Glen Iris, Victoria
| Glen Iris Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 High Street | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 23,270 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | Lua error: Unable to convert population "23270 (2006)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000000-QINU`"'" to a number. | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3146 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Malvern, Hawthorn, Burwood | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Higgins | ||||||||||||||
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Glen Iris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Glen Iris had a population of 23,270.
History
Captain Thomas Henderson of the Royal Navy arrived in Melbourne on a ship called Iris in 1850. He acquired a property bounded by Gardiners Creek, High Street and a line extending Summerhill Road to Gardiners Creek. The property was advertised for sale as Glen Iris in 1852. Robert Kent, a subsequent owner of the Glen Iris homestead, suggested a Mechanics Institute be established, but it was never completed. A Wesleyan church was established in 1865 and in 1871 land was granted for an adjacent school (now Glen Iris Primary School). By the 1880s reference was made to the Township of Glen Iris.[3] Glen Iris Post Office opened on 28 August 1890. A Glen Iris Upper Post Office was open from 1947 until 1994.[4]
Places of interest
A number of government and independent schools are located in Glen Iris, including Camberwell South Primary School, Glen Iris Primary School, St Cecilia's School, St Roch's Catholic Primary School, Sacre Coeur School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Caulfield Grammar School Malvern campus.
Recreational and sporting facilities include the Harold Holt Swim Centre, a BMX track at Hill'n'Dale Park, Burwood District Bowls Club and a number of reserves and ovals, including Hartwell Sports Ground, Ferndale Park and T.H. King Oval. The Glen Iris wetlands were established by the former City of Malvern in 1989.[5]
The former head office of Coles Myer (opened in 1986 on the site of the former Toorak Drive-In Theatre), now corporate office of Wesfarmers Coles division, and the adjacent Tooronga Village Shopping Centre (under redevelopment) are located in the north-west corner of the suburb.
Glen Iris Road Uniting Church incorporates part of the original 1865 Wesleyan Church building.[6].
The division between the Boroondara and Stonnington municipalities follows the course of Gardiners Creek, which is a tributary of the Yarra River. A tributary of Gardiners Creek running north through the suburb, Back Creek, has largely been turned into a drain. Also roughly following the course of Gardiners Creek is the Monash Freeway, and the Glen Waverley train line.
Transport
Two train stations on the Glen Waverley line, Gardiner and Glen Iris, lie within the suburb. Passing through the eastern part of Glen Iris is the Alamein line, with Burwood station also within the boundaries of the suburb. (Glen Iris did not originally cover this far east, and this station and its surrounds were originally in the suburb of Burwood). Residents are also served by the numbers 5, 6, 72 and 75 tram routes, as well as the numbers 612 and 734 bus routes.
Glen Iris is also Melbourne's geographical centre of population.[7]
Notable citizens
- Wayne Arthurs - Australian tennis player and Davis Cup representative.
- George Johnston - Author of the Miles Franklin Award winning novel My Brother Jack. Johnson and his first wife rented in Britten Street, Glen Iris for a brief period in 1938-39.[8]
- Colin McDonald - born 1928 in Glen Iris, is an Australian cricketer who played in 47 Tests from 1952 to 1961.[9]
- Prominent mathematician Sir Thomas MacFarland Cherry[10]
- Matthew Wales - resident of Glen Iris who was convicted of the murders of Margaret Wales-King and Paul King in 2003 in what became known as the Society Murders.[11]
- Ross Ryan - Australian singer-songwriter and producer[12]
- Ernie Sigley - Australian entertainment personality[13]
- Glen Iris was also infamously the home of Australian comedian and satirist Barry Humphries' fictional character Sandy Stone.[14]
See also
- City of Camberwell, City of Malvern, City of Hawthorn - former local government areas which encompassed parts of Glen Iris.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Glen Iris (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Australian Property Monitors (Feb 2008) - Glen Iris". domain.com.au. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ McWilliam, Gwen (1992). Early Glen Iris. City of Camberwell.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ "Glen Iris wetlands" (PDF). City of Stonnington. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "Glen Iris - A Social History". Glen Iris Road Uniting Church. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "Glen Iris still at the heart of city's urban sprawl". The Age. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Kinnane, Garry (1986). George Johnston, A Biography. Melbourne: Nelson. pp. 27, 33.
- ^ "McDonald Colin Campbell". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Cherry, Sir Thomas MacFarland (1898 - 1966)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "House of death on the market". Melbourne Herald-Sun. 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Press Bio". Ross Ryan. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ "What's up with Ernie Sigley - readers' comments". Herald-Sun, Melbourne. 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ "Edna's final curtain". Herald Sun, Melbourne. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
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