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'''Avondale Heights''' is a suburb 11&nbsp;km north-west of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. Its [[local government area]] is the [[City of Moonee Valley]]. At the [[Census in Australia#2016|2016 Census]], Avondale Heights had a population of 11,633.<ref name=ABS2016/>
'''Avondale Heights''' is a suburb in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|11|km|abbr=on}} north-west of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Moonee Valley]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Avondale Heights recorded a population of 12,388 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>


Avondale Heights is located on a plateau bounded by a large bend of the [[Maribyrnong River]] to the east, south, and west, and to the north by Buckley Street.
Avondale Heights is located on a [[plateau]] bounded by a large bend of the [[Maribyrnong River]] to the east, south, and west, and to the north by Buckley Street.


The suburb derives its name from the ''Avondale Estate''. Originally known as ''Maribyrnong West'', when the Council undertook to change the name, postal authorities drew attention to the existence of Avondale in [[Queensland]]. The suburb was therefore called Avondale Heights to distinguish it from the Queensland town.
The suburb derives its name from the ''Avondale Estate''. Originally known as ''Maribyrnong West'', when the Council undertook to change the name, postal authorities drew attention to the existence of [[Avondale, Queensland|Avondale]] in [[Queensland]]. The suburb was therefore called Avondale Heights to distinguish it from the Queensland town.


[[Walter Burley Griffin]] and [[Marion Mahony Griffin]] prepared plans for part of the area: Milleara Estate in the north (also known as City View) in the 1920s. One objective of their design was to remake suburbia and society. They did this through creating internal gardens where communities could both physical and socially bind together. They imagined children's playgrounds, social centres, nature reserves and links with an intricate system of pedestrian ways. Interviewed in Melbourne in 1913, Griffin spoke of internal reserves as;
[[Walter Burley Griffin]] and [[Marion Mahony Griffin]] prepared plans for part of the area: Milleara Estate in the north (also known as City View) in the 1920s. One objective of their design was to remake suburbia and society. They did this through creating internal gardens where communities could both physically and socially bind together. They imagined children's playgrounds, social centres, nature reserves and links with an intricate system of pedestrian ways. Interviewed in Melbourne in 1913, Griffin spoke of internal reserves as:
<blockquote>'…favourite playgrounds. Here all the children from the different houses can play together, where their mothers can see them, and where they are safe from the motor traffic in the streets.'</blockquote> The streets are designed in a curvilinear way typical of the Griffin's design, often following the topography of the land.
<blockquote>...favourite playgrounds. Here all the children from the different houses can play together, where their mothers can see them, and where they are safe from the motor traffic in the streets.</blockquote>


The streets are designed in a curvilinear way typical of Griffin's design, often following the topography of the land.
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There is only one main road - Military Road which runs from Canning Street and Maribyrnong Road, then becoming Milleara Road. There are about 40 shops at the Canning Street end (including Raglan street) and 20 at the other end, near the St Martin De Porres Primary School.

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There is only one main road – Military Road which runs from Canning Street and Maribyrnong Road, then becoming Milleara Road at the Avondale Heights Police Station. There are about 40 shops at the Canning Street end (including Raglan Street) and 20 at the other end, near the [[Martin de Porres|St Martin De Porres]] Primary School.


==History==
==History==


Prior to European colonisation of Melbourne, the [[Wurundjeri]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] people of the [[Kulin nation]] moved through the area. Evidence has been found of human occupation for at least 18,000 years. On 10 October 1940, Mr. James White dug up an ancient human skull, (now known as the Keilor Cranium) on the banks of the Maribyrnong River. This skull has been found to be more than 8,000 years and less than 15,800 years old.
Prior to European colonisation of Melbourne, the [[Wurundjeri]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] people of the [[Kulin nation]] moved through the area. Evidence has been found of human occupation for at least 18,000 years. On 10 October 1940, James White dug up an ancient human skull (now known as the Keilor Cranium) on the banks of the Maribyrnong River. This skull has been found to be between 8,000 and 15,800 years old.


In 1803 [[Charles Grimes (surveyor)|Charles Grimes]], the [[New South Wales]] Surveyor General, sailed up the [[Yarra River]] in the ''Buffalo'' and sent a rowing boat to explore the 'Saltwater River', as the Maribyrnong was then called. The rowing boat reached a place now known as ''Solomon's Ford'', and could go no further.
In 1803 [[Charles Grimes (surveyor)|Charles Grimes]], the [[New South Wales]] Surveyor General, sailed up the [[Yarra River]] in the ''Buffalo'' and sent a rowing boat to explore the 'Saltwater River', as the Maribyrnong was then called. The rowing boat reached a rocky, shallow area now known as ''Solomon's Ford'', and could go no further.


In 1835 with the initial settlement of Melbourne, Edmund Davis Fergusson and Michael Solomon established a pastoral holding in the Avondale [[Sunshine, Victoria|Sunshine]] area. On Solomon's sheep station the ford now near the west end of Canning Street soon became known as ''Solomon's Ford''. This was the lowest crossing point on the Saltwater (Maribyrnong) River, and was for many years the only way from Melbourne to [[Geelong]] and further west.
In 1835 with the initial settlement of Melbourne, Edmund Davis Fergusson and Michael Solomon established a pastoral holding in the Avondale-[[Sunshine, Victoria|Sunshine]] area. On Solomon's sheep station the ford, now at the west end of Canning Street, soon became known as ''Solomon's Ford''. This was the lowest crossing point on the Saltwater (Maribyrnong) River, and was for many years the only overland route from Melbourne to [[Geelong]] and further west. The [[Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works|MMBW]] reconstructed the ford and the riverbanks nearby in the 1980s, adding large basalt boulders to form stepping stones across the river. Today this ford is one of the last remaining fords in the Melbourne metropolitan area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maribyrnong Heritage Review Canning Street Ford (Solomon's Ford) |url=http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/5242 |website=Maribyrnong Heritage Review}}</ref>


During [[World War I]] the Canning Street bridge was known as Cordite Bridge as it led to the Department of Defence Explosives Factory. A password was necessary to cross the bridge during the war. During [[World War II]] a night curfew was imposed on the river and a boom was put into place to hinder access.
During [[World War I]] the Canning Street bridge was known as Cordite Bridge as it led to the Department of Defence Explosives Factory. A password was necessary to cross the bridge during the war. During [[World War II]] a night curfew was imposed on the river and a boom was put into place to hinder access.


Tourists from Melbourne were attracted to the area with the construction of the elaborate and popular Riverview Tea Gardens in 1909. These grew to include sportsgrounds, kiosks, a dance hall and aviaries. Guests stopped here on their pleasure cruises, and the venue reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s-1930s. The Tea Gardens were closed during World War II and fell into disrepair. Nothing of them remains today, but the riverfront area is still used for recreation, having become Tea Gardens Reserve.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maribyrnong River (Maribyrnong) - Nature - |url=https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/maribyrnong-river-maribyrnong |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au}}</ref>
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During the 1930s the district was subdivided into small dairy and cattle farms, with some poultry farming. Even into the 1960s market gardens and small dairy farms operated in the area. In the late 1960s housing development changed the area into a residential suburb with views of Melbourne city from the plateau. Avondale Heights Post Office opened on 9 December 1957 as the suburb developed (A Maribyrnong West office had been open between 1943 and 1947).<ref name = "PostOffice">{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008}}</ref>


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During the 1930s the district was subdivided into small dairy and cattle farms, with some poultry farming. Even into the 1960s market gardens and small dairy farms operated in the area. In the late 1960s housing development changed the area into a residential suburb with views of Melbourne city from the plateau. The Avondale Heights Post Office opened on 9 December 1957 as the suburb developed (A Maribyrnong West office had been open between 1943 and 1947).<ref name = "PostOffice">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Avondale*Heights* | access-date = 13 April 2021}}</ref>
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It was announced in 2008, that Avondale Heights was set to experience its largest urbanisation initiative since the formation of the area as a suburb. This was due to the sale of the old [[Kangan Batman TAFE]] site to private investors, to develop median density residential housing. On 26 May 2015, Moonee Valley City Council issued a planning permit for 135 new homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.places.vic.gov.au/land-and-housing/avondale-heights|title=Avondale Heights|last=Victoria|first=Places|date=2014-09-09|website=www.places.vic.gov.au|language=English|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref>


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It was announced in 2008 that Avondale Heights was set to experience its largest urbanisation initiative since the formation of the area as a suburb. This was due to the sale of the old [[Kangan Batman TAFE]] site to private investors, to develop medium density housing. On 26 May 2015, Moonee Valley City Council issued a planning permit for 135 new homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.places.vic.gov.au/land-and-housing/avondale-heights|title=Avondale Heights|last=Victoria|first=Places|date=2014-09-09|website=www.places.vic.gov.au|language=English|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref>
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==Transport==


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==Transport==
Four [[List of Melbourne bus routes|bus routes]] service the suburb:
[[File:Riverview tea gardens, Avondale Heights, 1910s-1930s.jpg|thumb|274x274px|The Riverview Tea Gardens drew visitors to what would become Avondale Heights from 1909-1939]]Four [[List of Melbourne bus routes|bus routes]] service the suburb:


*''' 406''' [[Footscray, Victoria|Footscray]] – [[Keilor East, Victoria|East Keilor]] via Victoria University, Highpoint SC, Avondale Heights (every day). Operated by [[CDC Melbourne]].
*''' 406''' [[Footscray, Victoria|Footscray]] – [[Keilor East, Victoria|East Keilor]] via [[Victoria University, Melbourne|Victoria University]], [[Highpoint Shopping Centre|Highpoint SC]], Avondale Heights (every day). Operated by [[CDC Melbourne]].
*''' 407''' [[Highpoint Shopping Centre|Highpoint SC]] – Avondale Heights via Milleara Mall SC (Monday to Saturday). Operated by CDC Melbourne.
*''' 407''' [[Highpoint Shopping Centre|Highpoint SC]] – Avondale Heights via Milleara Mall SC (Monday to Saturday). Operated by CDC Melbourne.
*''' 465''' [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]] – [[Keilor Park, Victoria|Keilor Park]] via Buckley Street, Milleara SC, Keilor East (every day). Operated by [[Ryan Brothers Bus Service]].
*''' 465''' [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]] – [[Keilor Park, Victoria|Keilor Park]] via Buckley Street, Milleara SC, [[Keilor East, Victoria|Keilor East]] (every day). Operated by [[Ryan Brothers Bus Service]].
*''' 903''' [[Altona, Victoria|Altona]] – Mordialloc SC via Essendon, Northland SC, Box Hill, Chadstone SC (every day). Operated by [[Ventura Bus Lines]] and CDC Melbourne.
*''' 903''' [[Altona, Victoria|Altona]] – [[Mordialloc, Victoria|Mordialloc]] SC via [[Essendon railway station|Essendon]], [[Northland Shopping Centre|Northland SC]], [[Box Hill railway station, Melbourne|Box Hill]], [[Chadstone Shopping Centre|Chadstone SC]] (every day). Operated by [[Kinetic Melbourne]].


Recreational and commuter cyclists have easy access to the [[Maribyrnong River Trail]] along the Maribyrnong River.
Cyclists and walkers have easy access to the [[Maribyrnong River Trail]] along the Maribyrnong River.


There is no tram route through Avondale Heights - the closest ends in [[Maribyrnong, Victoria|Maribyrnong]]. An extension of the tram route from [[Highpoint Shopping Centre]]
There is no tram route through Avondale Heights - the closest is the [[Melbourne tram route 67|route 57 tram]] which ends in [[Maribyrnong, Victoria|Maribyrnong]].


==Sport==
==Sport==
*Avondale Heights has an [[Australian Rules]] football team playing in the [[Essendon District Football League]].<ref name = "footy">{{Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Avondale Heights | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/avondale_heights.htm | accessdate = 15 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081227070134/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/avondale_heights.htm | archive-date = 27 December 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Avondale Heights has an [[Australian Rules]] football team playing in the [[Essendon District Football League]].<ref name = "footy">{{Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Avondale Heights | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/avondale_heights.htm | access-date = 15 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081227070134/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/avondale_heights.htm | archive-date = 27 December 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[Avondale FC|Avondale Heights Soccer Club]] play in the [[National Premier Leagues Victoria|National Premier League of Victoria]]
* [[Avondale FC|Avondale Heights Soccer Club]] play in the [[National Premier Leagues Victoria|National Premier League of Victoria]][[File:Avondale Heights.jpg|thumb|Suburban streets in Avondale Heights near the Maribyrnong River. Melbourne CBD visible in distance.|274x274px]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120317034354/http://www.avondaleheightscricket.org/ Avondale Heights Cricket Team]
* Avondale Heights Cricket Team
*Avondale Heights Basketball Team named the 'Flying Sparrows' after long time great basketballer player [[Michael Jordan]].
* Avondale Heights Basketball Team named the 'Flying Sparrows' after long time great basketballer player [[Michael Jordan]].
*Avondale Raiders Basketball Team, a Junior Basketball Club in the Keilor Basketball Association
* Avondale Raiders Basketball Team, a Junior Basketball Club in the Keilor Basketball Association


==Notable residents==
==Notable residents==
* [[Shane Jacobson]], Actor, Director, Writer and Comedian.<ref>https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/first-base-shane-jacobson/{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Shane Jacobson]], actor, director, writer and comedian<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/first-base-shane-jacobson/| title = Reference at www.theweeklyreview.com.au}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Matthew Lloyd]], Ex AFL footballer, [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
* [[Matthew Lloyd]], Ex AFL footballer, [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
* [[Frederick Valentich]], who disappeared in the apparent UFO incident over [[Bass Strait]] in 1978.
* [[Frederick Valentich]], a pilot who disappeared over [[Bass Strait]] in 1978
* Borce Ristevski, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife, Karen Ristevski in 2016.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/borce-ristevski-jailed-for-manslaughter-of-wife-karen/11020540</ref>
* Borce Ristevski, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife, Karen Ristevski in 2016<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/borce-ristevski-jailed-for-manslaughter-of-wife-karen/11020540| title = Borce Ristevski sentenced to nine years in jail for killing wife Karen in unexplained manslaughter - ABC News| newspaper = ABC News| date = 18 April 2019}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[City of Keilor]] - the former local government area of which Avondale Heights was a part
* [[City of Keilor]] – Avondale Heights was previously within this former local government area.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
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Latest revision as of 10:29, 23 March 2024

Avondale Heights
Melbourne, Victoria
Avondale Heights is located in Melbourne
Avondale Heights
Avondale Heights
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
Map
Coordinates37°45′43″S 144°51′47″E / 37.762°S 144.863°E / -37.762; 144.863
Population12,388 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density2,294/km2 (5,940/sq mi)
Postcode(s)3034
Elevation45 m (148 ft)
Area5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Standort11 km (7 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)City of Moonee Valley
State electorate(s)Niddrie
Federal division(s)Maribyrnong
Suburbs around Avondale Heights:
Keilor East Keilor East Essendon West
Sunshine North Avondale Heights Maribyrnong
Braybrook Braybrook Maidstone, Maribyrnong

Avondale Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km (6.8 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Avondale Heights recorded a population of 12,388 at the 2021 census.[1]

Avondale Heights is located on a plateau bounded by a large bend of the Maribyrnong River to the east, south, and west, and to the north by Buckley Street.

The suburb derives its name from the Avondale Estate. Originally known as Maribyrnong West, when the Council undertook to change the name, postal authorities drew attention to the existence of Avondale in Queensland. The suburb was therefore called Avondale Heights to distinguish it from the Queensland town.

Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin prepared plans for part of the area: Milleara Estate in the north (also known as City View) in the 1920s. One objective of their design was to remake suburbia and society. They did this through creating internal gardens where communities could both physically and socially bind together. They imagined children's playgrounds, social centres, nature reserves and links with an intricate system of pedestrian ways. Interviewed in Melbourne in 1913, Griffin spoke of internal reserves as:

...favourite playgrounds. Here all the children from the different houses can play together, where their mothers can see them, and where they are safe from the motor traffic in the streets.

The streets are designed in a curvilinear way typical of Griffin's design, often following the topography of the land.

There is only one main road – Military Road which runs from Canning Street and Maribyrnong Road, then becoming Milleara Road at the Avondale Heights Police Station. There are about 40 shops at the Canning Street end (including Raglan Street) and 20 at the other end, near the St Martin De Porres Primary School.

History

[edit]

Prior to European colonisation of Melbourne, the Wurundjeri Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation moved through the area. Evidence has been found of human occupation for at least 18,000 years. On 10 October 1940, James White dug up an ancient human skull (now known as the Keilor Cranium) on the banks of the Maribyrnong River. This skull has been found to be between 8,000 and 15,800 years old.

In 1803 Charles Grimes, the New South Wales Surveyor General, sailed up the Yarra River in the Buffalo and sent a rowing boat to explore the 'Saltwater River', as the Maribyrnong was then called. The rowing boat reached a rocky, shallow area now known as Solomon's Ford, and could go no further.

In 1835 with the initial settlement of Melbourne, Edmund Davis Fergusson and Michael Solomon established a pastoral holding in the Avondale-Sunshine area. On Solomon's sheep station the ford, now at the west end of Canning Street, soon became known as Solomon's Ford. This was the lowest crossing point on the Saltwater (Maribyrnong) River, and was for many years the only overland route from Melbourne to Geelong and further west. The MMBW reconstructed the ford and the riverbanks nearby in the 1980s, adding large basalt boulders to form stepping stones across the river. Today this ford is one of the last remaining fords in the Melbourne metropolitan area.[2]

During World War I the Canning Street bridge was known as Cordite Bridge as it led to the Department of Defence Explosives Factory. A password was necessary to cross the bridge during the war. During World War II a night curfew was imposed on the river and a boom was put into place to hinder access.

Tourists from Melbourne were attracted to the area with the construction of the elaborate and popular Riverview Tea Gardens in 1909. These grew to include sportsgrounds, kiosks, a dance hall and aviaries. Guests stopped here on their pleasure cruises, and the venue reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s-1930s. The Tea Gardens were closed during World War II and fell into disrepair. Nothing of them remains today, but the riverfront area is still used for recreation, having become Tea Gardens Reserve.[3]

During the 1930s the district was subdivided into small dairy and cattle farms, with some poultry farming. Even into the 1960s market gardens and small dairy farms operated in the area. In the late 1960s housing development changed the area into a residential suburb with views of Melbourne city from the plateau. The Avondale Heights Post Office opened on 9 December 1957 as the suburb developed (A Maribyrnong West office had been open between 1943 and 1947).[4]

It was announced in 2008 that Avondale Heights was set to experience its largest urbanisation initiative since the formation of the area as a suburb. This was due to the sale of the old Kangan Batman TAFE site to private investors, to develop medium density housing. On 26 May 2015, Moonee Valley City Council issued a planning permit for 135 new homes.[5]

Transport

[edit]
The Riverview Tea Gardens drew visitors to what would become Avondale Heights from 1909-1939

Four bus routes service the suburb:

Cyclists and walkers have easy access to the Maribyrnong River Trail along the Maribyrnong River.

There is no tram route through Avondale Heights - the closest is the route 57 tram which ends in Maribyrnong.

Sport

[edit]

Notable residents

[edit]

See also

[edit]
  • City of Keilor – Avondale Heights was previously within this former local government area.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Avondale Heights (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Maribyrnong Heritage Review Canning Street Ford (Solomon's Ford)". Maribyrnong Heritage Review.
  3. ^ "Maribyrnong River (Maribyrnong) - Nature -". www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 13 April 2021
  5. ^ Victoria, Places (9 September 2014). "Avondale Heights". www.places.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  6. ^ Full Points Footy, Avondale Heights, archived from the original on 27 December 2008, retrieved 15 April 2009
  7. ^ "Reference at www.theweeklyreview.com.au".[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Borce Ristevski sentenced to nine years in jail for killing wife Karen in unexplained manslaughter - ABC News". ABC News. 18 April 2019.
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