Cremorne railway station, Melbourne
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Cremorne railway station was an early inner suburban station in Melbourne
, Australia
. It was located in the suburb of Richmond
, on the then Windsor line (now the Sandringham railway line), between Richmond and South Yarra stations, on the Melbourne side of the Yarra River
bridge and just north of Balmain Street.
The station was used by crowds visiting the Cremorne Gardens
, a 19th-century amusement park on the banks of the Yarra. Cremorne opened on 12 December 1859 and closed barely over a year later, on 22 December 1860. According to the local historian J. B. Cooper, the gardens had "dancing, entertainments and open-air shows" and "were frequented by fast men and women having money to burn".
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
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. It was located in the suburb of Richmond
Richmond, Victoria
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
, on the then Windsor line (now the Sandringham railway line), between Richmond and South Yarra stations, on the Melbourne side of the Yarra River
Yarra River
The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...
bridge and just north of Balmain Street.
The station was used by crowds visiting the Cremorne Gardens
Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne
Cremorne Gardens were a pleasure garden established in 1853 on the banks of the Yarra River at Richmond in Melbourne, Australia. The gardens were established by James Ellis who had earlier managed and leased similar gardens of the same name on the banks of the River Thames at Chelsea in London...
, a 19th-century amusement park on the banks of the Yarra. Cremorne opened on 12 December 1859 and closed barely over a year later, on 22 December 1860. According to the local historian J. B. Cooper, the gardens had "dancing, entertainments and open-air shows" and "were frequented by fast men and women having money to burn".