CROYDON, VICTORIA

'Croydon' is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Maroondah City Council.
Croydon is the host suburb of the Maroondah Festival, which is held yearly in Croydon Park. Performers have included Daryl Braithwaite, Kate Ceberano, Vanessa Amorosi, Paul Kelly, Johnny Diesel, Hunters and Collectors, The Living End, 28 Days, Bodyjar, Frenzal Rhomb, Spiderbait, Kisschasy and even a few international acts, including Sonia Dada.
Swinburne University of Technology has a campus in Croydon, offering TAFE courses and apprenticeship training. Croydon contains one railway station, Croydon, on the Lilydale line. It is also the home of EV's Youth Centre, a long-standing local venue for all-ages live music events. Bass player for 28 Days, Damian Gardiner, grew up in Croydon.

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Burnt Bridge

History

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Burnt Bridge

Burnt Bridge is an area within the Melbourne suburb of Croydon, in Victoria, Australia. It is named after the Burnt Bridge Hotel, which was operated by Elizabeth Moore and Lucy Dawson as early as the 1840s, and located along the Lilydale Trail, near the present day junction of Maroondah Highway and Old Lilydale Road. At the time of the hotels existence, the area was grazing land. Hotels in these times usually began as shanties, selling coffee to passing coaches, before gaining their liquor licences.
Although some historians have speculated that the name is derived from the Scottish word 'burn', meaning 'stream', it is more popularly believed to be derived from a canvas toll bridge in the area which was burnt down. The hotel was also known to locals as The Blazing Stump.

History

Croydon was founded by a young man by the name of David Stephensen and began as the home of Warrandyte South Railway Station (since rebuilt as the current station). Travellers would travel by rail to the then unnamed station, and were then faced with a horse & coach ride to Warrandyte, which was not expected by many people. The station, along with the town that grew from it, was re-named Croydon, after Croydon, England.

External links

★ Australian Places - Croydon

★ Maroondah City Council Official Website

★ Maroondah Festival Official Website

★ Start Swinburne Site for Australian prospective students

★ Swinburne University of Technology Home page