page_title: Abbotsford, Victoria
section_title: Commercial and industrial
hierarchical_section_title: Abbotsford, Victoria / Local landmarks / Commercial and industrial
caption_attribution_description: English: Denton Mills. Abbotsford, Victoria
context_page_description: Abbotsford is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 census, Abbotsford had a population of 8,184.
  Abbotsford is bounded by Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and separated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River. Formerly part of the City of Collingwood, it is now part of the City of Yarra. Victoria Street forms the southern boundary to Abbotsford; Hoddle Street forms the western boundary; the Eastern Freeway forms the northern boundary while the Yarra forms the eastern boundary with Kew, in Boroondara.
  Some well known Abbotsford landmarks include the Skipping Girl Sign, Dights Falls, the former Collingwood Town Hall, Victoria Park Football Stadium and Abbotsford Convent.
  Abbotsford is designated one of the 82 Major Activity centres listed in the Metropolitan Strategy Melbourne 2030.
  Abbotsford takes its name from the estate of John Orr, which in turn is named after a ford in Scotland's Tweed River, used by the Abbott of Melrose Abbey. Since World War II the area has become quite ethnically diverse.
context_section_description: Abbotsford is a prominent early industrial area and as a result, there are several outstanding examples of industrial buildings. The most prominent is Denton Hat Mills, a large turn of the century industrial complex designed by architect William Pitt in polychrome brick in 1888. It was the home to Brush Fabrics until 2004, when plans for conversion to apartments were implemented. Work on the conversion began in mid-2007 and was completed in December 2009.
  One of the suburb's most prominent hotels is the Carringbush Hotel. It was built in 1889 and was originally named the Friendly Societies Hotel. Others prominent hotels include the Park Hotel, Retreat Hotel, Yarra Hotel and Yorkshire Stingo Hotel.
caption: Denton Hat Mills
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