Princes Hill, Victoria
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Princes Hill is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra
. At the 2006 Census, Princes Hill had a population of 2099.
Princes Hill is named for the Prince of Wales
, similarly to neighbouring Carlton.
Demographer Bernard Salt dubbed Princes Hill "Chick City" in 2003, after 2001 Census data revealed the suburb had the highest proportion of single women to men in Melbourne.
The meeting agreed that that it was 'desirable that a church should be erected in the newly constituted parish of St Michael's, and that permission be obtained from the bishop in council to sell the original site on the west side of Canning street, near Pigdon street, for the purpose of purchasing another in a more favourable position at the intersection of Wilson and Paterson streets, Prince's Hill.' The church today is on the corner of Mcpherson and McIlwraith Streets in Princes Hill.
By May 1885 'a temporary building on Princes hill was nearing completion and was expected to be ready for opening, on Sunday the 17th inst.'
chase of land at Prince's hill, Carlton, for a state school. The motion was agreed to.
In September 1889 it was announced ' A commodious State school, which has recently been erected in Arnold street, Princes Hill, North Carlton, to meet the require
ments of that rapidly growing suburb was opened yesterday by the Minster of Public Instruction, in the presence of the intending pupils, who numbered about 250 and a large number of ladies and gentlemen.
Mr JAMES ROBERTSON, the chairman of the Carlton School Board of Advice presided at the gathering, and stated that this was the sixth state school that had been opened in that suburb there were in all about 5,000 children on the rolls of those schools of whom close on 4,000 attended regularly. Something was required, however on the part of the Education department, the board of advice, or the truant officer to secure the regular attendance of the others so as to enable them to take full advantage of the benefits of the Education Act
.'
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, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra
City of Yarra
The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 19.5 square kilometres, and at the 2006 census it had a population of 69,330...
. At the 2006 Census, Princes Hill had a population of 2099.
Princes Hill is named for the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
, similarly to neighbouring Carlton.
Demographer Bernard Salt dubbed Princes Hill "Chick City" in 2003, after 2001 Census data revealed the suburb had the highest proportion of single women to men in Melbourne.
St Michael's Princes Hill
The Argus on Saturday 11 October 1884 reported that a meeting of members of the Church of England the night before at the Carlton Hall in Prince's Street (now North Carlton) agreed that as 'North Carlton was now thickly populated, while dwellings were being rapidly built on Prince's hill,' that it would 'not be unreasonable to conclude that the time had arrived when the residents in the neighbourhood could support a church.'The meeting agreed that that it was 'desirable that a church should be erected in the newly constituted parish of St Michael's, and that permission be obtained from the bishop in council to sell the original site on the west side of Canning street, near Pigdon street, for the purpose of purchasing another in a more favourable position at the intersection of Wilson and Paterson streets, Prince's Hill.' The church today is on the corner of Mcpherson and McIlwraith Streets in Princes Hill.
By May 1885 'a temporary building on Princes hill was nearing completion and was expected to be ready for opening, on Sunday the 17th inst.'
The school
On 2 November 1887 in the Legislative Assembly it was moved Mr JONES (for Colonel SMITH) moved for a copy of all the papers relating to the pur-chase of land at Prince's hill, Carlton, for a state school. The motion was agreed to.
In September 1889 it was announced ' A commodious State school, which has recently been erected in Arnold street, Princes Hill, North Carlton, to meet the require
ments of that rapidly growing suburb was opened yesterday by the Minster of Public Instruction, in the presence of the intending pupils, who numbered about 250 and a large number of ladies and gentlemen.
Mr JAMES ROBERTSON, the chairman of the Carlton School Board of Advice presided at the gathering, and stated that this was the sixth state school that had been opened in that suburb there were in all about 5,000 children on the rolls of those schools of whom close on 4,000 attended regularly. Something was required, however on the part of the Education department, the board of advice, or the truant officer to secure the regular attendance of the others so as to enable them to take full advantage of the benefits of the Education Act
Education Act 1872 (Vic)
The Education act of 1872 gave control over schools to the State of Victoria.-Contemporary reporting:On 17 December 1872 the Act went through the Parliament. The Argus reported the next day on the close of the Parliamentary session:...
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