Elsternwick, Victoria
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| Elsternwick Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Victorian shopfronts on the corner of Glen Huntly and St Georges Roads |
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| Population: | 8928 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1861 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3185 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.6 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $645,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 10 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Glen Eira | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Caulfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Melbourne Ports | ||||||||||||
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Elsternwick is a residential suburb 9 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria.
In terms of its cadastral division, Elsternwick is in the parish of Prahran within the County of Bourke.
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[edit] Name
In the same way that Ripponlea took its name from the "Rippon Lea Estate" of Sir Frederick Sargood, Elsternwick took its name from the largest property in the district: Charles Hotson Ebden's [2] "Elster" ("Elster" is German for "magpie").
The creek nearby became known as the Elster Creek; and, when a village grew up on the creek, the Anglo-Saxon suffix ‘wick’, meaning village, was added.[3].
[edit] History
Elsternwick village was surveyed in 1856.
In 1861 a railway line operated by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, was built from Melbourne to Brighton, via Elsternwick.
In the 1880s, the Elsternwick railway station was also the Melbourne end of the railway line to the large scale sugar beet processing mill at Rosstown (see Rosstown Railway) — now known as Carnegie — and beyond. This railway was seldom used and it ceased to function in 1916.
The first site of Caulfield Grammar School, founded in 1881, was adjacent to the Elsternwick railway station.
A tramline was opened along Glenhuntly Road in 1889.
A tramline between Elsternwick and Point Ormond opened in 1915; it closed on 22 October 1960.[4]
Elsternwick was originally situated across three municipalities - Caulfield, Brighton and St. Kilda. At the end of the 1880s unsuccessful attempts were made for Elsternwick to become administratively independent. Today it is in the Local Government Area of the City of Glen Eira. The postcode is 3185.
Elsternwick is also the home of perhaps the best known brothel in Australia, and certainly Melbourne, the Daily Planet, which was the first in the world to be listed on a stock exchange (the Australian Stock Exchange)[5].
[edit] Geography
Its boundary are Nepean Highway, Elster Avenue, Kooyong Road, Glen Eira Road and Hotham Street.
[edit] Residential architecture
 "Lisbon House", 70 Orrong Road, is a grand Victorian terrace home. |
 1930s remodelled Victorian terraces. Glen Eira Road. |
[edit] Non-residential architecture
 The Elsternwick Hotel. Corner of Glenhuntly and Brighton Roads. Built 1856. |
 Elsternwick Congregational Church |
 Jewish Holocaust Museum, Selwyn Street |
 Former Elsternwick Post Office and former Caulfield City rifle club buildings |
 Former Elsternwick Fire Station |
 Tudor style dominates Glen Eira shopping village |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Australian Places - Elsternwick
- http://www.elsternwick.com - includes photos and attractions in Elsternwick
| Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira | |
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Bentleigh | Bentleigh East | Caulfield | Caulfield East | Caulfield North | Caulfield South | Carnegie | Elsternwick | Gardenvale | Glen Huntly | McKinnon | Murrumbeena | Ormond | St. Kilda East |
