Lilydale, Victoria
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Lilydale Melbourne, Victoria |
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Main Street (Maroondah Highway), Lilydale
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| Coordinates | 37°45′29″S 145°21′00″E / 37.758°S 145.350°ECoordinates: 37°45′29″S 145°21′00″E / 37.758°S 145.350°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 15,649 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,040/km2 (2,700/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3140 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 35 km (22 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
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| Federal Division(s) | Casey | ||||||||||||
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Lilydale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district situated in the Yarra Valley. At the 2011 census, Lilydale had a population of 15,649. It began as a town within the Shire of Lillydale and is also notable as the burial site of Dame Nellie Melba (Lilydale Cemetery).
It is both a residential area of metropolitan Melbourne and an industrial area on the city's rural-urban fringe.
Some prefer to believe the town was named after an 1852 song "Lilly Dale" by H. S. Thompson but evidence shows it was named after an early settler, Lilly de Castella. Most of Victoria has been named after prominent citizens or with traditional Aboriginal names. Lilly de Castella was one of four daughters of Colonel Joseph Anderson and wife Mary. Joseph Anderson was one of eight nominated (not-elected) members of Victoria's first parliament. Lilly was born Elizabeth Anne on Norfolk Island when her father was Commandant (1835-1839). Lilly was a typical Victorian pet-name for girls named Elizabeth. The family settled in South Yarra in 1848 and were friends of Governor and Sophie La Trobe. Mary Anderson was a pioneer member of the Melbourne Mechanics Institute. Colonel Anderson was also a close friend of Crown Surveyor Clement Hodgkinson and was a pallbearer of Governor Hotham upon his death 31 December 1855. Lilly married Paul de Castella in 1856: Colonel Anderson co-owned the couple's Yering Station. Anderson Street Lilydale was named after the Colonel and parallel Castella Street was named after his son-in-law, Lilly's husband Paul.
Lillydale township was surveyed in 1860 by Clement Hodgkinson.
The Post Office opened on 1 September 1860 as Brushy Creek, and was renamed Lillydale in 1861 and Lilydale around 1872.
The Lilydale Hotel opened in 1862. The railway came to town with the opening of the station in 1882.
The first town hall was built in 1888 along with the Mechanics Institute Free Library building.
Lilydale has an active CFA (Country Fire Authority) volunteer fire brigade, first established in 1905. There was an unregistered brigade dating back to the 1880s prior to this. The brigade also has a satellite station in Chirnside Park. [1]
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