Heidelberg (Victoria)
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Heidelberg , a formerly independent municipality, is a suburb of the capital Melbourne of the Australian state of Victoria . It covers 2.7 km² and is 14 km northeast of Melbourne city center. On December 15, 1994, most of Heidelberg City was merged with Eltham Shire to form the Banyule City municipal association .
By Heidelberg flows an arm of the Yarra River , just before the mouth of the Port Phillip Bay . Neighboring towns are Heidelberg West and Heidelberg Heights.
For Australians, the place name is primarily associated with the Heidelberg School (including the painters Charles Edward Conder (1868–1909), Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin ), an Australian art movement from the 19th century.
history
The land in and around Heidelberg was auctioned off by the British Crown in a land auction in 1838. One of the first agricultural centers arose there. Until the 1840s it was the place name Warringal ( 'eagle's nest' in the local language of the Aborigines ) and was a real estate dealer who from the German Heidelberg came in 1840 in Heidelberg renamed. In 1871 Heidelberg became the Shire , on April 11, 1934 City (' City ').
The town house ( Heidelberg Town Hall, Rathaus) was built in 1937. Settlement crystallized along Heidelberg Road and the Melbourne– Hurstbridge railway line . Along this north-east axis lie Darebin, Ivanhoe, Eaglemont, Rosanna, Macleod, Watsonia and Greensborough.
Heidelberg West served as part of the Olympic Village at the Melbourne Summer Games in 1956 .
Population development figures:
- 8,610 (1911)
- 34,401 (1947, excluding Greensborough)
- 60.007 (1961)
- 60,468 (1991)
- 61,557 (2006)
Infrastructure
The Austin and Repatriation Hospital is in Heidelberg. Part of it is the Mercy Women's Clinic. Together they form the largest hospital in Victoria.
The Heidelberg station is on the collective boundary between zone 1 and 2 within the Melbourne Train system.
Burgundy Street shopping center reopened after going bankrupt in the 1980s. Its cafes in particular are a regional attraction.
See also
literature
- Kristin Otto: Yarra . Text Publishing, Melbourne 2005. ISBN 1-920885-78-1 (English)
Web links
- Banyule Local Authority website
- Local transport company with cards
- Yarra Plenty Library
- To the Heidelberg School (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Banyule (C) - Heidelberg (Statistical Local Area) ( English ) In: 2006 Census QuickStats . October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2010.