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- In 1838, Government land sale began for suburban and country lots. As Melbourne grew, in 1842, the present suburb of Fitzroy was officially named Collingwood.
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Collingwood is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3km north-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Collingwood recorded a population of 9,179 at the 2021 census.
Sep 20, 2023 · In 1838, Government land sale began for suburban and country lots. As Melbourne grew, in 1842, the present suburb of Fitzroy was officially named Collingwood. The east of Smith Street became known as East Collingwood. Until 1851 East Collingwood remained almost rural with only a handful of cottages and Inns.
Collingwood is an inner city Melbourne suburb, one of the oldest in the city, with the first subdivisions and land sales in 1839, only four years after European settlement of Melbourne.
Collingwood became a municipality on 24 April 1855, originally named East Collingwood. It was proclaimed a town in 1873, and on 14 January 1876 Collingwood became a city. It was abolished in 1994. Collingwood was subdivided in 1838 into allotments of about 12 hectares each.
Collingwood and Fitzroy were first known as Newtown, Melbourne's earliest suburb, and 25-acre (10 ha) blocks were offered for sale there in 1838. Only a handful of blocks along the Yarra River were settled by the early 1840s.
Collingwood became a Town in 1873 (dropping the already redundant prefix “East”), with a population of around 19,000. By 1876 its income had increased sufficiently for it to become a City. In 1994 councils across Victoria amalgamated, and the City of Collingwood became part of the City of Yarra.
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In April 1855 the Municipality of East Collingwood was proclaimed and became the first suburban municipality. The Municipality included Collingwood and Abbotsford; Clifton Hill was annexed by East Collingwood in September 1855, but a petition for the inclusion of Studley Park was not granted.
