Ripponlea, Victoria
| Ripponlea Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
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 Edwardian shopfronts at Ripponlea village, Glen Eira Road | |||||||||||||
 Rippon Lea Estate from the front lawn | |||||||||||||
  Ripponlea | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°52′48″S 144°59′56″E / 37.88°S 144.999°ECoordinates: 37°52′48″S 144°59′56″E / 37.88°S 144.999°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 1,478 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,900/km2 (12,800/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3183 and 3185 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 0.3 km2 (0.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 7 km (4 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Phillip | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Caulfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Melbourne Ports | ||||||||||||
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Ripponlea is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after the adjoining Rippon Lea Estate. It is 7 km south east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2011 Census, Ripponlea had a population of 1,478.
Ripponlea is centred on the intersection of Glen Eira Road and Hotham Street. In terms of its cadastral division, Ripponlea is in the Parish of Prahran, within the County of Bourke.
History
The suburb is named after Rippon Lea Estate. After the death of Frederick Sargood in 1903, the estate's original owner, some of his property was subdivided to form the current suburb of Ripponlea.
Since 1909, Ripponlea has been the site of Caulfield Grammar School's senior school. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Ripponlea television studios were built in 1954 on land compulsorily acquired from the Rippon Lea Estate, by the Victorian State Government.
Transport
Ripponlea has the Ripponlea railway station, located on the Sandringham Line.
Gallery
Rippon Lea Estate
Shops at the corner of Glen Eira Road and Glen Eira Avenue
See also
- City of St Kilda - the former local government area of which Ripponlea was a part
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ripponlea (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 July 2012.