Belgrave, Victoria
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Belgrave Melbourne, Victoria |
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Belgrave main street (Burwood Highway)
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 Belgrave
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| Coordinates | 37°54′43″S 145°21′21″E / 37.912067°S 145.3558°ECoordinates: 37°54′43″S 145°21′21″E / 37.912067°S 145.3558°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 4,094 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 999/km2 (2,590/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1851 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3160 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 200 m (656 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Area | 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monbulk | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | La Trobe | ||||||||||||
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Belgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Belgrave had a population of 4094, and the suburb is only 16 years younger than the Melbourne CBD.
Belgrave was first settled in 1851.
Belgrave was named after an 1840s chapel in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; the name was carried by Mr and Mrs R.G. Benson when they came to Melbourne in 1856. Their sons, the Benson Brothers, settled in the Belgrave district in the 1870s. Though originally the area was known as "Monbulk" for the reservoir that lay near by, the town wasn't known as Belgrave until around 1903, and another suggested name for the town at that stage was Glassford. A Post Office opened in the area around 1904. Many men from Belgrave went to the two world wars, and there is a war memorial in Belgrave.
Most of the commercial district of Belgrave is located on Main Street, which is at the end of Burwood Highway. There are also shops on Bayview Road, which is located just across the rail bridge. Belgrave has galleries and bookshops. There is an organic and fair trade emphasis amongst some businesses including Belgrave Organics, a number of cafés serving fairtrade coffee (Earthly Pleasures Organic Café, The Laughing Owl, Grunge Café, The Village Idiot, Bensons and Reel Café). There are two retro clothing stores (Walk in Wardrobe and The Silver Compac). There is a Woolworths supermarket, three hairdressing salons, two travel agencies, a building design (drafting) service, a pharmacy, a butcher, a dry cleaner, two bakeries, a patisserie, a newsagency, a cinema, a few fast food outlets, restaurants, a Centrelink office, a pub and a few bars/lounges, two banks (the Commonwealth Bank and the Bendigo Bank), a tattoo studio, as well as a public library. It also has a very active Traders Association.
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