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520: 528: 106: 575:. The reticulation of electricity took place in 1914, with the building of Preston's sewers taking place between 1909 and 1915. 1915 also saw the establishment of the West Preston Primary School, which by 1927 had grown to accommodate more than 1,000 students. West Preston Primary School would later be joined by a primary school in Preston East in 1927, and later by a girl's high school in 1929. By 1922, Preston had been formally recognised as a Borough, two months later it had become a Town, and finally by 1926, Preston had been proclaimed a City. 1665: 536: 544: 1473: 1463: 24: 90: 512: 882: 443:"He retains a wonderfully clear memory of the early days of Preston when the settlement was known as Irishtown. He can recall the camp of aborigines on the banks of the Darebin Creek and the old toll gate at Wood street Preston as well as the flour mill in the same street with Emery's pottery behind the mill. Transport in those days was primitive and limited. The waggonette left the old Royal Mall Hotel in Bourke street." 1869: 1831: 113: 950:. The club has a large successful junior base with teams from under 8's to under 18's, and also have a women's team who also compete in the highest league in the state, the Women's Premier League. In 2007, the Lions finished the season as Minor Premiers and then went on to claim the Championship in front of more than 5,500 people, as the Lions won 3–1 against the Whittlesea Zebras. 954: 860:, to name a few. Darebin celebrates the artistry and diversity of the community with regular festivals and events such as the Darebin Music Feast and the now-defunct High Vibes Festival. The major community Indigenous Radio Station 3KND is located in Mary Street in Preston and is completely Aboriginal managed. 456:
and a Wesleyan school. The first state school opened in 1866 to the east of the junction settlement, but was later joined by another, the Tyler Street School, which had opened in 1875, north-east of Wood's store. The two denominational schools closed shortly before the Tyler Street School had opened.
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came economic hardship for Preston. However, capital works projects, which included the designation of new parks and reserves and the paving of roads, helped attract new residents to the area. Preston bucked the economic status quo by recording rapid growth between the period 1933 and 1947, with the
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As part of the City of Darebin, Preston has an active and eclectic artists and DIY community which is contemporary, experimental, and culturally diverse. Writers, musicians, and visual artists flock to the locality for performance, collaboration, and acceptance. Notable contributors to the Darebin
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During its formative years, Preston was heavily reliant on an abundance of fertile land for farming, dairying and market gardens. Areas that were not productive however, yielded clay for pottery and bricks. The 1860s saw the development of Preston's industrial capacity, with a bacon-curing factory
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Throughout the 1880s, Preston with its abundance of land and newly built rail stations was marketed as a residential area, capable of supporting 20,000 inhabitants. Between 1887 and 1891, Preston's population nearly doubled from 2,000 to 3,600. The majority of residential development took place
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Preston is also home to a number of specialist schools: YarraMe, for primary aged students with significant social and emotional challenges, The Pavilion school for students aged 12 to 20 who have been disengaged or excluded from mainstream education, and The Northern College of the Arts and
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Preston is home to many schools. The government primary schools include Bell Primary, Newlands Primary - a Spanish Bilingual primary school, Preston Primary, Preston North East Primary, Preston South Primary and Preston West Primary. Catholic primary schools are Sacred Heart Primary and St.
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The most common responses for religion in Preston were No Religion, so described 34.8%, Catholic 22.1%, Not stated 10.4%, Eastern Orthodox 10.1% and Islam 5.6%. In Preston, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (46.3%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).
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The original abundance of land resulted in low density urban development of Preston's former farmland, however population pressures and Preston's locality with respect to the Melbourne CBD has led to a growing tendency to medium to high-density urban redevelopment.
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within the corridor contained by Plenty Road and High Street, however there was also limited development in the west of the town, along Gilbert Road. These areas would remain areas of growth well into the 20th Century.
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Preston has a wide variety of restaurants, including fine dining and fast food. High Street has been transformed lately, with many new cafes and restaurants opening and becoming popular with the youth in the area.
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Preston's Census populations have been 623 (1861), 3,563 (1891) and 6,555 (1921). The Preston Municipality's Census populations were 5,049 (1911), 33,442 (1933), 46,775 (1947), 84,146 (1961) and 76,996 (1991).
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The Preston City Oval is also home to the Preston Cricket Club, which has played their home games there since c1860. Preston has played in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association since joining the
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In Preston, 63.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.0%, Italy 3.0%, Greece 2.8%, India 2.5% and Vietnam 2.2%.
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opening in 1862, followed by a tannery in 1865. These original establishments would be followed by several larger factories, including Huttons Hams and Bacons and Zwar's Parkside Tannery.
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By the 1860s, the area had a population of around 200, and five hotels, three of which survive: The Preston Hotel (1856), The Junction (1861), and the Rose Shamrock (1854) in nearby
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in 1837. Parcels of land between 300 acres (in the southern area) and over 1000 acres (in the north) were all sold during the Melbourne "land boom" sales of the late 1830s.
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In Preston, 54.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.7%, Italian 6.0%, Mandarin 3.9%, Arabic 3.1% and Vietnamese 2.9%.
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Preston Campus is an all-boys Catholic secondary school. St. John's Greek Orthodox College and East Preston Islamic College offer both primary and secondary education.
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The first church was accompanied by a growing number of hotels and other stores, which had emerged some 2 kilometres south of Wood's store, at the junction of
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Ruthven Reserve in East Preston has recently been upgraded, with arguably the best social and training amenities of any local sporting venue in the area.
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population growing by some 40%. This growth also resulted in the establishment of a technical school in 1937, which would later become a campus of the
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would also see Preston experience rapid growth. Between 1947 and 1954, the population grew by 37%, topping 64,000. A 15-year joint vision between the
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In April 1939, Vara Tidd, aged 91 years, who had lived in Preston since arriving with his family as a seven-year-old, recalled the early settlement:
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Technology which caters for Year 10, VCE, VCAL and post-secondary students seeking a specialised education in arts, trades, or technologies. The
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Currently, the suburb of Preston exists to the south of the original Preston municipal area. Suburbs which were once part of this include:
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immigrants into the Preston area, later followed by Asian refugees in the 1980s. By 1986, some 30% of the population was foreign born.
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and consists largely of flat terrain, ideal initially for farming, but later for industrial and residential development.
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dwellings which continued up to 1966, by which time said dwellings accommodated approximately 11% of Preston population.
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Urban growth accelerated in Preston during the 1920s, thanks largely to the establishment of a direct rail link between
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local government area, whose offices are located at the former Preston Town Hall. Preston lay within the federal
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The first permanent white resident was Samuel Jeffrey in 1841, and from him the area's early name was Irishtown.
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Calleja, C., Hubbard, T., and Raworth, B., 1990, City of Coburg Heritage Conservation and Streetscape Study.
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Preston Campus is a tertiary provider offering TAFE (VET) and Higher Education (Degree) courses.
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is also located in Preston. The suburb also has many junior football teams, including the
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to a new experimental design featuring hexagonal classrooms, and is listed on the
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Preston City Oval, home of the Northern Bullants, during the 2007 VWFL Grand Final
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Preston Lions FC celebrate 2007 Victorian Premier League Grand Final Championship
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Niche cafés and restaurants have opened in the suburb inviting patrons to dine.
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Preston aerial panorama facing north towards the Great Dividing Range, July 2023
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Aerial panorama of Preston facing west towards the Melbourne skyline, July 2023
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incorporates the rest of Preston, specifically all of the suburb south of
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in 1922. Preston's First XI last won a Premiership in Season 2002/2003.
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and the Preston Bullants Junior Football Club, whose home ground is the
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Councils would later culminate in 1958, with the construction of the
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The government secondary school Preston High School opened in 2019.
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arts community are locals Saint Jude, Downhills Home, The Contrast,
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since its inception in 1947, and currently competes in the highest
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1854 saw the establishment of the area's first primary schools, an
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A Preston house viewing inspired the song "Depreston" by musician
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and High Street, the latter of which served as a route to
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The acquisition of former Housing Commission land by the
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Two World Wars provided Preston with two awardees of the
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in 1904 (later electrified in 1926), and a building of a
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line passing through. The new line provided stations at
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The division was formerly called the 539:New Preston Tram Depot from above, July 2023 425:Preston Post Office opened on 1 March 1856. 753:The three postwar decades saw an influx of 573:Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board 2260: 2246: 2099:"553 Preston - West Preston via Reservoir" 1790:– via National Library of Australia. 1733:– via National Library of Australia. 1663: 1578:– Preston is also mentioned in their song 627:Preston & Northcote Community Hospital 88: 2043:"527 Gowrie - Northland via Murray Road" 1806: 1743: 1697:. Darebin Libraries, Darebin City Council 1648:"Preston (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities)" 1001:Public Works Department of Victoria (PWD) 846: 2057:"549 Ivanhoe - Northland via Oriel Road" 1852:"2016 Census QuickStats: Preston (Vic.)" 1814:"2021 Census QuickStats: Preston (Vic.)" 952: 880: 542: 534: 526: 518: 510: 65:Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1989:"513 Eltham - Glenroy via Lower Plenty" 1725:. Melbourne. 21 October 1941. p. 3 1144:: Eltham station – Glenroy station via 964:There are few large grounds around the 663:Preston is bordered to the east by the 2374: 2155:"567 Northcote - Regent via Northland" 2002:514 Eltham - Glenroy via Greensborough 1995: 697: 2241: 2175: 595:coaching of the local football team. 410:In 1850, Edward Wood, a settler from 1961:"251 City (Queen St) - Northland SC" 1717:"Colourful names Melbourne has lost" 1487: 1055:Sixteen bus routes service Preston: 585:Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE 571:would later be built in 1925 by the 17: 1782:. Melbourne. 4 July 1938. p. 7 819:), and is currently represented by 565:Melbourne central business district 13: 1196:via Elizabeth Street. Operated by 999:, a former chief architect of the 934:Preston has also been home to the 692: 475:reached Preston in 1889, with the 220:11.3 km (4.4 sq mi) 126:Location in metropolitan Melbourne 14: 2398: 2211: 1368:and Grimshaw Street. 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Preston is located in Melbourne
Coordinates
37°44′35″S 145°00′29″E / 37.743°S 145.008°E / -37.743; 145.008
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Melbourne
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City of Darebin
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Northcote
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Coburg North
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Heidelberg West
Coburg
Heidelberg West
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Thornbury
Bellfield

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