RAVENHALL
Ravenhall is 22 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton. At the 2006 Census, Ravenhall had a population of 575. Ravenhall is located south of the Western Freeway and the suburb of Caroline Springs. To the east, outside the Shire of Melton boundary is the Melbourne suburb of Deer Park.
RED HILL / RED HILL SOUTH
Red Hill was so named from the colour of its soil. An 1862 Parish Plan named it Red Hill officially. Early settlers included James Wiseman, John Arkell and the McKeown family. Orcharding was a major industry on the Mornington Peninsula and was the reason Red Hill was chosen as the terminus of the railway. The railway opened in 1921 after a long battle but closed in 1954. Between 1893-1913, 78 village settlements were formed by government land grant Red Hill was the site of the only village settlement on the Mornington Peninsula. This was one of the very few successful settlements with not one block going back to the crown.
REGENT
Regent is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Reservoir, on the Epping railway line. Regent opened on October 8, 1889 as Preston - Regent Street. It was renamed Regent in 1905.
RESEARCH
Research is a mixed urban and rural locality 24 km. north-east of Melbourne, east of Eltham. In 1855-6 gold was found in a gully in the Research district, then known as Swipers Gully. Mining lapsed after the initial rush, but was begun again when the gully was re-searched in 1861. The district became known as Research Gully, and later as Research. Settlement of the district by small farmers followed the decline of goldmining. In 1889 the community of orchardists, tradespeople and labourers succeeded in getting a primary school opened, which was also used for church services and community meetings. Some small mining operations and tree felling for fire-wood continued. Grazing and poultry-keeping continue until the present day. The postwar growth of Eltham impinged on Research. Some residential growth spilled over, and additions were made to the school. The commercial centre remains small. The Eltham Performing Arts Centre and the Eltham College are in Research.
RESERVOIR
Reservoir is a residential suburb 12 km. north of Melbourne and 2 km. north of Preston. Its named derives from three reservoirs built in 1864, 1909 and 1913, north of Preston to hold the metropolitan water supply from the Yan Yean reservoir. The reservoirs helped to settle sediment carried from Yan Yean and to reduce pressure on water mains which were prone to bursting.
When the first reservoir was built the population of the whole of the Preston district was about 700 people, mostly concentrated in the southern parts around High Street and Plenty Road. When the railway was opened between Collingwood and Whittlesea, with a station at "Preston (Reservoir)", in 1889, there were still many unfilled residential allotments southwards in Preston before homebuilders needed to move to Reservoir. Settlement in Reservoir was confined to High and Edwardes Streets and the remaining land was farmed. Merri Lands, in the north-west of Reservoir was originally a dairy farm, and the Merrilands Estate (1918) at Hughes Parade and Botha Avenue was a garden-city-inspired design by Saxel Tuxen. Being on the metropolitan outskirts and comprised mostly of small farms and low income families, Reservoir's residents experienced more than usual hardship during the 1930s depression. Childhood illnesses reduced school attendances and economic hardship lasted until the outbreak of the second world war. Residential development happened quickly in the early postwar years.
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RICHMOND
Richmond, 3 km. east of Melbourne, has been a residential, industrial and residential, and latterly a more residential, suburb. Its western boundary, Punt Road, adjoins Melbourne city and its eastern boundary is the Yarra River, across from leafy Hawthorn. Richmond has a prominent hill on its western boundary, known as Richmond Hill but also as Dockers Hill. It is surmounted by four church spires. The land falls away to the river in the east, to the Collingwood flat in the north and to the flat land of Burnley n the south.
Richmond was subdivided into allotments of about twelve hectares by the government surveyor, Robert Hoddle, in 1839. Most were purchased speculatively. Richmond Hill was occupied by Farquhar McCrae (surgeon, suburban speculator) and Joseph Docker. McCrae subdivided his land into smaller allotments in a couple of years, but Docker's land, from Punt Road to Church Street, backing up to Richmond Terrace, was not all sold until the 1860s. He donated the land on which St. Stephens Anglican church was built.
The main easterly thoroughfare through Richmond was Bridge Road, which crossed the Yarra River to Hawthorn by a punt (1843), and later a bridge. A settlement named Yarraberg was formed, north of Bridge Road and east of Burnley Street, in 1853. It is one of Melbourne's oldest industrial areas, although at the beginning it was a mixture of villas, tanneries and brickworks. David Mitchell, father of Nellie Melba, began a brickworks there in 1852. By the mid 1850s Bridge Road had an established retail and service strip between Punt Road and Church Street.
RINGWOOD
Ringwood is a residential suburb 23 km. east of Melbourne, situated on the Maroondah Highway. The precursor of the Maroondah Highway was the track to the Gippsland and Upper Goulburn gold fields, via Lilydale, and before that the track to Gippsland's pastoral runs. A Log Cabin Inn was opened in 1850 for travellers at the future site of Ringwood. Timber getters and paling splitters were the first occupants of the district. The Parish of Ringwood was surveyed and named by the early 1860s. The origin of the name is uncertain, the likely derivation being from Ringwood in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. In 1864 the Parish was brought within the Berwick Roads District, but transferred to the Upper Yarra Roads District a few years later. In 1872 when the Roads District was made a shire, Ringwood was part of Lillydale shire.
In addition to timber and farming pursuits, antimony mining began at Ringwood. A large mine occupied the site of the future civic offices and was operated until 1892. Orcharding and berry growing were developed during the 1880s, and in 1896 a horticultural society was formed. It held its first show the next year. In 1910 a Fruitgrowers' Association was formed and it built a cool store near the railway station the next year. By then Ringwood was a railway junction, where the Upper Fern Tree Gully line (1889) met the Lilydale line.
RIPPONLEA
Ripponlea is a residential locality 7 km. south-east of Melbourne, immediately east of Elwood. The name comes form the large home and estate formed by Sir Frederick Sargood (1834-1903) businessman and Parliamentarian in 1868-9. The home was designed by Joseph Reed. Sargood chose the name Ripponlea as it was the maiden name of his mother. Much of the land is sandy, and Sargood took special steps to plant gardens around his home which were watered by an elaborate reservoir and reticulation scheme.
Residential development occurred in the 1880s and 1890s, although the Sargood estate occupied much of the area. When Sir Thomas Bent acquired the property in 1904, the year after Sargood's death, he disposed of 35 allotments from the estate. In 1911, Benjamin Nathan, owner of the Maples chain of furniture stores, acquired the property and it was kept as a family home until his daughter willed it to the National Trust in 1963. By then the Australian Broadcasting Commission had purchased 0.8 of a hectare (1954) for its televisions studio and other land had been sold in the 1940s. In 1972 the Trust took over the property with its well preserved residence and undertook refurbishment of the gardens, fernery and other horticultural outbuildings.
RIVERSDALE
Riversdale is a railway station on the Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia. It is located between Riversdale Road, Prospect Hill Road, Wandin Road and Spencer Road in the suburb of Camberwell. Riversdale first opened on May 30, 1890, along with the first section of the Outer Circle line. It drew its name from the adjacent Riversdale Road. Though it was closed for a year in 1897-98 when the Outer Circle line closed, it was reopened soon after, due to a public outcry. In 1900, an accident occurred near Riversdale, when a train ran into a Chinese funeral procession, fortunately resulting in no injuries.
Ravenhall is 22 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton. At the 2006 Census, Ravenhall had a population of 575. Ravenhall is located south of the Western Freeway and the suburb of Caroline Springs. To the east, outside the Shire of Melton boundary is the Melbourne suburb of Deer Park.
RED HILL / RED HILL SOUTH
Red Hill was so named from the colour of its soil. An 1862 Parish Plan named it Red Hill officially. Early settlers included James Wiseman, John Arkell and the McKeown family. Orcharding was a major industry on the Mornington Peninsula and was the reason Red Hill was chosen as the terminus of the railway. The railway opened in 1921 after a long battle but closed in 1954. Between 1893-1913, 78 village settlements were formed by government land grant Red Hill was the site of the only village settlement on the Mornington Peninsula. This was one of the very few successful settlements with not one block going back to the crown.
REGENT
Regent is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Reservoir, on the Epping railway line. Regent opened on October 8, 1889 as Preston - Regent Street. It was renamed Regent in 1905.
RESEARCH
Research is a mixed urban and rural locality 24 km. north-east of Melbourne, east of Eltham. In 1855-6 gold was found in a gully in the Research district, then known as Swipers Gully. Mining lapsed after the initial rush, but was begun again when the gully was re-searched in 1861. The district became known as Research Gully, and later as Research. Settlement of the district by small farmers followed the decline of goldmining. In 1889 the community of orchardists, tradespeople and labourers succeeded in getting a primary school opened, which was also used for church services and community meetings. Some small mining operations and tree felling for fire-wood continued. Grazing and poultry-keeping continue until the present day. The postwar growth of Eltham impinged on Research. Some residential growth spilled over, and additions were made to the school. The commercial centre remains small. The Eltham Performing Arts Centre and the Eltham College are in Research.
RESERVOIR
Reservoir is a residential suburb 12 km. north of Melbourne and 2 km. north of Preston. Its named derives from three reservoirs built in 1864, 1909 and 1913, north of Preston to hold the metropolitan water supply from the Yan Yean reservoir. The reservoirs helped to settle sediment carried from Yan Yean and to reduce pressure on water mains which were prone to bursting.
When the first reservoir was built the population of the whole of the Preston district was about 700 people, mostly concentrated in the southern parts around High Street and Plenty Road. When the railway was opened between Collingwood and Whittlesea, with a station at "Preston (Reservoir)", in 1889, there were still many unfilled residential allotments southwards in Preston before homebuilders needed to move to Reservoir. Settlement in Reservoir was confined to High and Edwardes Streets and the remaining land was farmed. Merri Lands, in the north-west of Reservoir was originally a dairy farm, and the Merrilands Estate (1918) at Hughes Parade and Botha Avenue was a garden-city-inspired design by Saxel Tuxen. Being on the metropolitan outskirts and comprised mostly of small farms and low income families, Reservoir's residents experienced more than usual hardship during the 1930s depression. Childhood illnesses reduced school attendances and economic hardship lasted until the outbreak of the second world war. Residential development happened quickly in the early postwar years.
Parkville
RICHMOND
Richmond, 3 km. east of Melbourne, has been a residential, industrial and residential, and latterly a more residential, suburb. Its western boundary, Punt Road, adjoins Melbourne city and its eastern boundary is the Yarra River, across from leafy Hawthorn. Richmond has a prominent hill on its western boundary, known as Richmond Hill but also as Dockers Hill. It is surmounted by four church spires. The land falls away to the river in the east, to the Collingwood flat in the north and to the flat land of Burnley n the south.
Richmond was subdivided into allotments of about twelve hectares by the government surveyor, Robert Hoddle, in 1839. Most were purchased speculatively. Richmond Hill was occupied by Farquhar McCrae (surgeon, suburban speculator) and Joseph Docker. McCrae subdivided his land into smaller allotments in a couple of years, but Docker's land, from Punt Road to Church Street, backing up to Richmond Terrace, was not all sold until the 1860s. He donated the land on which St. Stephens Anglican church was built.
The main easterly thoroughfare through Richmond was Bridge Road, which crossed the Yarra River to Hawthorn by a punt (1843), and later a bridge. A settlement named Yarraberg was formed, north of Bridge Road and east of Burnley Street, in 1853. It is one of Melbourne's oldest industrial areas, although at the beginning it was a mixture of villas, tanneries and brickworks. David Mitchell, father of Nellie Melba, began a brickworks there in 1852. By the mid 1850s Bridge Road had an established retail and service strip between Punt Road and Church Street.
RINGWOOD
Ringwood is a residential suburb 23 km. east of Melbourne, situated on the Maroondah Highway. The precursor of the Maroondah Highway was the track to the Gippsland and Upper Goulburn gold fields, via Lilydale, and before that the track to Gippsland's pastoral runs. A Log Cabin Inn was opened in 1850 for travellers at the future site of Ringwood. Timber getters and paling splitters were the first occupants of the district. The Parish of Ringwood was surveyed and named by the early 1860s. The origin of the name is uncertain, the likely derivation being from Ringwood in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. In 1864 the Parish was brought within the Berwick Roads District, but transferred to the Upper Yarra Roads District a few years later. In 1872 when the Roads District was made a shire, Ringwood was part of Lillydale shire.
In addition to timber and farming pursuits, antimony mining began at Ringwood. A large mine occupied the site of the future civic offices and was operated until 1892. Orcharding and berry growing were developed during the 1880s, and in 1896 a horticultural society was formed. It held its first show the next year. In 1910 a Fruitgrowers' Association was formed and it built a cool store near the railway station the next year. By then Ringwood was a railway junction, where the Upper Fern Tree Gully line (1889) met the Lilydale line.
RIPPONLEA
Ripponlea is a residential locality 7 km. south-east of Melbourne, immediately east of Elwood. The name comes form the large home and estate formed by Sir Frederick Sargood (1834-1903) businessman and Parliamentarian in 1868-9. The home was designed by Joseph Reed. Sargood chose the name Ripponlea as it was the maiden name of his mother. Much of the land is sandy, and Sargood took special steps to plant gardens around his home which were watered by an elaborate reservoir and reticulation scheme.
Residential development occurred in the 1880s and 1890s, although the Sargood estate occupied much of the area. When Sir Thomas Bent acquired the property in 1904, the year after Sargood's death, he disposed of 35 allotments from the estate. In 1911, Benjamin Nathan, owner of the Maples chain of furniture stores, acquired the property and it was kept as a family home until his daughter willed it to the National Trust in 1963. By then the Australian Broadcasting Commission had purchased 0.8 of a hectare (1954) for its televisions studio and other land had been sold in the 1940s. In 1972 the Trust took over the property with its well preserved residence and undertook refurbishment of the gardens, fernery and other horticultural outbuildings.
RIVERSDALE
Riversdale is a railway station on the Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia. It is located between Riversdale Road, Prospect Hill Road, Wandin Road and Spencer Road in the suburb of Camberwell. Riversdale first opened on May 30, 1890, along with the first section of the Outer Circle line. It drew its name from the adjacent Riversdale Road. Though it was closed for a year in 1897-98 when the Outer Circle line closed, it was reopened soon after, due to a public outcry. In 1900, an accident occurred near Riversdale, when a train ran into a Chinese funeral procession, fortunately resulting in no injuries.
