of Carlton, Carlton North, Princes Hill and Brunswick East. Lygon Street's name has become synonymous with Italian restaurants and cafés located in the Carlton part of the street...
, Princes Street, Rathdowne Street and Nicholson Street.
Tram routes run north-south along Royal Parade (19), Lygon Street (1, 8) and Nicholson Street (96).
Bus routes run along Rathdowne Street and Richardson Street
The local railway station was closed to passengers in 1948 and freight in the early 1980's. Part of the former line was conversationally utilised for Housing Commission units for the elderly and part was turned into a rather long and narrow park. Carlton North also has significant segregated bicycle facilities including the Capital City Trail
Capital City Trail
The Capital City Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which circles the Melbourne city centre and some inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
. The Carlton North section is a converted rail trail
Rail trail
A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway easement into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding. The characteristics of former tracks—flat, long, frequently running through historical areas—are appealing for various development. The term sometimes also...
.
Melbourne General Cemetery
Melbourne General Cemetery is a large (43 hectareHectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
) necropolis
Necropolis
A necropolis is a large cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs. The word comes from the Greek νεκρόπολις - nekropolis, literally meaning "city of the dead"...
which is notable for the graves of four Australian Prime Ministers: James Scullin
James Scullin
James Henry Scullin , Australian Labor politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Two days after he was sworn in as Prime Minister, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 occurred, marking the beginning of the Great Depression and subsequent Great Depression in Australia.-Early life:Scullin was...
, Sir Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, , Australian politician, was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia....
, Harold Holt
Harold Holt
Harold Edward Holt, CH was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia.His term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was presumed drowned.Holt spent 32 years...
and Sir John Gorton
John Gorton
Sir John Grey Gorton, GCMG, AC, CH , Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia.-Early life:...
. Holt's stone is a memorial as his body was never recovered after he disappeared at sea. The tomb of famous Australian explorers Robert O'Hara Burke
Robert O'Hara Burke
Robert O'Hara Burke was an Irish soldier and police officer, who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled...
and William John Wills
William John Wills
William John Wills was an English surveyor who also trained for a while as a surgeon. He achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled...
(see Burke and Wills expedition
Burke and Wills expedition
In 1860–61, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres...
) is also located in the cemetery, with an inscription reading "Comrades in a great achievement and companions in death."
Princes Park
Educational facilities
- Princes Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill Secondary CollegePrinces Hill Secondary College is a state, coeducational Secondary school located in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Australia.Prior to 1959, when it was elevated to High School status, PHSC was known as Princes Hill Public School and Princes Hill State School.The school has been in...
- Carlton North Primary School (aka Lee Street)http://www.carltonnthps.vic.edu.au/
Street names (north/south from west to east)
- Lygon: There appear to be two candidates for Lygon StLygon Street, MelbourneLygon Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, Australia running through the suburbs of Carlton, Carlton North, Princes Hill and Brunswick East. Lygon Street's name has become synonymous with Italian restaurants and cafés located in the Carlton part of the street...
, the western most street. General Henry LygonHenry Lygon, 4th Earl BeauchampGeneral Henry Beauchamp Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp DL , styled The Honourable from 1806 until 1853, was a British soldier and politician.-Background:...
, a conservative MP in Britain or his younger brother Edward Pyndar Lygon who served in the 13th Hussars, also became a General, and served for a shorter period as an MP in Britain. - Drummond: Captain Thomas DrummondThomas DrummondCaptain Thomas Drummond , from Edinburgh, Scotland, was an army officer, civil engineer and senior public official. Drummond used the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. He is sometimes mistakenly given credit for the invention of limelight,...
(10 October 1797 – 15 April 1840), from Edinburgh, Scotland, was an army officer, civil engineer and senior public official - Henry (off Newry)
- Rathdowne: Henry Monck the 'very Orange Earl of Rathdowne' sat in the House of Lords in Britain in the period Wellington was Prime Minister. See a history of Rathdowne Street
- Sutton (off Curtain)
- Amess (north from Fenwick): Samuel AmessSamuel AmessSamuel Amess was Mayor of Melbourne from 1869–1870, after having joined the council in 1864. Born in Newburgh, Fife in Scotland, Amess immigrated to Victoria in 1852, and after success on the goldfields established himself as a building contractor...
was Melbourne’s foremost building contractor of the 1870s. He was the Mayor of Melbourne when the Melbourne Town Hall was opened.S Amess in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online - Canning: George CanningGeorge CanningGeorge Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:...
was a conservative MP and for a short period Prime Minister of Britain. - Station: named after the North Fitzroy railway stationInner Circle railway line, MelbourneThe Inner Circle was a steam era suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It covered the inner-northern suburbs of Parkville, Carlton North, Fitzroy North, and Fitzroy...
formerly located a few hundred metres from the street's northern end. - Taplin (off Fenwick and MacPherson)
- Nicholson: William NicholsonNicholson Street, MelbourneNicholson Street is a street in inner Melbourne. It is named after William Nicholson, then member of the Legislative Council, and later Premier of Victoria from 1859 to 1860.-Geography:...
, was a member of the Legislative Council, and later Premier of Victoria from 1859 to 1860. William Nicholson in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
Street names (east/west from south to north)
- Davis Street. Peter Davis (1815–1879), estate agent, MCC Councillor, Mayor (1856–1857). Laid out in 1873 when the Collingwood Stockade Asylum was closed. See the article on the women of Davis Street who signed the Monster Petition for Women's Suffrage in 1891. The Monster Petition and the Women of Davis Street
- Lee
- O'Grady
- Newry
- Curtain: Ambitious, gregarious and flamboyant, Curtain embodied the aspirant values of Melbourne's inner-suburban, gold-generation immigrants. He was essentially a speculator and entrepreneur, and his later business and political associates included mavericks such as Sir Thomas Bent. He was a Melbourne City Councillor and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. John Curtain in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- Fenwick: Orlando Fenwick, British, soft goods and grocery business, MCC Councillor, Mayor (1871–72)
- McPherson: Thomas McPherson (1823–1888), iron and steel merchant, MCC Councillor, Mayor, (1870–71)
- Pigdon: John Pigdon, British, Commissioner for Sydney International Exhibition, Melbourne Exhibition, MCC Councillor, Mayor (1877). Pigdon was a building contractor and businessman. Among other buildings he built St Jude's church in Carlton. An Anglican, he was a churchwarden at St Jude's, Carlton, for thirty years from 1873 and a generous pew-holder; he contributed a stained glass window in memory of his wife. John Pigdon in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
- Mary
- Park
See also
- City of MelbourneCity of MelbourneThe City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. The city has an area of 36 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 93,105 people. The city's motto is "Vires acquirit eundo" which means "She gathers strength as she...
- the local government area of which Carlton North was a part.