Elsternwick is an inner suburb in
Melbourne
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,
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,
Australia
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, 9 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Glen Eira
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local government area
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. Elsternwick recorded a population of 10,887 at the
2021 census.
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Administrative division
In terms of its cadastral division, Elsternwick is in the parish of Prahran within the County of Bourke.
Location
Elsternwick is bounded by the Nepean Highway
Nepean Highway runs south from St Kilda Junction in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, close to the eastern shore of Port Phillip. It is the primary road route to central Melbourne from Melbourne's southern suburbs.
History
Originally known as A ...
, Elster Avenue, Kooyong Road, Glen Eira Road, and Hotham Street (the continuation of Williams Road).
Formerly Elsternwick covered the area located in the City of Bayside bounded by Head/Bridge Street, Nepean Highway, Glen Huntly Road and St. Kilda Street. This includes the cricket ground (originally the home of the Elsternwick Cricket Club) and currently known as the Sportscover Arena. It is located within the larger area known as Elsternwick Park
Elsternwick Park (currently known by its sponsored name Sportscover Arena) is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The name also refers to the wider parkland in which the mai ...
– located at the junction of the Nepean Highway and Glen Huntly Road
Glen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east–west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie.
Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship ''Glen Huntley' ...
– as is the former Elsternwick Park Golf Course.
Name
In the same way that Ripponlea
Ripponlea is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. Ripponlea recorded a population of 1,532 at the 202 ...
took its name from the Rippon Lea Estate
Rippon Lea Estate is a heritage-listed historic house and gardens located in Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the care of the National Trust of Australia. It was added to the Australian National Heritage List on 11 August 20 ...
of Sir Frederick Sargood, Elsternwick took its name from the largest property in the district: Charles Ebden
Charles Hotson Ebden (1811 – 28 October 1867) was an Australian pastoralist and politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the
Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Ebden ...
's house ''Elster'' (''Elster'' is German for ""). The area was previously known as Red Bluff.
The creek nearby became known as the Elster Creek; and, when a village grew up on the creek, the Anglo-Saxon suffix 'wick', meaning village, was added.
History
The Elsternwick village was proposed in 185
Elsternwick was originally situated across three municipalities - Caulfield, Brighton and St Kilda. At the end of the 1880s unsuccessful attempts were made for Elsternwick to become administratively independent. Today it is in the Local Government Areas of Victoria, Local Government Area of the City of Glen Eira
The City of Glen Eira is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has an estimated population of 153,858 (51.6% female and 48.4% male). It was formed in 1994 ...
. The postcode is 3185.
Elsternwick village was surveyed in 1856, and Elsternwick Post Office opened on 22 June 1860.
In 1861 a railway line
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, operated by the Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Company
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The proposal met ...
, was built from Melbourne
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to Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
which included a railway station at Elsternwick. The first site of Caulfield Grammar School, founded in 1881, was adjacent to the Elsternwick railway station.
In the 1880s, Elsternwick railway station was also the Melbourne end of the railway line to the large-scale sugar beet processing mill at Rosstown (see Rosstown Railway
The Rosstown Railway was a private railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, running between the current railway stations of Elsternwick, on the Sandringham line, and Oakleigh, on the Pakenham line. The line was built in ...
) – now known as Carnegie – and beyond. This railway was seldom used, and it ceased to function in 1916.
A tramline was opened along Glen Huntly Road in 1889. Another tramline, running between Elsternwick and Point Ormond
Elwood is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip Local government areas of Victoria, ...
, was opened on 4 June 1915, and was closed on 22 October 1960.
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studios in Melbourne were located in Gordon Street. The studios were built during the 1950s and 1960s and were decommissioned in 2017. Many programs were filmed and produced in the studios, such as Countdown
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, Recovery
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Arts and entertainment Books
* ''Recovery'' (novel), a Star Wars e-book
* Recovery Version, a translation of the Bible with footnotes published by Living Stream Ministry
Film and television
* ''Recovery'' (fil ...
and Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight.
Today
Glen Huntly Road
Glen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east–west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie.
Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship ''Glen Huntley' ...
in Elsternwick has a variety of cafés and restaurants. Elsternwick was the home of perhaps the best-known brothel in Australia, and certainly Melbourne; Daily Planet
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, which was the first in the world to be listed on a stock exchange (the Australian Securities Exchange
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).
Hattam (Mens and Boys Wear) Stores, at 383 Glenhuntly Road, a long, narrow shop, is one of the last locations in Australia that still has a Lamson "Rapid Wire" Cash Carrier in place; it connects three locations in the lower section of the shop with the central cashier's desk.
The 2017 season of '' The Block'' was filmed in Regent Street.
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 10,349 people in Elsternwick. 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, India 1.7%, South Africa 1.7% and China 1.5%. 73.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.6%, Hebrew 2.0%, Russian 1.9%, Yiddish 1.8% and Mandarin 1.7%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 35.5%, Catholic 18.0%, and Judaism 17.8%.
Transport
Elsternwick railway station
Elsternwick railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, and it opened on 19 December 1859. on the Sandringham railway line
The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It branches from other southeastern suburban rail lines (inferred as the " Caulfield group") at South Yarra station. It serves the City of Bayside, and small ...
is located on Riddell Parade next to Glen Huntly Road. For a number of years (in the late 1800s and early 1900s) it was also where the Rosstown Railway
The Rosstown Railway was a private railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, running between the current railway stations of Elsternwick, on the Sandringham line, and Oakleigh, on the Pakenham line. The line was built in ...
linked up with the Sandringham railway line.
Melbourne tram route 67
Melbourne tram route 67 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Trams in Melbourne, Melbourne tram network from Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University to Carnegie, Victoria, Carnegie. The 12.7 kilometre route is operated out of Glenhuntl ...
links Elsternwick to the Melbourne city centre
The Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "The City" or "The CBD") is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city la ...
. It travels along Glen Huntly Road
Glen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east–west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie.
Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship ''Glen Huntley' ...
from Carnegie, through Glen Huntly
Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,[Caulfield South
Caulfield South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area. Caulfield South recorded a population of 12,328 at the ...]
to Elsternwick and, then, via Brighton Road and St Kilda Road to the CBD, via Swanston Street
Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of the main streets of the Melbourne central business district and was laid out in 1837 as part of the original Hoddle Grid. The street vertically ...
. It terminates at the University of Melbourne
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.
Sport
The Elsternwick Club Sandham St est 1919 includes Lawn Bowls on Tiff Dwarf green and various function rooms.
The Elsternwick Cricket Club was founded in August 1901. The Elsternwick Main Oval, now known as Sportscover Arena or Elsternwick Park
Elsternwick Park (currently known by its sponsored name Sportscover Arena) is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The name also refers to the wider parkland in which the mai ...
, was established shortly after the club's foundation. The 'Wickas', as the club is affectionately known, plays in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.
Golfers played at Elsternwick Park Golf Club, also known as Royal Elsternwick, on Glen Huntly Road until 2018, when the course closed to be used as passive open space.
The Elsternwick Croquet Club, founded in 1911, is situated in the Hopetoun Gardens.
Schools
State Schools
The Elsternwick Primary School – once officially located in "Brickwood Street, Elsternwick" – is now, without any shift in its physical position, officially located in Murphy Street, Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
; and, consequently, the suburb currently has no government schools.
Private Schools
* Wesley College, Melbourne, Wesley College - Elsternwick Campus (formerly: Methodist Ladies' College and Cato College)
* Leibler Yavneh College
* St Joseph's Primary School
Heritage sites
Elsternwick contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 192 Hotham Street: Rippon Lea Estate
Rippon Lea Estate is a heritage-listed historic house and gardens located in Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the care of the National Trust of Australia. It was added to the Australian National Heritage List on 11 August 20 ...
* 2-4 Selwyn Street: Elsternwick Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station
* 84-86 Orrong Road: Union Church
* 6-8 Rusden Street: Elsternwick Tram Substation
* 296-298 Glenhuntly Road & 1A-1B Riddell Parade: Elsternwick Post Office
Notable Elsternwick people
* Hildred Butler (1906–1975), microbiologist, born in Elsternwick.
* Joan Chambers, ''née'' Murray (1930–2016), Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, born in Elsternwick.
* "Chris" Christiansen (1913–2007), radio astronomer and electrical engineer, grew up in Elsternwick.
* Ben Cousins
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Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players of ...
(1978–), former AFL footballer.
* Moira Dynon, ''née'' Shelton (1920–1976), welfare worker and scientist, born in Elsternwick.
* Joyce Evans (1929–2019), photographer, artist, gallery director, born in Elsternwick.
* Ray Groom
Raymond John Groom (born 3 September 1944) is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state mi ...
(1944–), lawyer, sportsman, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
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, born in Elsternwick.
* Joy St. Clair Hester (1920–1960), artist, born in Elsternwick.
* Sir Edwin William Hicks (1910–1984), public servant and diplomat, born in Elsternwick.
* Edward Honey (1885–1922), journalist, born in Elsternwick, suggested the "Two-minute silence
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" observed on 11 November each year.
* Dave Hughes
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He is known for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent, and deadpan comedic delivery.
Hughes co-hosts ''Hughesy, ...
(1970–), comedian; purchased a house built on '' The Block'' 2017.
* Les Johnson (1908–January 1942), Essendon and North Melbourne Footballer, killed in action in World War II, born in Elsternwick.
* William Joynt
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(1889–1986), soldier, printer and publisher, born in Elsternwick.
* Geoffrey Lemprière (1904–1977), woolbuyer and soldier, born in Elsternwick.
* Samuel Mauger (1857–1936), reformer, manufacturer, politician, died in Elsternwick.
* Keith Miller
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(1919–2004), a resident of Elsternwick in his childhood.
* Enid Moodie-Heddle (1904–1991), poet and children's author, born in Elsternwick.
* Sir Alister Murdoch (1912–1984), air force officer, born in Elsternwick.
* Harold Parker (1892–1917), St Kilda footballer, killed in First World War.
* Bill Ponsford
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(1900–1991), a resident in the 1920s and 1930s.
* Peter Rowsthorn (1963–), actor and comedian.
* Roy Schilling (1896–1979), politician, died in Elsternwick.
* Percival Serle
Percival Serle (18 July 1871 – 16 December 1951) was an Australian biographer and bibliographer.
Early life
Serle was born in Elsternwick, Victoria to English parents who had migrated as children and for many years worked in a life assurance ...
(1871–1951), accountant, biographer, and bibliographer, born in Elsternwick.
* George Strickland (1942–), Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, born in Elsternwick.
* Frederick Taylor (1810–1872), squatter and mass murderer.
* Richard Toutcher
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He was born in Maryborough to Charles and Ellen Toutcher and attended the local grammar school. He became a civil servant in the Postal Department, ...
(1861–1941), politician, died in Elsternwick.
* Sir Alexander George Wales (1885–1962), businessman, politician, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, died in Elsternwick.
* Charlie Watts
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Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
(1895–1965), soldier and cleric, born in Elsternwick.
* Harry Llewellyn Williams (1915–1961), champion golfer, born in Elsternwick.
Residential architecture
Image:Lisbon house elsternwick.jpg, "Lisbon House", 70 Orrong Road, is a grand Victorian terrace home.
Image:Remodelled Victorian Terraces - Elsternwick.jpg, 1930s remodelled Victorian terraces, Glen Eira Road (opposite Caulfield Grammar School)
Image:Elsternwick new townhouses & apartment in Horne St.jpg, Elsternwick railway station
Elsternwick railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, and it opened on 19 December 1859. warehouses converted to townhouses and apartment in Horne Street
Image:Elsternwick Retirement Apartment - Victoria By The Park.jpg, Elsternwick Retirement Apartment (Victoria by the Park) next to Hopetoun Gardens
Non-residential architecture
Image:Elsternwick Hotel.jpg, The Elsternwick Hotel (built 1856), corner of Glen Huntly
Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,[Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...]
Roads
Image:Jewish holocaust museum elsternwick.jpg, Jewish
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Holocaust
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Museum, Selwyn Street
Image:Elsternwick post office and caulfield city rifle club.jpg, Former Elsternwick Post Office and former Caulfield City rifle club buildings
Image:Elsternwick Former Fire Station.jpg, Former Elsternwick Fire Station
Image:Tudor Style Building - Elsternwick.jpg, Tudor style dominates Glen Eira shopping village (Corner of Glen Eira & Orrong Roads) in Elsternwick
Open space
Image:Elsternwick Park.jpg, Elsternwick Park Golf Club
Image:Elsternwick Hopetoun Gardens.jpg, Elsternwick Hopetoun Gardens in Glen Huntly Road
Glen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east–west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie.
Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship ''Glen Huntley' ...
(cannons made in England 1866)
Image:Nepean HWY - Elsternwick.jpg, Nepean Highway
Nepean Highway runs south from St Kilda Junction in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, close to the eastern shore of Port Phillip. It is the primary road route to central Melbourne from Melbourne's southern suburbs.
History
Originally known as A ...
in Elsternwick (9 km towards Melbourne CBD
The Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "The City" or "The CBD") is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city lai ...
)
See also
* City of Caulfield
The City of Caulfield was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.
History
Caulfield was incorporated as a road district o ...
– Elsternwick was previously within this former local government area.
* Rosstown Railway
The Rosstown Railway was a private railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, running between the current railway stations of Elsternwick, on the Sandringham line, and Oakleigh, on the Pakenham line. The line was built in ...
* Rosstown Railway Heritage Trail
The Rosstown Railway Heritage Trail is an unusual kind of rail trail, covering the former Rosstown Railway line in Melbourne, Australia. Almost the entire length of the former private railway has been replaced by roads, except for one section of ...
References
External links
Glen Eira City Council
Elsternwick Traders' Association website
- includes a business directory, articles and attractions in Elsternwick
{{City of Glen Eira suburbs
Jews and Judaism in Melbourne
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira
Orthodox Jewish communities
1856 establishments in Australia