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49-559: Blackwood was born on 3 June 1906 in South Yarra , Melbourne , the eldest of three children. His father, Robert Leslie Blackwood, was a schoolteacher and tutor in classics . His younger sister was Dame Margaret Blackwood , a botanist who later became Dean of Botany at Melbourne University. Blackwood was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and the University of Melbourne . He graduated from Melbourne University in

98-472: A battle as the Wurundjeri fought unsuccessfully to secure his release. Resistance was broken, and settlements throve. One elder, Derrimut, later stated: You see…all this mine. All along here Derrimut's once. No matter now, me soon tumble down…Why me have no lubra ? Why me have no piccaninny? You have all this place. No good have children, no good have lubra. Me tumble down and die very soon now. In 1863

147-431: A company he would work with extensively for decades. Beginning as a research engineer, he was promoted to technical manager in 1937. He left the company to become Foundation Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Melbourne University, before returning to Dunlop in 1948 to be its general manager. When Monash University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1958, Blackwood was appointed chairman of its Interim Council. When

196-692: A feature of the area. From the 1930s, the area around Park Street, where large numbers of flats had been built, became a popular neighbourhood for middle-class homosexuals ; at that time an illegal subculture in the state of Victoria. The building of apartment buildings, particularly around South Yarra railway station , continued into the 1960s and 1970s and today South Yarra is one of the most densely populated suburbs in Melbourne. On 12 October 1988, police officers Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre were murdered in Walsh Street , South Yarra. On 8 July 2002,

245-678: A few years settlement began around Pound Bend with Major Charles Newman at Mullum Mullum Creek in 1838, and James Anderson on Beal Yallock, now known as Anderson's Creek a year later. Their measures to clear the area of Aboriginals was met with guerrilla skirmishing, led by Jaga Jaga, with the appropriation of cattle and the burning of fields. They were armed with rifles, and esteemed to be excellent marksmen, firing close to Anderson to drive him off as they helped themselves to his potato crop while en route to Yering in 1840. A trap set there by Captain Henry Gibson led to Jaga Jaga's capture and

294-814: A range of interests outside of his working life, including painting, carpentry and archaeology. He published two books on South-East Asia, and served in public affairs in a range of capacities, including as trustee of the Museum of Victoria and president of the Royal Society of Victoria. Sir Robert Blackwood died in Brighton, Victoria on 21 August 1982, aged 76. He was survived by his wife Hazel, their son Andrew, daughter Janet and grandchildren Nikki, Robert, Julian and Alistair. Louis Matheson and Henry Somerset, Robert Rutherford Blackwood: 1906-1982 , Clayton, Monash University, 1982 South Yarra South Yarra

343-445: A ring-road, with the medicine, science and engineering buildings in contiguous positions, and the older buildings are connected by a series of service tunnels. Blackwood later returned to Pacific Dunlop as managing director and then as chairman of what was one of the largest Australian companies of its time. Blackwood was described by friends and colleagues as scrupulous and enthusiastic, though not prone to express his emotions. He had

392-488: A species of grub found in the tree, and take the word therefore to mean " Witchetty Grub People". Wurundjeri people speak Woiwurrung , a dialect of Kulin . Kulin is spoken by the five groups in the Kulin nation. In Norman Tindale 's estimation – and his data, drawing on R. H. Mathews 's data which has been challenged – Wurundjeri lands as extending over approximately 12,500 km (4,800 sq mi). These took in

441-413: Is a large club having both grass and en-tout-cas courts and Hawksburn Tennis Club in the heart of South Yarra with 3 en-tout-cas courts. Courts are also available for public hire at Fawkner Park, Prahran Community Centre and Orrong Park. ^ = territory divided with another LGA ^ = territory divided with another LGA Wurundjeri The Wurundjeri people are an Aboriginal people of

490-463: Is a notable example of grand Federation architecture, as is its sister property at 72 Clowes Street, South Yarra, which sold for a notable $ 8.8 million in 2008. Caroline House, a Victorian mansion with a tower at 72 Caroline Street, changed hands in 2014 by way of off market transaction for $ 12.5 million. Caroline House was formerly home to Australia's foremost art dealer Joseph Brown who between 1966 and 1999 gifted 154 works of art valued at $ 30 million to

539-728: Is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia , 4 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District , located within the Cities of Melbourne and Stonnington local government areas . South Yarra recorded a population of 25,028 at the 2021 census . Punt Road divides the suburb between Stonnington (east) and Melbourne (west). The main shopping region of South Yarra runs along Toorak Road and Chapel Street . Trade along these two arteries are focused on trendy and upmarket shopping, restaurants, nightclubs and cafe culture . The area of South Yarra centred along Commercial Road

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588-728: Is one of Melbourne's most popular and historic fresh produce markets. Toorak Road runs off Chapel Street and although not known as well as Toorak Village, is a popular strip that contains a wide range of shops. There are also several heritage registered buildings in South Yarra, including the Melbourne High School (1928), the former railway station building (1874) and post office (1893). Many historic mansions can be found in South Yarra. Heritage registered houses include Como House (1847), one of Melbourne's earliest mansions on its large estate on Williams Road, now owned by

637-611: The Hawksburn railway station . Hawksburn Post Office opened in 1890. The Domain Precinct is the most prestigious part of South Yarra, traditionally home to many of Melbourne's old money families. Bordered by Punt Road, Toorak Road West, Anderson Street, St Kilda Road and Alexandra Avenue, the Domain Precinct has recorded some of Victoria's highest land values on a square metre basis. Driven by proximity to Government House,

686-651: The Kings Domain , the Royal Botanic Gardens and Government House , is at the centre of the exclusive Domain precinct. Fairbairn, built for the pastoralist Fairbairn family and the next-door property, Poolman House, on the corner of Domain Road and Punt Road, are among the largest mansions in South Yarra. Poolman House, originally known as Ernest Poolman House, was built by stock and station agent Richard Goldsbrough in 1865 and extended in 1880. Poolman House

735-577: The Pakenham , Cranbourne , Frankston and Sandringham lines. It is the junction for the Sandringham line. Hawksburn station is on the Pakenham, Cranbourne and Frankston lines and serves the eastern part of the suburb. Tram routes 58 , 72 and 78 also run through South Yarra. Major bus routes run along Commercial Road and Punt Road. Melbourne High School is located in South Yarra, and

784-403: The Royal Botanic Gardens , Fawkner Park (large park bordered by offices on St Kilda Road, private residences off Punt Road, Commercial Road and Toorak Road, featuring recreational facilities and grand avenues of trees) and smaller gardens such as the former Greville Botanic Gardens, Como Gardens and the public housing open space. South Yarra has two railway stations. South Yarra station is on

833-641: The Southern Football League . The Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club have three teams that compete in the Victorian Amateur Football Association . Their home ground is based at Melbourne High School , where weekly matches are played on the Woodfull-Miller oval, the school's sole football oval. There are two tennis clubs, both of which are over 100 years old. Royal South Yarra which

882-658: The Woiwurrung language group , in the Kulin nation . They are the traditional owners of the Yarra River Valley, covering much of the present location of Melbourne . They continue to live in this area and throughout Australia. They were called the Yarra tribe by early European colonists. The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1985 by Wurundjeri people. According to

931-616: The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation was established to fulfil statutory roles under Commonwealth and Victorian legislation and to assist in raising awareness of Wurundjeri culture and history within the wider community. Wurundjeri Elders often attend events with visitors present where they give the traditional welcome to country greeting in the Woiwurrung language : Wominjeka yearmenn koondee-bik Wurundjeri-Ballak which means, "Welcome to

980-519: The 160 m (520 ft) line. The two Registered Aboriginal Parties representing the two groups were the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation . However, these borders are still in dispute among several prominent figures and Wurundjeri territory has been claimed to spread much further west and south. The Wurundjeri balluk

1029-694: The 1830s, around the time of the establishment of Melbourne. The first sale of land by the Crown in Prahran area took place on 10 June 1840 when land bounded by Kooyong Road, Gardiners Creek (Yarra River). Gardiners Creek Road (now Toorak Road) and Glenferrie Road was sold. The purchasers included Jane Hill (the widow of pastoralist David Hill), the Langhorne Bros. (the nephews of Captain William Lonsdale), Capt. John Browne and James Jackson. During

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1078-455: The 1840s, it became popular with wealthy citizens of Melbourne as a suburban retreat from the town. Several large houses were built and, together with neighbouring Toorak , it maintained its upper-class reputation into the post- World War II period. South Yarra Post Office was open briefly in 1854, then reopened on 21 June 1858. During the 1920s and 1930s, many of the large gardens of the older mansions were subdivided and blocks of flats became

1127-793: The 1930s Gothic main building is a local landmark. Melbourne Girls Grammar School Merton Hall campus is located in Anderson Street South Yarra, opposite the Royal Botanical Gardens, while its junior school, Morris Hall, is in Caroline Street South Yarra. Melbourne Grammar School (boys only at senior level) occupies an entire block bounded by Domain Road, St Kilda Road , Domain Street and Bromby Street. It has historic and grand bluestone buildings. In addition, Melbourne Grammar owns many of

1176-668: The Birrarung and its tributaries. The Wurundjeri and Gunung Willam Balug clans mined diorite at Mount William stone axe quarry which was a source of the highly valued greenstone hatchet heads, which were traded across a wide area as far as New South Wales and Adelaide. The mine provided a complex network of trading for economic and social exchange among the different Aboriginal nations in Victoria. The quarry had been in use for more than 1,500 years and covered 18 hectares including underground pits of several metres. In February 2008

1225-586: The Central Business District and the Botanical Gardens, Fawkner Park, and Melbourne's elite private schools and boutique shopping, this area is graced with both large mansions, terrace houses and high-end apartments. The most valuable streets include Walsh Street, Fairlie Court, Park Street, Clowes Street, Anderson Street, Domain Road and Marne Street. The South Yarra Football Club , an Australian rules football team, competes in

1274-785: The National Gallery of Victoria. South Yarra also has some notable clusters of terrace house. Park Street features rows of Melbourne's best preserved, richly decorated and highly sought-after Victorian terrace houses , some as high as three and four storeys. Adjacent Leopold Street has a highly original Victorian streetscape being lined on both sides by Victorian terraces built during the 1880s land boom. Domain Road, Toorak Road West (overlooking Fawkner Park ), Surrey Road as well as Darling and Caroline Streets are also known for their double-storey late 19th century terraces. An important area for Art Deco enthusiasts can be found along Alexandra Avenue, Lawson Grove and Darling Street. This area

1323-858: The National Trust and known for its long association with the Armytage family, Richmond House (1859), in Avoca Street, formerly home to Sir Rupert Clarke Bt, Barwon (1881) and Airlie House on Domain Road, once the townhouse of the Chirnside family of Werribee Park fame, which now serves as a leadership college for Victoria Police . Other grand South Yarra houses include Wavendon, formerly home to film director Fred Schepisi , in Walsh Street, and Raveloe, in Domain Road, former home of Dame Mabel Brookes. Domain Road, with its proximity to

1372-1052: The Salt nightclub in Daly Street was the site of a dispute which resulted in the murder of three men. On 19 September 2005, seven men were found guilty of murder, in the Supreme Court of Victoria . The nightclub was particularly notorious for criminal activity and was finally shut down. In the 2016 census , there were 25,147 people in South Yarra. 51.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 5.7%, England 4.5%, New Zealand 3.4%, India 2.2% and Malaysia 1.6%. 63.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.3%, Cantonese 1.6%, Greek 1.5%, Spanish 1.4% and Russian 1.4%. The most common responses for religion in South Yarra were No Religion 42.6% and Catholic 16.0%. South Yarra has several local attractions. Perhaps

1421-610: The Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung, were agreed between the two groups, after being drawn up by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council . The new borderline runs across the city from west to east, with the CBD , Richmond and Hawthorn included in Wurundjeri land, and Albert Park , St Kilda and Caulfield on Bunurong land. It was agreed that Mount Cottrell , the site of a massacre in 1836 with at least 10 Wathaurong victims, would be jointly managed above

1470-433: The area south from Mount Baw Baw to Dandenong , Cranbourne and the swampland at the head of Western Port bay . As colonization began, it was estimated that something of the order of 11,500-15,000 Aborigines, composed of some 38 tribal groups, were living in the area of Victoria. The earliest European settlers came across a park-like landscape extending inland from Melbourne, consisting of large areas of grassy plains to

1519-472: The areas of the Yarra and Saltwater rivers around Melbourne, and ran north as far as Mount Disappointment , northwest to Macedon , Woodend , and Lancefield . Their eastern borders went as far as Mount Baw Baw and Healesville . Their southern confines approached Mordialloc , Warragul , and Moe . In June 2021, the boundaries between the land of two of the traditional owner groups in greater Melbourne ,

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1568-524: The best known is Chapel Street . The South Yarra section of the famous street is the most fashionable and upmarket end. A major landmark is The Jam Factory , old factories converted into an upmarket shopping centre and cinemas. The Como Centre is a large shopping centre on the corner of Toorak and Chapel Streets, which combines with an office building, South Yarra's tallest, which houses the headquarters for ATV-10 and Global Television's TV production facilities. The Prahran Market , located in South Yarra,

1617-495: The early 1930s with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor and Master of Civil Engineering and was Knighted by the then British Governor General of Australia. Blackwood's career began at Melbourne University, researching and lecturing in engineering. His early research focused on the strength of electrical arc welds, using statistics in a manner which was new to the field. In 1933, one year after his marriage to Hazel Levenia McLeod, Blackwood joined Dunlop Rubber,

1666-470: The early Australian ethnographer Alfred William Howitt , the name Wurundjeri, in his transcription Urunjeri , refers to a species of eucalypt, Eucalyptus viminalis , otherwise known as the manna or white gum, which is common along the Yarra River. Some modern reports of Wurundjeri traditional lore state that their ethnonym combines a word, wurun , meaning Manna gum /"white gum tree" and djeri ,

1715-419: The north and southwest, with little forest cover, something thought to be testimony of indigenous sheet burning practices to expose the massive number of yam daisies which proliferated in the area. These roots and various tuber lilies formed a major source of starch and carbohydrates. Seasonal changes in the weather, availability of foods and other factors would determine where campsites were located, many near

1764-399: The past must be found and collected from documents. By finding and doing this, Wurundjeri will bring their past to the present and recreate a place of belonging. A "keeping place" should be to keep things for future generations of our people, not a showcase for all, not a resource to earn dollars. I work towards maintaining the Wurundjeri culture for Wurundjeri people into the future. In 1985,

1813-604: The site was placed on the Australian National Heritage List for its cultural importance and archeological value. Settlement and dispossession of the Wurundjeri lands began soon after a ceremony in which Wurundjeri leaders conducted a tanderrum ceremony, whose function was to allow outsiders temporary access to the resources of clan lands. John Batman and other whites interpreted this symbolic act, recorded in treaty form , as equivalent to medieval enfeoffment of all Woiwurrong territory. Within

1862-717: The surviving members of the Wurundjeri tribe were given "permissive occupancy" of Coranderrk Station, near Healesville and forcibly resettled. Despite numerous petitions, letters, and delegations to the Colonial and Federal Government, the grant of this land in compensation for the country lost was refused. Coranderrk was closed in 1924 and its occupants bar five refusing to leave Country were again moved to Lake Tyers in Gippsland . All remaining Wurundjeri people are descendants of Bebejan, through his daughter Annie Borate (Boorat), and in turn, her son Robert Wandin (Wandoon). Bebejan

1911-718: The terrace houses in Domain Street to provide accommodation for its masters, as well as the grand Victorian terrace house in Domain Road, Creswick House, home to its middle school boarders. Christ Church Grammar School and South Yarra Primary School, two of Victoria's oldest primary schools, are also located in South Yarra. A 2005 report called Liveable Melbourne that was commissioned by The Age and conducted by Tract Consultants and ACIL Tasman, ranked Melbourne suburbs and assigned them scores on fourteen characteristics such as crime, CBD proximity, and traffic congestion. The report found that of all Melbourne suburbs, South Yarra

1960-453: The university took on its first students in 1961, he was its first chancellor. He pushed for Monash to become a generalist, multi-disciplinary university, which was unusual at the time. The university was initially intended to focus on applied sciences and technology, to compensate for overcrowding in these fields at Melbourne University, but by its opening it established faculties across the full spectrum of academic and professional studies. He

2009-688: The use of all residents. Nearby in Lawson Grove the Lawson Grove Café can be found on the ground floor of a 1930s Art Deco building. It was originally intended to run as a convenience store for local residents, but is now a chic café for those in the know. The Beverley Hills Apartment Block is a 1930s development in the Spanish Mission style . The synagogue of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation , which

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2058-401: Was a Ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people and was present at John Batman 's "treaty" signing in 1835. Joy Murphy Wandin , a Wurundjeri elder, explains the importance of preserving Wurundjeri culture: In the recent past, Wurundjeri culture was undermined by people being forbidden to "talk culture" and language. Another loss was the loss of children taken from families. Now, some knowledge of

2107-477: Was built in 1929 to the design of Nahum Barnet , features a giant order portico and a great copper dome. It is the largest synagogue structure in Australasia. Christ Church is an historic Anglican church located on the corner of Toorak and Punt Roads. Its tall spire is a landmark. There are several smaller churches secluded in the back streets of South Yarra. South Yarra's parks and gardens include part of

2156-671: Was composed of two patrilines who resided in two distinct localities. These were respectively the Wurundjeri-willam and the Baluk-willam , where willam means "camping ground"/dwelling. The Wurundjeri Willum resided throughout the territory on the Yarra running along its sources as far as Mount Baw Baw and to the area where it forms a junction with the Maribyrnong River . The Balluk-willam's territory cover an area from Mt. Baw Baw: Their territory covers

2205-468: Was for several decades one of Melbourne's gay villages . South Yarra is also home to some of Melbourne's most prestigious residential addresses. Residential land price records (per square metre) have been set by properties in Domain Road, Walsh Street and Fairlie Court. South Yarra was originally inhabited by the Wurundjeri tribe of the Kulin nation . The area was settled by European settlers in

2254-522: Was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1961, in recognition of his service to Monash University. The impact of Sir Robert Blackwood on Monash University is still evident today. Not only is the Clayton Campus' great hall named after him, but its design continues to reflect his insistence, as an engineer, on certain design features in its original master plan. Most buildings are situated inside

2303-576: Was owned by the Poolman family from 1921, who entertained grandly in the ballroom that they added in 1928. In 1956 Mrs Audrey Poolman donated the house to Christ Church South Yarra, who used it as a nursing home for genteel old Anglican ladies for thirty years, until in 1986, the house was bought from the Church of England by international interior designer the late John Coote, who restored Poolman House at vast expense. Snainton at 80 Clowes Street, South Yarra,

2352-477: Was subject to renewal in the 1920s and 1930s by entrepreneurial builder Mr Lawson, as a kind of medium-density village enclave development. As a result, a large number of Art Deco apartment buildings were built in a Hollywood Hills style overlooking the Yarra River . One of the most famous of these apartment buildings, "Beverly Hills", on Darling Street, retains the original 1930s grotto-style swimming pool for

2401-515: Was the most liveable due to good proximity to the CBD, schools, cafes, and restaurants; access to trains, trams, and buses; and abundance of open spaces and trees. Hawksburn is a locality in the eastern part of South Yarra, bordering Toorak. It is probably best known for its railway station and nearby "Hawksburn Village", a small strip shopping centre on Malvern Road. Many of South Yarra's older homes and terraces are located close to Cromwell Crescent and

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