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The first sale of Crown lands for the village of St Kilda took place on 7 December His block was bounded by three unmade roads. The remaining two became Fitzroy Street and The Esplanade.
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A plaque at the junction of Acland and Fitzroy Streets marks the site of the block. By , Lawrence had subdivided and sold the land on which he had built a cottage. Within a few years St Kilda became a fashionable area for the wealthy, and the indigenous peoples were driven out to surrounding areas. The high ground above the beach offered a cool fresh breeze during Melbourne's hot summer months. St Kilda became a separate municipality on 24 April , [16] and in the same year, the railway line connected St Kilda to Melbourne city, and a loop line to Windsor. These railway lines made the area even more attractive as a place to settle, and attracted visitors to St Kilda Beach , the St Kilda Pier , the privately run sea baths , and events like the St Kilda Cup.
Cricket and bowling clubs were formed in and respectively.
By the mids St Kilda had about fifteen hotels, including the George which began as the Terminus in St Kilda's population more than doubled between and , to about 19, persons. By the time of the Land Boom of the s St Kilda had become a district of great mansions, large villas in extensive gardens, grand terraces, and palatial hotels, particularly along the main streets such as Fitzroy Street , Grey Street and Acland Street , while the other streets were lined with villas and terraces of more modest dimensions. The Esplanade Hotel was built in overlooking St Kilda Beach, and the George Hotel opposite the station was greatly expanded in The flatter inland areas of St Kilda East was also dominated by mansions and large villas in extensive grounds, but also smaller more typical Victorian houses.
Much of the area which is now St Kilda West was swampland, but was reclaimed and subdivided in the s, with more large houses and terraces, mostly in the area close to Fitzroy Street. Cable tram lines across Melbourne were built in the late s, with a line from Swanston Street in central Melbourne along St Kilda Road to St Kilda Junction completed in , and a line from Windsor Station at Chapel Street along Wellington Street and Fitzroy Streets, then around the Esplanade opening in , making the suburb and the beachfront easily accessible. The boom of the s ended with the bank crashes of the early s and subsequent depression, affecting all levels of society, but ruining many of the newly wealthy.
The developing electric tram lines in the east and southeastern suburbs soon arrived as well, with two lines terminating in front of Luna Park by , joined by the electric line that replaced the cable car in , bringing cords of day-trippers to the beach front. Carlo Catani , a native of Italy , a local resident, and Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, was a founding member of the St Kilda Foreshore Committee established in , tasked with the beautification of the St Kilda foreshore, for which he did the design.
His plan saw the creation of park and lawn areas, paths and promenades, rockeries and gardens and avenues of trees and palms right along the foreshore. The committee also oversaw the leases for the various amusement operators wishing to cater to the growing visitation to the area, which included the Dreamland amusement park - , a new St Kilda Sea Baths [19] , which replaced the "Gymnasium Baths", Luna Park , the Palais de Danse and , the Palais Theatre , and many others. Catani died in before he could see the full vision realised, and several landmarks along the foreshore have been named after him, including a memorial clock tower, gardens and an arch.
Apartment development also concentrated in the area, some in the gardens of the mansions, some replacing them, or transforming them, with the result that St Kilda became the most densely populated suburb in Melbourne, often single people who moved away from family life, which combined with the numerous sometimes late night amusements, gave the suburb a racy reputation. This reputation was exacerbated by the Great Depression , and it became the growing focus of many of Melbourne's social issues including crime, prostitution and drug abuse.
St Kilda had become a favoured location for Melbourne's wealthier Jewish community in the 19th century, which continued through the interwar years. The community grew markedly just before and after WW2, with refugees from war-torn European, and developed an Orthodox community along with the existing Reformed one, opening new synagogues and schools. Cafe Scheherazade on Acland Street was established in the s, and served up borscht and latkes for decades, becoming an icon for this community.
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By the s, the Jewish centre of Melbourne had moved eastward to more affluent Caulfield , Acland street became less European and more for weekend tourists, until finally Scheherazade moved to Caulfield in WW2 saw servicemen flock to the beach amusements, where they also met members of the opposite sex, increasing St Kilda's reputation for loose morals. With numerous small apartments, and plenty of meeting places, St Kilda became one of the city's main areas of bohemianism , as well as attracting a gay and lesbian population.
By the mid s the Fitzroy Street area had become known for prostitution, with a number of strip-tease cabarets, notably at the once high-class George Hotel. In the early s works to the Lower Esplanade turned it into a fast moving connection between Marine Parade and Beaconsfield Parade, creating a barrier to the beach, except for a pedestrian crossover and several traffic lights.
In , the Palais de Danse, adjacent to the Palais was gutted by fire. The Palace nightclub was built in its place in in this building was closed, gutted by fire, and demolished. In the late s St Kilda Junction was rebuilt to create a Queens Way underpass connection to Dandenong Road, and in the early s St Kilda Road formerly High Street from the junction to Carlisle Street was widened by demolishing all the properties on the west side. The widening also had the effect of creating a physical barrier between St Kilda's foreshore, civic area and eastern residential streets.
In , the St Kilda railway line was closed, rationalised and re-opened to become part of route 96 , one of the first light rail lines in Melbourne, terminating at Acland Street. St Kilda also experienced increased gentrification during the s, particularly popular with yuppies due to its proximity to the CBD. The increased cost of rentals led many long-term residents to leave and removed much of the bohemian and artistic character of the area.
In , the site formerly occupied by the St Moritz ice rink was reopened as the St Moritz hotel, which became the Novotel Bayside in , then Novotel St Kilda in In mid, Becton, new owners of the Esplanade Hotel announced its plan to build a metre, storey tower behind the historic hotel. The plans were later scaled down due to resident concerns. On 11 September , the St Kilda icon, the year-old pier kiosk burned down in an arson attack. In , Baymour Court, significant s Spanish Mission flats and hotel stables were demolished despite the campaigning of the National Trust of Victoria and The Esplanade Alliance as part of the commencement of hi-rise Esplanade apartment building.
For the Commonwealth Games , St Kilda hosted an interpretive public artwork called the Lady of St Kilda, a mock timber sculpture of the shipwreck. The installation was visited by locals and tourists and it was left erected for many months afterward. However, the sculpture was subject to vandals disassembling parts of it as well as concern for children's safety on the high unprotected bow of the "ship" so the local council removed it in November The area adjacent to the Palais Theatre known as the Triangle Site, including the Palace music venue, is the subject of a major re-development, first proposed in The proposals stipulated the restoration of the Palais Theatre, but controversially many advocated the demolition of the Palace, one of the area's main live music venues.
Ironically, the Palace burned down spectacularly during an arson attack, [29] and fears were held for the Palais. The winning development in plans a series of lanes, promenades and walkways rambling through eating and drinking spaces, art installations, entertainment venues, retail outlets and open grassy spaces. Further controversy over the new development was caused when the tenants who vacated the Palais illegally removed its year-old chandeliers.
In , plans went out for a foreshore re-development, which included promenade widening and saw the demolition of the bicentennial pavilion which marked the land end of the St Kilda pier. In , the proposed development of a skate park and concrete urban plaza over parkland on Fitzroy Street next to the primary school at Albert Park caused significant local controversy. The council received a large number of objections. Alternative sites along the foreshore were ignored by council and all of the mature trees on the site were removed before the plans were presented for consultation.
In February , the Port Phillip Council's approval of the proposed Triangle site development despite over 5, written objections representing over a quarter of the population of St Kilda caused an uproar in St Kilda which saw media attention across Victoria [31] with local resident lobby groups including Save St Kilda [32] and UnChain St Kilda [33] banding thousands of residents together in protest and enlisting the help of celebrities including Dave Hughes, Magda Subzanski and Rachel Griffiths in their fight against the local council.
The council had refused to allow a secret agreement between it, the developers and state government to be released which effectively allowed for the transfer of ownership of a large amount of crown land to private owners.
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As well as the outrage over the sale of public land, many residents believed that the state government and council should have funded the restoration of the heritage Palais themselves rather than pass the costs on to the developers who had proposed a larger development to recover their own costs.
In May , the skate park development was stopped by the Supreme Court of Victoria, claiming that the council had acted inappropriately. A hearing was scheduled with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The mayor at the time, Janet Bolitho, was cited to have commented "the area would remain public open space — just maybe not green".
In the Census, there were 20, people in St Kilda. The next most common countries of birth were England 5. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1. The most common response for religion was No Religion at Today, St Kilda is an area of sharp social contrast, with many homeless and other disadvantaged people living among the wealthy and fashionable who crowd its shops and cafes.
The suburb is noted for its many itinerant backpackers, but also for its many long-term permanent residents. For many years, St Kilda has had the highest population density in the Melbourne statistical area, and the highest for a metropolitan area outside of Sydney. Despite migrationary trends, St Kilda retains a small number of ethnic groups although like much of inner Melbourne, the community is largely multicultural.
There are restaurants and shops representing the cultures of Italy, Japan, China, India, France, Ireland, Vietnam, Thailand and also Egypt, as well as local and international cuisine. An Italian Australian community has also been present in St Kilda for over a century, and a prominent member is Ron Barassi.
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St Kilda has a large Irish population. A small community from the former Soviet Union has also established itself in the nearby area and there are several shops of this community in the Carlisle Street area. St Kilda has three main theatres, each catering to a different niche use; all are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The National Theatre formerly the Victory on the corner of Barkly and Carlisle Streets is a Beaux Arts styled performing arts venue built in which is home to the oldest ballet school in Australia established in The Palais Theatre is located on the Esplanade and was built in to the design of Henry White as a cinema formerly Palais Pictures.
It is now used as a live music and concert venue. It features the largest screen in the Southern Hemisphere, and operates as an arthouse cinema with its own year-long film festival and private functions. St Kilda is home to a large number of places of worship built over the years to serve primarily the Christian and Jewish faiths, although many of the churches have since been converted for other uses. The present building, diagonally opposite the original site now a block of flats but located in Charnwood Grove was consecrated on 13 March All Saints' Anglican Church, on the corner of Dandenong Road and Chapel Street, was designed by Nathaniel Billing with the foundation stone laid in , becoming what is believed to be the largest Anglican parish church in the southern hemisphere, able to seat people, All Saints' is also known for its male choir, which is the only parish church choir of its kind remaining in Australia.
St Kilda is home to many major annual events. The largest of these is the St Kilda Festival. Hailed as Australia's Largest Free Music Festival the one-day event features live music, dance performances, community activities, carnival rides, street performances, market and food stalls, and a dedicated children's area.
Since the first St Kilda Festival in the event has grown in scale and now attracts over half a million visitors each year. The St Kilda Short Film Festival is Australia's longest running short film festival and has been showcasing Australian short films since Until , St Kilda was home to the Community Cup festival which celebrates grassroots Australian rules football having attracted record attendances of up to 23, and raising money for local charity the Sacred Heart Mission.
A similar annual celebrity cricket match known as Batting for the Battlers is played at the Peanut Farm opposite Luna Park and attracts a crowd of up to 2, St Kilda has run Melbourne's first major arts and crafts market which has been run on the Esplanade every Sunday since the s. It has been rivalled in Melbourne in recent years by the Southbank art and craft market on Southbank promenade. St Kilda has a vibrant music scene that has produced many notable bands and artists.
During the late s, it became a hotbed of dark, noisy post-punk , pioneered by locals bands The Birthday Party featuring Nick Cave and Rowland S. Men At Work started in St Kilda as an unnamed group. St Kilda has very strong historical links with Australian rules football. Originally based locally at Junction Oval , the team has played its home games at several venues outside St Kilda since Its current home ground is Docklands Stadium. Albert Park and Lake reserve has a number of ovals which are home to Australian rules football clubs.
The Community Cup was a community Australian rules event, run for 14 years by the local Sacred Heart Mission, which until drew crowds of up to 23, spectators. St Kilda also has a strong cricket presence. St Kilda has a Lawn Bowls scene which attracts younger players and has been popularised in film and television. The St Kilda Lawn Bowls Club on Fitzroy Street has a long history and retains its heritage clubhouse building as well as hosts many community events.
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The Commonwealth Games triathlon and cycling time trials were held along the foreshore, and the marathon passed through some of St Kilda's main streets. The annual Melbourne Marathon also passes through St Kilda. St Kilda Beach is regularly used for state and international beach volleyball tournaments. Recreation on St Kilda West and Middle Park beaches includes most watersports , including windsurfing , sailing, kitesurfing , rollerblading , beach volleyball , diving , jetskiing , waterskiing , sunbathing and skydiving with Skydive the Beach Melbourne.
A skate park for the Fitzroy street end of Albert Park is in the planning stages as well as the existing skate park on Marine Parade.