Clifton Hill, Victoria Railway Station, east of the present Burnley Railway Station, as the entry to a landscaped pleasure ground. Burnley's industrial area was in its south-west corner next to the river. Basalt quarries were worked south of Coppin Street. One of them has been opened up to the river by the cutting of a channel to improve stream velocity to clear upstream floodwaters from Kew. The quarry hole became a dock depot for silt-dredging craft, and the channel also resulted in the formation, mid-stream, of Herring Island. The Richmond Abattoirs were near the old quarries, and municipal dignity 	Burnley, Victoria
26633479	was improved with Barkly Gardens (1865). There were two ferries across the river, one being the Twickenham ferry. It was replaced by the MacRobertson bridge (1935). On 22 January 1885, St Bartholomew's Anglican Church was opened after land had been granted by the Victorian Government in 1870. In 1887, the first State primary school was opened; the primary school was demolished in the 1970s to become the Golden Square Bicentennial Park. A temporary primary school in Richmond Park closed in 1987. Quite near the site of the temporary school is a remnant dead tree, evidence of the traditional Aboriginal 	Burnley, Victoria
26633480	inhabitants. It may have been a marker tree for ritual events or a tree from which bark was taken for a canoe or shelter. Separated from these areas by the railway line is a section of Richmond Park set aside for travelling circuses. Burnley Post Office opened on 21 March 1887. In the southernmost part of the Survey Paddock, through which the freeway passes, there are a public golf course and sports facilities comprising the Kevin Bartlett Sporting and Recreation Complex. Bartlett was a Richmond footballer. In 1991 the adjacent horticultural college celebrated its centenary, by when it was famed 	Burnley, Victoria
26633481	for the training of career horticulturists and as the metropolitan venue for demonstrations for amateur gardeners. In its grounds is an ornamental garden area of several hectares, among the best of Melbourne's passive recreation areas. Local landmarks. With a large number of historic small homes in narrow streets, Burnley has a diverse range of residential architecture as well as many public buildings including churches, hotels, shops and factories including the former factory and workshop of the pipe organ building firm of George Fincham & Sons, Australia's most prolific pipe organ builder from the 1862 until the late 20th century	Burnley, Victoria
26633482	. George Fincham established his business in Stawell Street, Burnley, in 1862. Burnley has three major parks: Ryan's Reserve, on Swan Street, is a centre for tennis and netball; Golden Square Bicentennial Park is the former site of the Burnley Primary School, which was merged with Cremorne Primary School and Richmond Primary School; Burnley Park houses Burnley Oval, near Yarra Boulevard and Melbourne Girls College. Kevin Bartlett Reserve (named after former VFL/AFL star Kevin Bartlett) houses a number of playing fields and a sporting complex. Burnley Public Golf Course services local residents and other Melburnians. Education. Burnley is the 	Burnley, Victoria
26633483	home of the horticulturally focused Burnley campus of the University of Melbourne, which began as the Richmond Survey Paddock in 1850. It is best known by its longtime name Burnley College. Melbourne Girls College, a public school for girls also located in Burnley, uses the land of the former Richmond High School, which was the site of controversial protests in 1993 when it was closed by the Kennett Government. Sport. Burnley is home to Richmond Soccer Club which play in the Victorian State League Division 1. They play their home matches at Kevin Bartlett Reserve. Collingwood City Soccer Club are 	Burnley, Victoria
26633484	also locate at Kevin Bartlett Reserve. Industry. It houses the studios of radio stations SEN 1116 and former radio station Melbourne Talk Radio and until 2011, it was the home of television studios of GTV-9, on Bendigo Street. The GTV-9 site is being re-developed in 2012 by the Lend Lease Group to create up to 550 new residences. A light industrial park opened in the early 2000s (decade), housing GE Australia and Amrad Pharmaceutical Research. In 2006, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was built adjacent to the exit of the Burnley Tunnel. More recently commercial business park 	Burnley, Victoria
26633485	- Botanicca was constructed on Swan Street in the 2010s to house the head offices of David Jones and Country Road Group along with Harris Scarfe and Forever New. The complex also has a 4-star boutique hotel Element by Westin. he Burnley (eastern) end of Swan Street is notable for its many new and second-hand building supply and furniture shops. Hotels in Burnley include the Rising Sun and the Grand (which also contains a highly rated restaurant). Demographics. In the 2016 Census, there were 769 people in Burnley. 74.8% of people were born in Australia and 83.6% of people 	Burnley, Victoria
26633486	spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 50.2% and Catholic 18.0%. Transport. Burnley is serviced by train, with the Burnley railway station located near the corner of Swan Street and Burnley Street and parallel with Madden Grove. Friday 19 December 2008 saw the station re-opened as a Premium station, staffed first train to last. Burnley is also serviced by the tram route 70, along Swan Street. Burnley gives its name to the CityLink Burnley Tunnel, which has an outbound exit in Burnley, leading to Barkly Avenue and Burnley Street. The final section 	Burnley, Victoria
26633487	of Citylink was opened in December 2000. There is also an inbound/outbound entry from the Monash Freeway, at Yarra Bend Boulevard and another inbound entry at the Barkly Avenue, Gibdon Street and Twickenham Grove intersection. Burnley, Victoria Burnley is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 Census, Burnley had a population of 769. Burnley has the Yarra River as its southern and eastern boundaries. The other boundaries are Bridge Road to the north and Burnley Street to the west	Burnley, Victoria
26633488	Clifton Hill, Victoria Clifton Hill, Victoria Clifton Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km north-east of the Melbourne central business district. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 Census, Clifton Hill had a population of 6,341. Described in the 1880s as the Toorak of Collingwood", Clifton Hill fell out of favour, along with much of inner Melbourne, by the mid 20th century. Later becoming a centre of Melbourne's bohemianism, the suburb has undergone rapid gentrification in recent years, with renewed interest in its inner city location and well preserved Victorian and Edwardian housing  stock. Clifton Hill now considered one of Melbourne's most liveable suburbs, and is consequently becoming increasingly less affordable, with the median property price increasing from 112% to 160% of the Melbourne metropolitan median in the decade to 1996, and 180% (AUD1.48 million) by 2017. Clifton Hill is located immediately adjacent to Fitzroy North, with which it shares the same postcode. Along with Carlton North and Fitzroy North, Clifton Hill has unusually spacious and picturesque streets, being part of a well preserved government subdivision laid out by Clement Hodgkinson in the 1860s, and most unlike the smaller crowded streets of  the majority of inner Melbourne. The border between Clifton Hill and Fitzroy North is Queens Parade and Smith Street while Clifton Hill's border with Collingwood is Alexandra Parade. Merri Creek defines the eastern and northern borders of Clifton Hill with Northcote and Fairfield. History. Foundation of East Collingwood. In the mid-1850s, East Collingwood was known as an unsanitary flood-prone polluted flat. It was 'Melbourne's multi-problem suburb', described as "An ideal case study in the origins of pollution. The residents were soon wading in (their) own muck ... Collingwood became a cesspool for refuse." The area was "akin  to a swamp and the few who ventured forth were looked upon after their return as people who had performed a somewhat perilous journey." The municipality of East Collingwood was proclaimed on 24 April 1855 by Collingwood's businessmen to improve the district, initially only including the areas which would later be known as Collingwood and Abbotsford. The municipality was known as East Collingwood, as, at the time, the term 'Collingwood' included what is now known as Fitzroy, then a ward of the City of Melbourne and later becoming the City of Fitzroy. Annexation. In the 1850s, the land that  would become Clifton Hill was crown land, but unincorporated, serviced by unsurveyed tracks leading to Northcote and bounded by the surveyed roads of Heidelberg Road and Hoddle Street, which provided access to private quarries in the area, which is between Ramsden and Roseneath Streets, Clifton Hill nowadays, as well as the City of Melbourne quarry, located between Yambla Street and the Merri Creek. Within a few months, the East Collingwood Local Committee sought permission for East Collingwood to annex what is now Clifton Hill. This annexation was controversial. Henry Groom, a City of Melbourne Councillor, declared, not surprisingly, "The freeholders  of Clifton Hill have no desire to depreciate the value of their property by suffering it to be annexed to a swamp which to drain itself would drain our resources." East Collingwood was successful in its acquisition of Clifton Hill, and also unsuccessfully pursued the annexation of Studley Park. This formed the City of Collingwood, which remained essentially intact until it was amalgamated, along with the City of Fitzroy and the City of Richmond, into the City of Yarra in 1994. Early development. While much of Richmond, Fitzroy and Collingwood had been laid out by speculators anxious to increase profits , Clifton Hill was a professionally laid out suburb. Clement Hodgkinson, as Victorian Assistant-Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey (1861–74), was responsible for the government subdivisions of Carlton (1860), North Carlton, North Fitzroy and Clifton Hill (1865–9), Hotham Hill (1866), South and North Parkville (1868–9). Under his supervision, suburban planning employed the grid system used by Robert Hoddle, Hodgkinson's predecessor. Consequently, Smith, Wellington and Hoddle Streets were extended north to connect with Heidelberg Road (now Queens Parade), and planning of Clifton Hill proceeded on a more organised basis than that of the remainder of the municipality, including reservation of  land for public recreation purposes. During the following years, disputes arose as competing interests proposed different locations and routes for infrastructure to be constructed through the municipality, such as major roads and bridges. The North, South, 'flat' and 'slope' of the municipality disputed issues that were all seen to benefit one faction to the detriment of another. A large drain, known as the Reilly Street drain (now located under Alexandra Parade), was constructed to drain the Crown land in Clifton Hill, in order to increase profits for the government when selling the land to private developers. However, this scheme failed  when the drain overflowed onto the Collingwood Flat in the first winter after it was constructed. The Reilly Street drain became notorious and continued to be a hazard as occasionally someone fell in and was drowned. Despite continuing urbanisation and population growth, the municipality remained mostly of rural appearance, with butchers in the south of the municipality holding grazing leases on Crown land in Clifton Hill and on the paddocks on the Collingwood Flat. Residential development. As a sentiment of enduring settlement, neighbourhood and civic pride began to develop in the residents of Clifton Hill, demand for public open space  such as sporting grounds and public parks and gardens increased. In 1862, a petition from the 'Municipal District of East Collingwood' was presented to the Legislative Assembly citing the good work of the local Vigilance Committee towards improving Clifton Hill. Often, these reserves also served as common grazing areas when not used for recreational activities. It was at this time that the land that would become the Darling Gardens was reserved. The land in Clifton Hill began to be sold in 1864 and the area boomed, along with the rest of Melbourne, in the 1880s. Between, it was reported, 'the  progress ... was almost a backward one. It truly was "a howling wilderness". Clifton Hill received its current name, distinguishing it from the remainder of Collingwood, from Clifton Farm, one of the first properties in the area. The word "Hill" was added by land developer John Knipe to spruik his new estate, the first subdivision of which, being 64 freehold properties, was auctioned by Knipe, George and Co. on 18 September 1871. During the 1880s boom, the population of Collingwood increased by half, from 23,829 (1881) to 35,070 (1891), and the number of dwellings rose from nearly 5,000 to 7,000. As  most of the remainder of the municipality had already been developed, this mainly represented the urbanisation of Clifton Hill. By the end of the 1880s, the area was described as "a residential suburb... which has of late years been extensively built on with a good class of houses and numerous handsome shops. It has an elevated position, and commands an excellent view of the metropolis." The district was soon "covered with innumerable cottages of the comfortable working classes; street after street; row after row, of these neat brick buildings." The Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company's cable tramway reached Clifton Hill  in 1887, providing convenient transport to the commercial district of Smith Street, Collingwood, Bourke Street in the City Centre, as well as spurring development of the local Queens Parade commercial district around the tram terminus. The elevated location, planned wide streets and calibre of housing resulted in Clifton Hill being described in the 1886 as "The Toorak of Collingwood". Later development. Clifton Hill's residential attraction lessened entering the 20th century as middle class housing grew and industry took up land for factories, mostly in the South of the suburb, adjacent to Alexandra Parade. By the 1960s, the number of  intrusive blocks of flats were built, particularly on prominent streets such as South Terrace, overlooking the Darling Gardens. By the late 20th century, the amenity laid down during development in the 1880s was recognised once more, and Clifton Hill underwent rapid gentrification, with the median property price increasing from 112% to 160% of the Melbourne metropolitan median in the decade to 1996, and 180% by 2017. Furthermore, by this time, the majority of industry had closed or moved elsewhere, freeing industrial sites for residential redevelopment. The former City of Melbourne Quarry at the corner of Ramsden and Yambla Streets, which  had become a tip by the 1960s, had been redeveloped into an attractive park, including an adventure playground and skate park, further adding to the amenity of the area. Little Hollywood. The intersection between Queens Parade and Gold Street was referred to by locals as "Little Hollywood". However, because of development and badly leased commercial properties most of the film makers in recent years have moved to the neighbouring suburb of Fitzroy. Particularly, the "Hollywood End" of Gertrude Street. Description. Accommodation in this leafy suburb consists largely of single and double storey Victorian and Edwardian era dwellings, comprising a mixture  of free standing houses, and semi-attached rows of terraces. The suburb is a relatively intact example of late 19th century and early 20th century development, and is now almost completely protected by heritage planning controls. Hoddle Street bisects the suburb, dividing it into western and eastern precincts. The suburb is well served by parks and gardens, including Darling Gardens and Mayor's Park (western precinct) and Quarries Park (eastern precinct). An attractive local shopping strip is located along Queens Parade, on the border with Fitzroy North, consisting of mainly Victorian era shopfronts in a reasonable state of preservation. Dwelling  density in Clifton Hill is significantly lower than the remainder of the former City of Collingwood, which also included the suburbs of Collingwood and Abbotsford. Transport. Major road arteries passing through the suburb include Queens Parade, Heidelberg Road, Alexandra Parade and Hoddle Street. The Eastern Freeway terminates at Alexandra Parade, and provides access to the outer Eastern and Southeastern suburbs. Clifton Hill railway station forms the junction between the Mernda and Hurstbridge railway lines, and is located at the corner of Hoddle and Ramsden Streets, opposite Mayors Park and the Darling Gardens. Express and stopping all stations services frequently operate  from the station, taking between 9 and 12 minutes to Flinders Street in the city centre. Tram route 86 runs along Queens Parade, and provides access to Smith Street and Bourke Street in the centre of the city and to Docklands and Bundoora. Several bus routes run along Hoddle Street and interchange at the railway station. Crime. Clifton Hill was the site of the 1987 Hoddle Street massacre, in which 19-year-old Julian Knight embarked on the 45-minute shooting spree killing seven people and injuring 19 before being arrested by police. Otherwise, Clifton Hill is seen as a  relatively safe suburb and was ranked as the 11th most liveable suburb in Melbourne by Domain.com.au. Clifton Hill, Victoria Clifton Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km north-east of the Melbourne central business district. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 Census, Clifton Hill had a population of 6,341. Described in the 1880s as the "Toorak of Collingwood", Clifton Hill fell out of favour, along with much of inner Melbourne, by the mid 20th century. Later becoming a centre of Melbourne's bohemianism, the suburb has undergone rapid gentrification in recent