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Carlton House was built in 1827 and was demolished in 1839. Yule asks, “Why would a future Melbourne suburb first postulated in the 1850’s take its name from a royal residence demolished in the 1830’s”. Instead Yule suggests it came from the name ‘Carlton’ which was a common name for underpopulated English hamlets and Parishes.
There are few places in Australia with such a diverse history as Carlton. As a new book on the suburb is published today, Arnold Zable recalls the Carlton of his childhood. In the late 1950s, two housing commission officers, Shaw and Davey, surveyed areas of inner Melbourne. - from the vantage of their cars, so legend has it - and declared ...
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Carlton. (3053, 2 km N, Melbourne City) Once a place 'well wooded and grassed, well suited for a delightful rambling excursion', Carlton lies to the immediate north of Melbourne's CBD. Surveyed in 1852 by Robert Hoddle, Carlton's good elevation and natural drainage made it an attractive real estate prospect, a place that it was hoped would ...
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- Borsari’s Corner, the big neon sign on the corner of Lygon and Grattan streets, is named after Olympic cycling champion Nino Borsari, who was competing in Australia when World War Two broke out.
- A number of Lygon Street restaurants hosted high-stakes illegal card games upstairs. They were frequented by ‘colourful characters’ including Alphonse Gangitano, the ‘Black Prince of Lygon Street’, later played by Vince Colosimo in the 2008 TV series Underbelly.
- The Lygon Street Festa, which started in 1978, was the first multicultural festival of its kind in Australia.
- Look up: atop the large Neo-Gothic building next to Lygon Court on Drummond Street are four gargoyles, designed as hybrids of a kangaroo and gryphon with a tail and three toes.
Feb 6, 2024 · Carlton is one of Melbourne’s most polished and charismatic inner-city suburbs, with a strong cultural heart. Carlton made a name for itself as Melbourne’s Little Italy from the 1950s, known for its abundant pizza and pasta joints along its main artery, Lygon Street. When Italian migrants arrived in the area (then a Jewish enclave) post ...
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ABN 89 670 391 357. The Carlton Community History Group (CCHG) was established by a committed group of people interested in the history of Carlton, North Carlton and Princes Hill, three inner-city suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. CCHG was incorporated in 2007 and launched at the Carlton Library in 2008.
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In 1929, there were reportedly five streets named "Swanston" in Melbourne, and Post Office Place in Carlton and Park Street in North Carlton were cited as examples of street name duplication. However, the goal of having a unique name for every street in Melbourne was never achieved. 5,6. The old name "Madeline Street" still had its uses.
