Burnley, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Burnley
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Yarra
postcode = 3121
pop = 708 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21003 | name = Abbotsford (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area = 1.7
propval = $560,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Burnley&postcode=3121 Burnley] , accessed 17 August 2007]
stategov = Richmond
fedgov = Melbourne
near-nw = Richmond
near-n =
near-ne = Hawthorn
near-w = Richmond
near-e = Hawthorn
near-sw = South Yarra
near-s = Toorak
near-se =
dist1 = 4
location1= Melbourne

Burnley is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is 4km south east of the Melbourne GPO in the Local Government Area of the City of Yarra, and has the Yarra River as its southern and eastern boundaries. Burnley is a very small residential suburb located in a pocket of the Yarra, considered part of the overall Richmond area.

Local Landmarks

With a large number of small homes in its narrow streets, Burnley has a diverse range of residential architecture.

Public Space

Burnley has three major parks. Burnley Golf Course services local residents and other Melburnians. Ryans Reserve on Swan Street is a centre for tennis and netball. Golden Square Bicentennial Park is formerly the site of Burnley Primary School (which was merged, together with Cremorne Primary School, with Richmond Primary School 500 m to the west). Burnley Park houses Burnley Oval above Yarra Boulevard and Melbourne Girls College. Melbourne Girls College was formerly Richmond High School, which was the site of controversial protests in 1993 (see Jeff Kennett), when it was closed down. Kevin Bartlett Reserve (named after former VFL/AFL star Kevin Bartlett) houses a number of playing fields and a sporting complex.

Education

Burnley is the home of the horticulturally focused Burnley campus of the University of Melbourne, which began as the Richmond Survey Paddock in 1850. It is best known by its longtime name Burnley College.

Industry

It is the home of television studios of GTV-9 on Bendigo Street, and the studios of radio stations SEN 1116 and 3MP. A light industrial park opened in the early 2000s, housing GE Capitol Services Australia and Amrad pharmaceutical research. In 2006, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was being built adjacent to the exit of the Burnley Tunnel.

The Burnley end of Swan St is notable for its many new and second-hand building supply shops. Hotels in Burnley include the Rising Sun and the Grand (with a highly-rated restaurant).

Demographics

Like much of Richmond, Burnley is home to many residents of Greek origin. Burnley Street is home to a Greek Orthodox Church. Tudor Street and Westbank Terrace are notable for their many clinker brick houses, originally Housing Commission of Victoria houses built on the old Richmond Racecourse.

Transport

It is serviced by train with Burnley railway station located near the corner of Swan Street and Burnley Street, and parallel with Madden Grove.

Burnley is also serviced by the route 70 Melbourne along Swan Street.

Burnley gives its name to the CityLink Burnley Tunnel which has an outbound exit at Burnley, and an inbound entry at Yarra Bend Boulevard, Burnley. The final section of Citylink was opened in December 2000.

See also

* City of Richmond - the former local government area of which Burnley used to be a part.

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040511075115/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/burnley.html Australian Places - Burnley]