Templestowe, Victoria
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Templestowe is a suburb of
The suburb has a number of natural attractions, including parklands, contrasted with large shopping malls.
Geography
Templestowe is located in the north-eastern area of Melbourne. Templestowe is bordered by the Yarra River, King Street, Victoria Street, Blackburn Road and some parks.
Gentle, rolling hills extend from east of the Yarra River flood plains, along Templestowe Road (towards the
Climate
Most of the area corresponds to the climate recorded in Melbourne, though some variation has been recorded in the hills to the north-east. [citation needed]
Geology
A report from
at the better geological sections... [there are] folded rocks, which were originally soft mudstones, but now hardened by the forces induced through [lateral] pressure, often sheared and thrust out of position. The saddleback thus produced naturally opened out at the summit of the old, and the cracks that were formed w[h]ere [w]ater filled in with milky quartz veins... [are now, after being mined] full of cavities which were once occupied...
History
The land to the east of Melbourne was inhabited by the Wurundjeri people, who had lived in the Yarra River Valley and its tributaries for 40,000 years.[7] Europeans first began to settle in the mid-1830s, and George Langhorne, a missionary in Port Phillip from 1836 to 1839, noted that a substantial monetary trade with the new settlers was "well established" by 1838: "A considerable number of the Aboriginal people obtain food and clothing for themselves by shooting the Menura pheasant or Bullun-Bullun for the sake of the tails, which they sell to the whites."[8] The increasingly rapid acquisition of guns, the lure of exotic foods and a societal emphasis on maintaining kin relationships meant they weren't attracted to the mission.[9]
In the 1850s, the Aboriginals were granted "permissive occupancy" of
Around 1855, another bridge was built nearby in what is now Lower Plenty, built over the Plenty River.[citation needed] This bridge, made up of bluestone blocks and steel, still stands today and is part of the Plenty River Trail, close to the Heidelberg Golf Club and the Lower Plenty Hotel. It is possible that the Templestowe Bridge was similar in appearance to this.
Founding families
There was an early settlement of Irish and Scottish folk from the ship "Midlothian", through
Pontville Homestead
Pontville is historically and aesthetically significant amongst the early towns, as its landscape contributes to the greater understanding of 1840s agricultural and garden history, as well as for containing numerous relics of aboriginal life. The survival of its formal garden terracing and the presence
In the 1820s [and 1830s], some settlers began to plant the hawthorn hedges that remain part of the Tasmanian landscape today. However, this was also a slow and expensive process. The plants had to survive several months of sea transport from England and one mile of hedgerow required between 8,000 and 10,500 plants. The early hedges were used primarily as windbreaks for the house, and were planted close to it. Before the 1830s, Sharon Morgan writes, 'stone walls were almost unknown, and hedges were rare'.
The property itself (now subdivided) has several remnant plantings of the colonial era, including
Pontville is archaeologically important for the below ground remains inherent in the location of, and the material contained within the archaeological deposits associated with Newman's turf hut and the subsequent homestead building, cottage, associated farm and rubbish deposits. The structures, deposits and associated artefacts are important for their potential to provide an understanding of the conditions in which a squatting family lived in the earliest days of the Port Phillip settlement.[15]
Namesake
The name Templestowe was chosen when a village was proclaimed. Its exact origins are unknown, although a "Templestowe" is mentioned in the book Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott – supposedly modelled after the Temple Newsam preceptory at Leeds.[16] As the village of Ivanhoe was settled immediately prior to Templestowe, it is believed by some that the name was chosen to preserve the literary parallel.
Templestowe Post Office opened on 1 July 1860.[17]
Development
The "River Peel" sculpture was installed in 2001, as part of the Manningham City Gateway Sculpture Project.[18]
Until the expansionism of the 1970s, Templestowe was scarcely populated. Additionally, it was then part of the so-called "green belt" of Melbourne and subdivision into less than 20,000 m2 (2 hectares) was not possible in many parts of the suburb. [citation needed]
Transport
Templestowe lies between two of Melbourne's suburban rail lines, (the
Suburban development began in earnest in the 1970s and, while there is still no rail service, there is now a
Following the 2008 Eddington Report into improving east–west travel in the Melbourne area, which included 20 recommendations for the eastern suburban area, the professor of public transport,[21] at Monash University, Graham Currie, gave his support to expanding the bus transit system (eight older vehicles were replaced in 2007)[22] and argued the need for rapid-transit bus lanes throughout the City of Manningham as an alternative to developing light and heavy rail. That involves "separate road space so [specialised buses] don't have to wait in traffic or at traffic lights" as a solution to road congestion, without need for the extension of tram route 48 to Doncaster Hill, favoured by the Manningham City Council.[23]
Education
There are currently five
Sport
The suburb has an
The Bulleen Templestowe Amateur Football Club competes in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).[25] The "Bullants" are a proud family club, who have had some recent premiership success at senior level (2004, 2008, 2012). The Reserves side were also Premiers in 2012, making it a very successful year for the club after building upon the success of their Under 19's who were Premiers in 2011.[26] The club were promoted to Division 1 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association for the 2013 season.
The suburb also had a cricket team, the Templestowe Cricket Club, competing in the Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association. The two football clubs and the cricket club share use of the Templestowe Reserve.
Notable people
- Laura Brock - soccer player
- Karmein Chan - murdered girl
- Percy Chivers - cricketer
- David Davies - artist
- Roland Duncan - Australian rules footballer
- Alphonse Gangitano - criminal
- Matthew Guy - politician
- Brian Quinn - businessman
Sister cities
- Zahra, Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait
See also
- City of Doncaster and Templestowe– Templestowe was previously within this former local government area.
Footnotes
- ^ Green records that by the 1850s the situation had "got pretty bad for the local Aboriginals, and the [conflict over land] was brought to a head when the local First Nations people were visited by a few relatives from Drouin way. They then started to go on their traditional walkabout route, and much to the consternation of local settlers, began a corroborree at a traditional site in Bulleen, and then moved to Pound Bend [near Warrandyte] where it lasted two weeks. Troopers were ultimately called out when the tribe failed to return to their camp at Pound Bend. A number were arrested and sent to the police stockade at Dandenong. The remainder [there were no more than eighteen remaining in the district at last count, in 1862] were ultimately sent to the new Aboriginal reserve in Healesville, and Templestowe's 'Aboriginal problem' was quickly solved."
- ^ Seven graves of the Newman family were dug up. Poulter notes that Major Charles Newman died in 1863 aged 83 years, as recorded in his death certificate, whereas according to the tombstone he died in 1866 aged 80 years. This suggests that little attention to process was made.
- ^ Which did not qualify for Government aid.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Templestowe (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Postcode 3106 - Templestowe, Victoria (Near Melbourne) - Postcodes Australia".
- ^ "Rabbit control pays off". Manningham Leader. 20 August 2008.
- ^ Allen, Stacy (31 December 2007). "Growth harms waterways". Manningham Leader. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- KiB). Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- The Argus. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- ^ McBriar, Marilyn; Loder and Bayly (October 1985). "Historic Riverland Landscape Assessment" (PDF). Heidelberg Conservation Study Part 2. p. 63.
- ^ Langhorne, George (c. 1839). Aborigines of Port Phillip. Inward Registry, Port Phillip District Authority. p. 229.
- ^ Cahir, Fred (2005). "Dallong (Possum Skin Rugs): A Study of an Inter-Cultural Trade Item in Victoria" (PDF). Provenance (4). Public Record Office Victoria: 2–3. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- KiB). Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ Yallock, Woori; S. Wiencke (1984). When the wattles bloom again: the life and times of William Barak, last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe. p. 52.
- ISBN 0-9500920-9-6.
- ISBN 1-876492-05-8.
- ^ Mullum Mullum Creek Linear Park: Vision, Major Reserves, Bushlinks and Greenlinks Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 January 2008
- ^ Heritage Council of Victoria
- Wood, Edward F. L. (26 September 1922). "Hampton Court of the North: Historic Mansion For Leeds., Preserving Great Traditions". The Times. No. 43146. p. 11.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Anonymous (March 2001). "Melbourne: Public art. (Radar: Projects)". Architecture Australia. 90 (2): 36.
- ^ Stephen Cauchi (February 1998). "Whatever Happened to the Proposed Railway to Doncaster East". Newsrail. 26 (2). Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): 40–44.
- KiB). Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Chair of Public Transport, Department of Civil Engineering". Monash University. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ "Council Information: More buses". Manningham Matters. Manningham City Council. August 2008.
- ^ Heagney, Melissa (15 July 2008). "Roads to nowhere?". Melbourne Weekly Eastern. Fairfax Community Network.
- ^ Full Point Footy. "Eastern Football League". Retrieved 21 October 2008.
- ^ "Home". vafa.com.au.
- ^ "Home". btafc.com.au.
- Ellender, Isabel (1990). "The City of Doncaster and Templestowe: the Archaeological Survey of Aboriginal Sites" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2008. (6853 KiB) Retrieved on 23 August 2008.
- Green, Irvine (1989). Aborigines of Bulleen: The history of the Wurundjeri Tribe who inhabited the area which became the City of Doncaster and Templestowe. Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society. pp. 25–40. ISBN 0-947353-00-3.
- Poulter, Hazel (1985). Templestowe: A Folk History. Templestowe: J. Poulter. pp. 1–55. ISBN 0-949196-00-2.
- William Thomas' map of the Western Port Phillip District. Note that the two pioneer settlements west of the city are described (illegibly) as a group of "various splitters, lum[ber]".