- Windsor, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place
name = Windsor
caption = Tram on Chapel Street, Windsor stopping at Windsor railway station
state = vic
type = suburb
lga = City of Stonnington
lga2 = City of Port Phillip
area = 1
city = Melbourne
est = 1860s
postcode = 3181
pop = 6394 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21739 | name = Windsor (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-29 | quick = on]
propval = $613,500 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Windsor&postcode=3181 Windsor] , accessed 17 August 2007]
stategov = Prahran
fedgov = Higgins
near-nw = South Yarra
near-n = Prahran
near-ne = Prahran
near-w = Albert Park
near-e = Prahran
near-sw = St Kilda
near-s = St Kilda East
near-se = St Kilda East
dist1 = 7 | location1 = MelbourneWindsor is an
inner city suburb ofMelbourne, Australia . It is part of theCity of Stonnington (although a small section of the suburb is in theCity of Port Phillip ). At the 2006 Census, Windsor had a population of 6394. It is bounded by Dandenong Road,St Kilda Road , Williams Road and High Street.It is the smallest suburb in Stonnington and is often incorrectly referred to as
Prahran , Windsor's northern neighbour. In the past, Windsor was within theCity of Prahran 's boundaries, and many institutions still refer to this.In 2005, research by the consulting firms Tract Consultants and ACIL Tasman (and reported by
The Age ) ranked Windsor 9th out of 150 Melbourne suburbs in terms of "liveability ". Windsor scored a perfect "5" in 8 of the 14 categories used to compare suburbs; however, it scored a "0" in important areas including "Crime", "Traffic Congestion" and "Open Space".Although Stonnington's smallest suburb, Windsor has its own bank, along with a growing number of independent clothing stores, fast food outlets, bars, lounges and cafés.
Windsor contains a diverse mix of housing including medium density apartments, Victorian terrace housing, hi-rise
public housing towers and semi-detached cottages.The Prahran campus of
Swinburne University is located just south of High Street in Windsor.The painkiller
Aspro was invented by the chemist George Nicholas in Windsor [ [http://www.sloughmuseum.co.uk/aspro_history.htm Slough Museum: Aspro History] ] .Melbourne's famous
Chapel Street shopping strip bisects Windsor, and the Windsor end is seen as being the more bohemian, less expensive end of the street.Landmarks
The suburb has many landmarks including the historic "Presentation Convent" (now a secondary school), the Stonnington Primary School, old post office, Telstra exchange tower and a campus of
Swinburne University . In recent times, the large "Empire Cinemas", converted into a nightclub were gutted by fire before eventually being demolished and replaced by hi-rise apartments, also named the Empire.The remains of one side of Punt Road at the Windsor end contains one of Windsor's lesser shopping strips called "Little Windsor on Punt".
The suburb also features stunning new design, including the award winning Windsor Fire station by architects Edmund and Corrigan. In Raleigh street is the K2 apartments,
Sustainable architecture built in 2006 to the design ofHansen Yuncken features passive solar design, recycled and sustainable materials,photovoltaic cells ,wastewater treatment , rainwater collection andsolar hot water .There are many remaining hotels in the suburb, including the popular "Windsor Castle" and "Pint on Punt".
Transport
Windsor is serviced by a number of
tram s along Dandenong Road, High Street and Chapel Street, and the Sandringham railway line takes commuters from Windsor Station to the CBD in around 7 minutes.Punt Road is one of the mainbus thoroughfares in Melbourne and passes through the western side of the suburb.Gallery
See also
*
City of Prahran - the former local government area of which Windsor was a part.References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040511082016/www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/windsor.html History of Windsor, Victoria]
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