Ringwood, Victoria
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Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, 23 km (14 mi) east of 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 Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Ringwood had a population of 15,185.

Ringwood is notable as the location of a Cadbury production factory, and the Eastland Shopping Centre
Eastland Shopping Centre
Eastland Shopping Centre is a large shopping centre located in the outer eastern suburb of Ringwood, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which first opened on 31 October 1967....

. The centre of Ringwood is based on Maroondah Highway
Maroondah Highway
Maroondah Highway , is a major east-west thoroughfare in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and a highway servicing the lower alpine region Victoria, Australia.-History:...

 (the continuation of Whitehorse Road from Blackburn). In 2008, Eastlink
Eastlink
Eastlink may refer to:* EastLink , a toll road in Melbourne, Australia* East-Link , a toll bridge in Dublin, Ireland* EastLink , a communications provider in Canada...

 was completed, including the Ringwood Bypass, providing a road bypass of the central township.

The Post Office opened on 2 August 1875 in the then rural area.

Maroondah Highway runs straight through Ringwood and various retailers have chosen to develop their businesses accordingly over the years.

Perhaps Ringwood's most global notoriety is the development in 1958 of the "Pride of Ringwood" hop variety, which today flavors Fosters Lager, Victoria Bitter, and many other beers around the world. The hops were developed along the Mullum Mullum creek, near the site of what later became Penguin Books in 1963.

In 1961 the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc. was founded.

In 1967 the original Eastland Shopping Centre was completed, the major tenant being Myer Stores
Myer
Myer is Australia's largest department store chain, retailing a broad range of merchandise including women's, men's and children's clothing, footwear and accessories; cosmetics and fragrance; homewares; electrical; furniture and bedding; toys; books and stationery; food and confectionery; and...

.

In the late 1990s Eastland was redeveloped and in its current state has over 80000 square feet (7,432.2 m²) of retail and hospitality floor space, car parks and a cinema complex on its top floor.

In 2007, Ringwood became the home of ConnectEast, owner and operator of Melbourne's second toll road EastLink
Eastlink
Eastlink may refer to:* EastLink , a toll road in Melbourne, Australia* East-Link , a toll bridge in Dublin, Ireland* EastLink , a communications provider in Canada...

.

As of 2009 the current owners of Eastland, QIC, is believed to be commencing another redevelopment of the Eastland site. With the downturn in the economy, both here and overseas, the current market value of QIC, and the leases of current tenants on Maroondah Highway, The Arcade and around the Ringwood Library now beginning to re-locate, it remains to be seen if this multi-million dollar re-vamp will still proceed.

In 2009, the State Government controversially approved the building of a nine storey housing development near Ringwood Lake without council or public consultation.

Schools in Ringwood

Primary Schools:

Secondary Colleges:

Transit City (Melbourne 2030)

Ringwood has been designated to be a Transit City
Transit City
Transit City was a plan for developing public transport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first proposed and announced by then-Toronto Mayor David Miller and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007...

 as part of the Melbourne 2030
Melbourne 2030
The Metropolitan Strategy Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government strategic planning policy framework for the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, intended to cover the period 2001-2030. During this period the population of the metropolitan area is expected to grow by a million people to over 5...

 development plan by the Bracks government. Ringwood is a key gateway from Melbourne's CBD to the Yarra Valley.

In April 2008, the Brumby Labor Government did not approve any of the plans for the construction of the new transport hub in the centre of Ringwood. The development of the ageing Railway Station and facilities would provide improvements to several elements of the environs and to passenger safety.

Transportation

As part of the Melbourne 2030 planning policy Ringwood became a designated 'Transit City' as a push to locate higher-density development near public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

 facilities. The designation of Ringwood as a Transit City prompted community concerns over a lack of community consultation, leading to the creation of the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC).

Ringwood has a railway station
Ringwood railway station, Melbourne
Ringwood is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Ringwood, on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines. It is in Metcard Zone 2, is classed as a Premium Station, and is the junction for the Belgrave & Lilydale lines....

 that is an interchange for the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. It also has stations on those lines, for example Ringwood East.

Politics and Representation

Ringwood operated a number of polling booths at the 2010 federal election, distributed mostly across the federal electorates of Deakin and Menzies, with another few allocated to Casey for pre-polling. Traditionally a relatively Liberal-leaning suburb, the combined results across all Ringwood booths produced a primary vote result of 35.7% for Labor, 47.2% for the Liberals, and 12.0% for the Greens; on a two-party basis after preferences, the result was 53.02% Liberal and 46.98% Labor.

Sport

The suburb has two Australian Rules football teams, The Norwood Norsemen at Mullum Mullum Reserve and The Ringwood Redbacks at Jubilee Park, competing in the Eastern Football League
Eastern Football League (Australia)
The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

.

Other facilities include
  • Ringwood Aquatic Centre.
  • Maroondah Indoor Sports Centre.
  • Ringwood Public Golf Course.
  • Proclamation Park
  • Jubilee Park

Recreation

The Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc. (RFNC) is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

 and conservation
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...

 organisation. The club was founded in 1961 by Jack Hyett
Jack Hyett
Jack Hyett was an Australian teacher, broadcaster, author, naturalist and amateur ornithologist. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria. He was Foundation President of the Victorian Ornithological Research Group and the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club. He served as editor of the Emu, the journal of...

 and William (Bill) King, with other notable members including Bruce Fuhrer and Fred Rogers.


The club provides an amateur forum for the study and enjoyment of natural history and travels both locally and within Victoria.


The club logo was designed in 1964 by Jack Truscott, a local artist and Foundation member, and features a male Golden Whistler and the Cinnamon Wattle (Acacia leprosa)
Acacia leprosa
Acacia leprosa, also known as Cinnamon Wattle, is an acacia native to Australia. It occurs in woodland in New South Wales and Victoria. It occurs as a hardy shrub or small tree. The phyllodes are 3-14 cm long and contain oil glands...

, both of which were common in Ringwood in the 1960's.

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