Collingwood, Melbourne
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Collingwood Melbourne, Victoria |
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Aerial view of Collingwood looking south west toward Victoria Parade; Hoddle Street (left) and Smith Street on (top right)
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 Collingwood
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| Coordinates | 37°48′07″S 144°59′17″E / 37.8019°S 144.98815°ECoordinates: 37°48′07″S 144°59′17″E / 37.8019°S 144.98815°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 8,513 (2016) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,974/km2 (12,880/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1850s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3066 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Yarra | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Richmond | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
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Collingwood is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 3 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 Australian Census, Collingwood had a population of 8,513.
Collingwood is one of the oldest suburbs in Melbourne and is bordered by Smith Street, Alexandra Parade, Hoddle Street and Victoria Parade.
Collingwood is notable for its historical buildings, with many nineteenth century dwellings, shops and factories still in use.
It was named in 1842 after Baron Collingwood or an early hotel which bore his name.
It was 'named after' Lord Horatio Nelson's 'favourite admiral' Baron Collingwood (or, possibly after the Collingwood Hotel which existed there and was named after the admiral) by surveyor Robert Hoddle, under instructions from Superintendent Charles La Trobe, in 1842.
Australian author Frank Hardy set the novel Power Without Glory in a fictionalised version of the suburb, named Carringbush. The name is used by a number of businesses in the area, such as "Carringbush Business Centre". At one time a ward in the City of Yarra that includes part of Collingwood was actually named Carringbush.
Subdivision and sale of land in Collingwood began in 1838, and was mostly complete by the 1850s. Collingwood was declared a municipality, separate from the City of Melbourne on 24 April 1855, the first to follow the state's major population centres of Melbourne and Geelong. Collingwood was proclaimed a town in 1873, and later a city in 1876.
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