Glen Huntly, Victoria
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Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 11 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira
. At the 2006 Census, Glen Huntly had a population of 4085.
It is a small suburb, approximately 1 km from north to south and 800 metres east to west at its widest point. Its borders are Neerim Road in the north, Booran Road in the west, Grange Road in the east and Woodville Avenue and Oakleigh Road in the south.
Glen Huntly is named after a ship, the Glen Huntly, that arrived in Port Phillip Bay in 1840, after setting off from Greenock, Scotland. She was carrying 157 new immigrants, skilled manual labourers who were heading for the new colony settled in Melbourne. Fever, most likely typhoid, struck the ship mid journey and 10 died berore reaching Port Phillip Bay. The Glen Huntly was forced to land at Little Red Bluff (now Point Ormond) and Victoria's first quarantine station was formed to deal with the crisis.Three more men died at the camp. Supplies and provisions were brought down what became known as Glen Huntly Road.
Glenhuntly Post Office opened in 1907 and its name was changed to Glen Huntly in 1993.
Frank Penhalluriack
is notable for opening his Glenhuntly hardware store outside of legislated trading hours during the 1980s. His actions eventually led to a dramatic change in retail trading laws in Victoria.
s, along route 67
.
Glen Huntly encompasses the Glenhuntly railway station.
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
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 11 km south-east 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 is the City of Glen Eira
City of Glen Eira
The City of Glen Eira is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 38.4 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 136,354 people...
. At the 2006 Census, Glen Huntly had a population of 4085.
It is a small suburb, approximately 1 km from north to south and 800 metres east to west at its widest point. Its borders are Neerim Road in the north, Booran Road in the west, Grange Road in the east and Woodville Avenue and Oakleigh Road in the south.
Glen Huntly is named after a ship, the Glen Huntly, that arrived in Port Phillip Bay in 1840, after setting off from Greenock, Scotland. She was carrying 157 new immigrants, skilled manual labourers who were heading for the new colony settled in Melbourne. Fever, most likely typhoid, struck the ship mid journey and 10 died berore reaching Port Phillip Bay. The Glen Huntly was forced to land at Little Red Bluff (now Point Ormond) and Victoria's first quarantine station was formed to deal with the crisis.Three more men died at the camp. Supplies and provisions were brought down what became known as Glen Huntly Road.
Glenhuntly Post Office opened in 1907 and its name was changed to Glen Huntly in 1993.
Frank Penhalluriack
Frank Penhalluriack
Francis William Penhalluriack is most notable for opening his Glen Huntly, Victoria hardware store outside of legislated trading hours.Frank Penhalluriack's actions eventually led to a dramatic change in retail trading laws in Victoria, Australia....
is notable for opening his Glenhuntly hardware store outside of legislated trading hours during the 1980s. His actions eventually led to a dramatic change in retail trading laws in Victoria.
Transport
The suburb is extensively serviced by tramTrams in Melbourne
The Melbourne tramway network is a major form of public transport in Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia. , the network consisted of of track, 487 trams, 28 routes, and 1,773 tram stops. It was therefore the largest urban tramway network in the world, ahead of the...
s, along route 67
Melbourne tram route 67
The Melbourne Tram Route 67 is an Australian tram route which runs back and forth from Carnegie to the University of Melbourne.The route starts at the Carnegie terminus, located in Trugininni Road at the corner of Koornang Road, and travels via Glen Huntly Road, Brighton Road, St Kilda Road and...
.
Glen Huntly encompasses the Glenhuntly railway station.
See also
- City of CaulfieldCity of CaulfieldThe City of Caulfield was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which Glen Huntly was a part.