PARKVILLE, VICTORIA

'Parkville' is an inner city suburb north of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west.
It includes the postcodes 3052 and 3010 (University).
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★ the University of Melbourne

★ the University High School

★ the Royal Melbourne Hospital

★ the Royal Children's Hospital

★ the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

★ the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens

★ the Victorian College of Pharmacy (Parkville campus of Monash University) [1]

★ the Royal Park for which the suburb was named.
Elizabeth Street becomes Royal Parade in the suburb (before becoming Sydney Road and Hume Hwy, which runs to Sydney). Royal Park railway station is located within the suburb of Parkville and also the Turana Youth Training Centre.
There is also a golf course north of the Zoological Gardens called the Royal Park Golf Course.

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History

Parkville South estate commenced in 1861 and is the largest housing division in the suburb. All of the residential part of Parkville
South is a Conservation Area under the Register of the National Estate. In 1868 further excisions from Royal Park were made for housing estates at Parkville North along Royal Parade and Parkville West near Flemington Road.
During World War One and Two Royal Park was the site of military encampments. Camp Pell in Royal Park was the temporary military camp for United States forces during the Second World War.
In the 1960s, Parkville become the new, and current home of the Victorian College of Pharmacy, on Royal Parade, which is now a campus of Monash University.
The Athlete's Village for the 2006 Commonwealth Games was located in Parkville.

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See Also

★ Ridley Theological College

External links

★ Australian Places - Parkville