Historical information
This file contains two items about Gardenvale, which was previously all part of Caulfield:
1/Photocopied eight page document by M. Stewart, 1961, entitled ‘The Gardenvale Story’. It describes Gardenvale Railway and surrounding roads and land. Lempriere’s Paddock, rail tracks on the main roads for the use of market gardeners’ wagons. Sale of land for O’Neill College Estate and construction of a subway through the railway embankment to Gardenvale Shopping centre, including efforts by local people and the council for work to be completed and costs. Footnote is circa 1977.
2/Map of Glen Eira printed from Council website 20/06/2014 showing Glen Eira’s share of Gardenvale.
Subjects
- gardenvale,
- bent thomas,
- brighton,
- caulfield,
- elsternwick,
- railway stations,
- lempriere family,
- ‘bentville’,
- lempriere’s paddock,
- market gardens,
- nepean highway,
- nepean road,
- north road,
- kooyong road,
- polo,
- sheridan family,
- bluestone houses,
- bethlehem hospital,
- land subdivision,
- begonia street,
- gardenia road,
- gardenia street,
- magnolia street,
- lantana street,
- martin street,
- shops,
- ‘ben burb’,
- house names,
- padua hospital,
- brighton,
- o’neill miss,
- o’neill college,
- o’neill richard,
- o’neill estate,
- elster avenue,
- o’neill college estate,
- railway crescent,
- denver crescent,
- brentani avenue,
- college street,
- rosstown railway,
- brighton cemetery,
- ross mr,
- hawthorn road,
- ormond,
- gardenvale progress association,
- elster creek,
- parliamentary representatives,
- landscapes,
- gardenvale road,
- railway lines,
- subways,
- traders association,
- drainage,
- floods
