Parkville, Victoria
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An inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west.
Icons include the University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Royal Children's Hospital, the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, and Royal Park which it was named for. Elizabeth Street becomes Royal Parade in the suburb (before becoming Sydney Road and Hume Hwy, which runs to Sydney). Royal Park railway station is located within the suburb of Parkville and also the Turana Youth Training Centre.
Parkville is the site of the Athlete's Village for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
History
Parkville South estate commenced in 1861 and is the largest housing division in the suburb. All of the residential part of Parkville South is a Conservation Area under the Register of the National Estate. In 1868 further excisions from Royal Park were made for housing estates at Parkville North along Royal Parade and Parkville West near Flemington Road.
During World War One and Two Royal Park was the site of military encampments. Camp Pell in Royal Park was the temporary military camp for United States forces during the Second World War.
External Links
- Parkville Suburb (http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/parkville.html#ParkvilleDet)