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| Yarraville Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 12,726 (2006)1 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3013 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 5.6 km² (2.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $452,000 2 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 6 km (4 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Footscray, Williamstown | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Gellibrand | ||||||||||||
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Yarraville is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong. Formerly a working-class suburb, in recent years it has experienced rapid gentrification due to its close proximity to the Melbourne city centre.
Yarraville lies immediately north of the West Gate Bridge, and immediately west of its namesake, the Yarra River. Features of Yarraville include C.J. Cruickshank Park, Yarraville Oval, Beaton Reserve, Yarraville Gardens, Stony Creek and the Yarraville Village shopping strip.
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Yarraville Village
Located near Yarraville railway station on Anderson and Ballarat Streets, this area of the suburb is renowned in Melbourne for its unique character, architecture and quality of village life. Anderson and Ballarat Streets, in the heart of the Yarraville Village, are lined with refurbished 19th century buildings and dotted with quaint neighbourhood cafés, restaurants and boutique shops.
This village atmosphere is anchored by the restored Sun Theatre and the adjacent Sun bookshop, a prominent landmark in the Yarraville community with its unique art deco architecture and its 6 cinemas. Notable examples of Edwardian and Victorian architecture can be found in Yarraville.
The Yarraville Village is home to many award winning restaurants and cafes. A reflection of Melbourne’s multicultural nature, Yarraville offers an array of world cuisine styles including Greek, Italian, Modern Asian, Cambodian, Chinese and Modern Australian.
Retail shops in the village provide an eclectic shopping experience. From books to the work of a local artist, to quality cloths, shoes, gifts, jewellery, wines and gourmet foods.3
Transportation
Public transport
Yarraville railway station is a suburban train station situated in the centre of the village area, 10 minutes from the Melbourne CBD. Trains servicing the station are by the Werribee and Williamstown railway lines of the Melbourne train network.The station is located near Anderson Street in Yarraville village, access via Birmingham Street to the North (for trains heading towards the City), and Woods Street on the South (heading away from the City). Yarraville is also within the zone 1 region of Melbourne's public transport ticketing system.4
Several bus routes also service the suburb:5
- 223 Yarraville - Highpoint Shopping Centre (via Footscray)
- 409 Yarraville - Highpoint Shopping Centre (via Footscray)
- 411 Footscray - Laverton (via Millers Road)
- 412 Footscray - Laverton (via Mills Street)
- 414 Footscray - Laverton
- 429 Yarraville - Altona East
- 430 Yarraville - Geelong Road West Footscray
- 472 Williamstown - Moonee Ponds (via Footscray)
- Nightrider Bus Service: Swanston Street, Melbourne - Werribee
Road
Residents of Yarraville have concern about the negative effects of the growing number of trucks using the residential streets.In 2005 the Maribyrnong Truck Action Group (MTAG) was set up by the local community to protest the rising amounts of trucks. Residents believe they cause excessive noise pollution and air pollution, threatening the health and safety of all in Yarraville.
On April 5 2006, a large protest organised by residents and MTAG was held in a busy Yarraville intersection, calling for restrictions towards trucks. The large turnout of the protest gained press attention including all major newspapers and network television. This still continues to be a major issue in the Yarraville district.6
Places of worship
There are many religious organisations and places of worship in Footscray, including Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Orthodox and Uniting Church.
Yarraville also houses the Victorian International Buddhist College.
Community
Arts and Culture
The area possesses a few musical collectives named the Footscray-Yarraville City Band and the Yarraville Mouth Organ Band. The main film society in the area is Sun Theatre, located in Yarraville Village.There is also the Yarraville Community Centre which provides a range of resources, classes, activities and services for all ages and abilities. Please come! and invite and bring your friends!
Sunday 19 October Climate Pledge Day Yarraville Gardens Picnic 12 noon – 3pm
Go Green. Working Together for a healthy climate
Join Greens candidates for Maribyrnong Council at a picnic that will focus on the impacts of climate change, and ways to take action to stop this change occurring!
The picnic is to be held at Yarraville Gardens, Hyde St Yarraville (Melways 42 C8) which will be the new shoreline of the Maribyrnong Estuary of Port Philip Bay under a 7m sea level rise. This is what is predicted to occur if melting of the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets occurs under a warmer climate.
Greens candidates will sign a climate pledge at the picnic, on the same day as over 70 other Greens local government candidates do the same across the state. The pledge will commit them to act on climate change if elected to Council. They will also point out all the new seaside features such as Port of Melbourne Bay where the Port used to be; and the new Yarraville Creek extending up Somerville Rd.
Picnickers are invited to: · bring nude food (without disposable packaging), · to travel by sustainable transport (walking, cycling or public transport) · wear Green and · bring climate friendly games such as kites, frisbees and balls to share. We will have a big GO GREENS kite!
A prize will be awarded to the climate friendliest person!
Public transport and bike routes · Seddon station is a 10 minute walk away, Footscray station a 20 minute walk · 409 bus between Highpoint and Yarraville runs every 40 minutes and stops at the gardens · A new off-road bike path runs between Footscray Road bike path and Somerville Rd
For further information contact Janet Rice, janeterice@gmail.com, 9687 7386
-- Janet Rice
janeterice@gmail.com www.janetrice.com.au 0439 363 846 mobile
Festivals
The widely known annual Yarraville festival was last held on February 10 2007 in the Yarraville Village Shopping district and continues to be a major cultural event in the community. The festival caters for more than 10,000 people and is professionally operated by a team of dedicated volunteers that reside in Yarraville. Street performers, Carnival Amusements, art exhibitions, Poetry Readings, Market stalls and performances across many stages, provide an array of entertainment for all. A Masquerade Ball Fundraiser on the night before the festival also provides more formal festivities.7
Sport
Swimming facilities for Yarraville residents are at the Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre, Maribyrnong, located next to Highpoint Shopping Centre. The aquatic centre also provides yoga, gym facilities and other recreational activities.
There are many sporting clubs located in Yarraville such as:
- Footscray Baseball Club
- Yarraville Cricket Club
- Seddon Cricket Club
- Yarraville-Seddon Eagles Australian rules football Club (Located at Yarraville Oval)
- Footscray Hockey Club
- Footscray Lacrosse Club
- South Park Rangers Soccer Club
- Yarraville Tennis Club
- Yarraville Trugo Club
Cyclists in Yarraville are represented by MazzaBUG, the Maribyrnong Bicycle User Group.
Media
Yarraville was also the backdrop of the 2000 feature film The Wog Boy, and was mentioned in the 1992 Australian film Spotswood.
Two free, weekly suburban newspapers are distributed in Yarraville. The Maribyrnong Leader is part of the News Corporation-owned Leader Newspapers group and The Mail is part of the Fairfax Community Newspapers Victoria. Both are distributed every Wednesday
Education
Schools in the immediate Yarraville area are:
- St. Augustine's Primary School (Previously known as St. Augustine's College, Yarraville)
- Kingsville Primary School,
- Wembley Primary School
- Yarraville West Primary School
Notable People
- Albert Tucker- One of Australia’s greatest artists was born in Yarraville in 1919 8
See also
- City of Footscray - the former local government area of which Yarraville was a part.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yarraville (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Yarraville, accessed 18 December 2007
- ^ Yarraville Profile
- ^ Yarraville Train Station Profile
- ^ Metlink Melbourne
- ^ Maribyrnong Truck Action Group
- ^ Yarraville Festival
- ^ Albert Tucker Biography
External links
- Yarraville, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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