Cremorne, Victoria
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Cremorne is an inner-city suburb in
It is bounded by the Yarra River, Punt Road, Swan and Church Streets, and divided down the middle by the railway to South Yarra. Covering only about a square kilometre, until 1999 Cremorne existed only as a locality in the larger suburb of Richmond. Cremorne's built environment comprises a chaotic mix of uses, a result of being 'walled in' by main roads and railways on all sides. There are industrial icons such as Bryant and May and Rosella factories, and the Nylex Clock, side by side with Victorian cottages, modern townhouses, offices and light industries.
Cremorne takes its name from the Cremorne Gardens, an amusement park which occupied a riverfront location in the western half of Cremorne for a period in the mid 19th century.
History
Cremorne was named after the Cremorne Gardens in London, a popular pleasure ground in England, which derived its name from the Old Irish words Crích Mugdornd (modern Irish: Críoch Mhúrn), meaning 'boundary' or 'chieftain' of Mugdornd.[5] Cremorne, the Anglicisation of the Gaelic name Críoch Mhúrn,[6] roughly meaning the 'Bounds of Mourne', was a barony in County Monaghan from which an Irish peer, The 1st Viscount Cremorne, took his title. Lord Cremorne gave his name to his London residence in what became the Cremorne Gardens. Other sources claim[7] that rather than referring to a Chieftain, it refers to the territorial area of an ancient tribal group in County Monaghan.
Cremorne was established as six allotments of crown land in 1839 only 5 years after the subdivision of Melbourne's CBD by
Although Cremorne was a largely residential area in its early history, the banks of the Yarra became home to many so-called noxious industries, such as tanneries and soap makers, as well as the
The residential areas increasingly became slums, and some parts were threatened with clearance. Well-known Melbourne criminal Dennis Allen owned about a dozen homes in Cremorne, which were used for a variety of illicit purposes. One was demolished in 1989 by police searching for evidence in the Walsh Street police shootings. It had earlier been seized by the Australian Taxation Office. Other shadowy businesses in Cremorne Street in the 1970s included a brothel, a door-to-door business selling fraudulent oil paintings, and clothing sweatshops.
Things started to change in the 1990s however. The inner city became a desirable residential location again and large industries found it uneconomic to operate in inner urban areas. The Richmond Power Station, and the Bryant and May and Rosella factories, were all converted to office space. Businesses such as
Population
In the 2016 census, there were 2,018 people in Cremorne. 69.3% of people were born in Australia and 81.4% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion, so described 50.0% and Catholic 17.9%.[15]
Streets of Cremorne
Swan Street is one of Melbourne's most popular
Punt Road is the major north–south link in inner Melbourne and is busy 24 hours a day. Church Street is lined with furniture showrooms.
Transport
From December 1859 until about 1864, there was a railway station called
The junction of the two busiest groups of railway lines in Melbourne is in Cremorne. The lines form an east–west barrier through the area and also cut it off from Richmond to the north. Cremorne has one railway station within its boundaries,
Both Swan and Church Streets have regular tram services.
On the southern border of Cremorne is the Monash Freeway, which makes the Yarra River virtually inaccessible. The suburb is connected to South Yarra by three bridges: the Punt Road Bridge, the Cremorne Railway Bridge and the Church Street Bridge. Freeway exits at Church Street and Punt Road are particularly busy. Balmain Street and Cremorne Street are the main thoroughfares in the suburb, which is characterised by several narrow one-way streets.
See also
- City of Richmond – Cremorne was previously within this former local government area.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cremorne (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "CREMORNE". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 19, 898. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "VICTORIA". Illustrated Sydney News. Vol. I, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 12 November 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia. ...The Argus gives a very lengthened descriptive account of the Cremorne Gardens, at Richmond, in reference to which we give the following short extract:-"They are not only beautiful and pleasant, but, if well conducted, must prove to the general public of this crowded city a means of healthful and rational enjoyment."The gardens will not be formally opened to the public till the first Saturday of December, on which occasion the gross amount of profits will be handed'over by Mr. Ellis, the proprietor, to the Melbourne Hospital, for the benefit of that institution...
- ^ "CREMORNE GARDENS, MELBOURNE". The Courier (Hobart). Vol. XXVII, no. 2107. Tasmania, Australia. 19 November 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130501212105/http://about.nsw.gov.au/view/suburb/Cremorne/%27%27
- ^ "Críoch Mhúrn/Cremorne". logainm.ie. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- JSTOR 27695659.
- ISBN 978-1-925523-51-5.
- ^ "History of gardens". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 632. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 July 1978. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MUMMER MEMOIRS". Sydney Sportsman. Vol. IX, no. 518. New South Wales, Australia. 11 May 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "OLD MELBOURNE : THE SALLE DE VALENTINO". Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil. Vol. IV, no. 40. Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1876. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia. ...James Ellis, the inventor, of Cremorne-gardens both in London and Melbourne, and who only recently passed away...
- ^ "THE Sydney Morning Herald. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1852". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXIII, no. 4812. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Cremorne Gardens and George Coppin". The Age. No. 24, 602. Victoria, Australia. 17 February 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE LAST OF CREMORNE". The Herald. Vol. LXXIII, no. 5309. Victoria, Australia. 10 February 1863. p. 7. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "2016 Census QuickStats Cremorne". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 6 October 2018.