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Lilydale is a town and outer suburb of
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
,
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, Australia, 34 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the
Shire of Yarra Ranges The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an ...
local government area. Lilydale recorded a population of 17,348 at the . Situated in the
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, it began as a town within the former Shire of Lillydale and is also notable as the burial site of
Dame Nellie Melba Dame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic dramatic coloratura soprano (three octaves). She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th centur ...
(Lilydale Cemetery). It is both a
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of metropolitan Melbourne and an industrial area on the city's rural-urban fringe.


Toponymy

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 Lieutenant-Colonel
Joseph Anderson Joseph Inslee Anderson (November 5, 1757 – April 17, 1837) was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815, and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasur ...
and his wife Mary. Joseph Anderson was one of eight nominated (non-elected) members of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ...
. Lilly was born Elizabeth Anne on Norfolk Island, where her father was commandant from 1835 to 1839. Lilly was a typical Victorian pet-name for girls named Elizabeth. The family settled in
South Yarra South Yarra is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Sto ...
in 1848 and were friends of Lieutenant-Governor
Charles La Trobe Charles la Trobe, CB (20 March 18014 December 1875), commonly Latrobe, was appointed in 1839 superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales and, after the establishment in 1851 of the colony of Victoria (now a state of Austra ...
and his wife Sophie. Mary Anderson was a pioneer member of the Melbourne Mechanics Institute. Colonel Anderson was also a close friend of Crown Surveyor
Clement Hodgkinson Clement Hodgkinson (1818 – 5 September 1893) was a notable English naturalist, explorer and surveyor of Australia. He was Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey from 1861 to 1874. Exploration in New South Wales Qualified ...
and was a pallbearer at the funeral of Governor
Sir Charles Hotham Sir Charles Hotham, KCB, RN (14 January 180631 December 1855)B. A. Knox,Hotham, Sir Charles (1806–1855), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 429-430. was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, A ...
, who died on 31 December 1855. Lilly married Paul de Castella in 1856; Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson co-owned the couple's Yering Station. Anderson Street in Lilydale was named after the Colonel, and the parallel Castella Street was named after his son-in-law, Lilly's husband Paul.


History

Lilydale sits on
Woiwurrung The Woiwurrung, also spelt Woi Wurrung, Woiwurrong, Woiworung, Wuywurung, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance. The Woiwurrung people's territory in Central Victoria extended from north o ...
territory, traditionally part of the
Kulin Nation The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Aboriginal nations in south central Victoria, Australia. Their collective territory extends around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River va ...
. 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


Commercial area

Lilydale has franchises of McDonald's and KFC. Lilydale also has shopping centres named 'Lilydale Marketplace' and 'The Lilydale Village' as well as shops on both sides of Main Street. There is also a 'Baby Bunnings', and many other commercial shops.


Transport

Lilydale railway station, Lilydale station is the terminus for the
Lilydale railway line The Lilydale railway line is a commuter railway line operating between Flinders Street in the Melbourne central business district and Lilydale through Melbourne's eastern suburbs including Richmond, Cremorne, Burnley, Hawthorn, Hawthorn Ea ...
offering half hourly metropolitan rail services. It was rebuilt in November 2021 as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project, with the railway line being raised above Maroondah Highway. The original 1882 station building has been preserved in its original location, with the current station and bus interchange located on the opposite side of the highway. A bus station and taxi rank operates from the railway station servicing many of Melbourne's far eastern suburbs. Lilydale has
segregated bicycle facilities Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except whe ...
including the start of the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail which follows the course of the Lilydale-Warburton railway line which was built in 1901 but closed in 1964. Coldstream Airport is located approximately 5 km north east in
Coldstream Coldstream ( gd, An Sruthan Fuar , sco, Caustrim) is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army. Description Coldstream l ...
which has a sealed, all-weather strip to service the area with recreation, charter and fire bombing flying facilities for the local community. Coldstream Airport is home t
Yarra Valley Flight TrainingColdstream Flyers Club
an
ACMA - Australian Centre for Mission Aviation
Lilydale Airport is located in Yering 5 km north of Lilydale. It is for use by local pilots.


Education

There was also a campus of Swinburne University of Technology, which offered TAFE and
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...
courses, since announcing closure other institutes have come forward wanting to run the facilities. Box Hill Institute and the Centre for Adult Education opened their John St Lilydale Community Campus in 2015 offering the people of Lilydale and surrounding districts access to more than 20 quality accredited, short courses and pre-accredited pathway programs. On 15 February 2016 Box Hill Institute reopened the much larger former Swinburne campus as th
Lilydale Lakeside Campus
offering vocational training, TAFE and higher education. The Lilydale library, a branch of Eastern Regional Libraries, is also located at the Lakeside Campus. It offers free events for all ages, including children and seniors. Lilydale has four main secondary schools:
Lilydale High School Lilydale High School is a co-educational government secondary school located in Lilydale, Victoria. , the school includes science, media, technology and multi-purpose learning areas. History Lilydale High School was founded in 1919, at which ...
,
Mount Lilydale Mercy College , motto_translation = All with God , city = Lilydale , state = Victoria , zipcode = 3140 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type ...
, Lilydale Heights College, and Lilydale Adventist Academy. Many primary schools are located in the suburb as well. Other institutions based in Lilydale include the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Australia offices for Institute in Basic Life Principles and Advanced Training Institute.


Parks and reserves

Olinda Creek runs through Lilydale having its source in the nearby Dandenong Ranges and is a
tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Yarra River The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, ( Kulin languages: ''Berrern'', ''Birr-arrung'', ''Bay-ray-rung'', ''Birarang'', ''Birrarung'', and ''Wongete'') is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia. The lower s ...
. Lilydale is well known for
Lillydale Lake Lillydale Lake (the name retaining the earliest spelling and the name of the former Lillydale Shire) is an artificial lake and wetlands area created in Lilydale, Victoria, Lilydale, an list of Melbourne suburbs#Eastern municipalities and their su ...
, a recreational area where children play and learn about the wetlands environment. Surrounding the lake are modern housing estates, such as Lakeview Estate.


Cultural references

A popular ground covering product from the long established quarry on the edge of the town, used in pathways, driveways, backyards and composed of crushed limestone of varying grades, is commercially and popularly known as "Lilydale Toppings".http://www.bv.com.au/file/file/Surface-Lilydale.pdf The town is mentioned briefly in the
Augie March Augie (sometimes spelled Auggie) is a nickname for variations of the name August, which derives from the Latin name Augustus. It may refer to: People * Augie Auer (1940–2007), meteorologist * Augie Galan (1912–1993), Major League Baseball p ...
song The Cold Acre. In Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Series 3 episode ''Death at the Grand'', Phryne arranges to have her troublesome father, Henry, housed there until leaving the country, saying "Even you can't get yourself into trouble in Lilydale."


Sport

The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The Lilydale Falcons, competing in the Eastern Football League. It also has a cricket team, competing in the Ringwood District Cricket Association. Lilydale is also home to "Lilydale Skate Centre" where Kids, Adults can enjoy Roller Skating and Inline Skating. This skate centre provides Learn to Skate class, Inline Hockey, Roller Hockey, Speed Skating, Jam Skating, Artistic Skating, Slalom skating, All abilities skating including wheel chair and Roller Derby Skating for all ages and abilities


Notable people

Notable people from or having lived in Lilydale include: * Elizabeth Catherine Usher AO (1911–1996), pioneering speech therapist * Dame Nellie Melba, opera singer (1861–1931)


References


External links


Lilydale Airport
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