Ripponlea, Victoria

Ripponlea Melbourne, Victoria
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/km^2 (12,800/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3183 and 3185
Area	0.3 km^2 (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
Suburbs around Ripponlea: Balaclava St Kilda East Elwood Ripponlea Elsternwick Elwood Brighton Elsternwick

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

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  Rippon Lea Estate

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  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

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ripponlea (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

External links

• History of Rippon Lea (suburb)