| 词条 | Toorak, Victoria |
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| name = Toorak | image = | caption = | state = vic | type = suburb | lga = City of Stonnington | alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne | coordinates = {{coord|37.841|S|145.018|E|display=inline,title}} | area = 4.3 | city = Melbourne | est = 1850s | postcode = 3142 | pop = 12,909 | pop_year = 2016 | pop_footnotes =[1] | fedgov = Higgins | stategov = Malvern | stategov2 = Prahran | near-nw = Richmond | near-n = Burnley | near-ne = Hawthorn | near-w = South Yarra | near-e = Kooyong | near-sw = Prahran | near-s = Armadale | near-se = Malvern | dist1 = 5 | location1 = Melbourne }} Toorak is an affluent inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Toorak recorded a population of 12,909 at the 2016 Census. The name Toorak has become synonymous with wealth and privilege, the suburb long having the reputation of being Melbourne's most elite, and ranking among the most prestigious in Australia. It has the highest average property values in Melbourne, and is one of the most expensive suburbs in Australia. It is the nation's second highest earning postcode after Point Piper in Sydney.[2] Located on a rise on the south side (or left bank) of a bend in the Yarra River, Toorak is bordered by South Yarra, at Williams Road on the west, Malvern, at Glenferrie Road on the east, Prahran and Armadale, at Malvern Road to the south and the suburbs of Richmond, Burnley and Hawthorn on the north side of the river. The suburb's main street is considered to be Toorak Road, in which the commercial area of Toorak Village is located. Toorak is named after Toorak House, the 1849-built residence of James Jackson, a merchant. HistoryToponymyToorak was named after Toorak House, an Italianate residence built by James Jackson, a merchant, in 1849. The name of the house may have originated from Woiwurrung language, with words of similar pronunciation meaning black crow or reedy swamp.[3] Toorak House{{See also|Toorak House}}From 1854 Toorak House served as the residence of the first Governor of Victoria, Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB RN and his successors, until the completion of the present Government House (1876) in the Kings Domain. Toorak Post Office opened around June 1858.[4] 1880s land boomDuring the land boom of the 1880s, many large and elaborate mansions were erected in Toorak, often in the Italianate style. Following East Melbourne and then St Kilda, Toorak, along with Brighton, became the new favored location for the wealthy. 1890s depressionThe suburb was hit particularly hard by the 1890s economic depression and many wealthy landowners declared bankruptcy and were forced to sell. Nonetheless, the suburb remained and is still Melbourne's home of "old money". In the 1920s, a favored style was Tudor revival. Post-war eraIn the period of post-World War II prosperity, rising standards of living and land values caused Toorak to become highly sought after by a new generation of the wealthy, thought by some to be social climbers and Nouveau riche. For some of these people, the focus was simply to have the postcode of Toorak, which was SE 2 and now 3142. As a result, many of the larger mansions were demolished and large holdings were subdivided to make way for flats, townhouses and apartments. In the 1980s, larger houses in Neo-Georgian and Neo-Classical styles began to appear. Contemporary ToorakWhile large mansions have survived in neighbouring Hawthorn, Kew and Armadale, only a few of the original 19th-century mansions in Toorak remain, due in part to the high land value. Two of the most notable are Illawarra House, which was acquired by the National Trust; and Coonac, the most expensive house in Melbourne.[5] In Toorak, some of the old property names live on as street names or the names of blocks of flats, carved out of or built on their sites. DemographicsA study by the Department of Primary Industries revealed the following facts about Toorak:[6]
HousingToorak has an unusual mix of high, low and medium-density housing, due to intense subdivision of larger lots in the 1880s, 1920s and 1960s. The predominant housing in Toorak (42.1%) is apartments, particularly walk-up flats.[7] Single-family detached homes are also prevalent (29.6%). Some of these homes are in the form of traditional mansions or newer large residences on significant-sized estates, owned by Melbourne's wealthy and social elite. The architectural style of the mansions is predominantly Italianate and colonial. The premier residential streets of Toorak are generally considered by local real estate agents to be St. George's Road, Lansell Road, Hopetoun Road, Albany Road and Clendon Road. It is not unusual for Toorak houses to have extensive facilities, such as swimming pools and tennis courts behind solid gates and high walls to preserve the privacy of the residents. There are also extant stands of attached housing (13.5%), including terraces, which were traditionally fashionable with the middle class and later gentrified. PoliticsToorak falls within the federal electorate of Higgins. The seat of Higgins was created in 1949 and held by Harold Holt CH 1949–1967, Sir John Gorton PC GCMG AC CH 1968–1975, Roger Shipton OAM 1975–1990, Peter Costello AC 1990–2009 and Kelly O'Dwyer since 2009 (all on behalf of the Liberal Party of Australia). At state level, it mostly falls within the electorate of Malvern (currently held by the Liberals' Michael O'Brien), with the western part of the suburb falling within the electorate of Prahran (currently held by Sam Hibbins on behalf the Australian Greens). At local council level, Toorak falls within the City of Stonnington. Typically for a wealthy inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Toorak is solidly Liberal-voting. Toorak VillageThe Toorak Village is a strip of shops and cafes, located centrally in Toorak Road. Places of worship
The Wesleyan Church (1877), formerly on the corner of Toorak and Williams Roads, was illegally demolished in 1990 by developers and later replaced by a block of flats. SchoolsSchools in Toorak include St Catherine's School, Loreto Mandeville Hall, St Kevin's College, Glamorgan (now Toorak Campus, the junior school of Geelong Grammar School) and Toorak Central School (1890). SportThe Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club is located in Toorak. Kooyong Stadium, former home of the Australian Open, is located on Glenferrie Road. TransportThe most popular form of transport in Toorak is the automobile. CityLink runs along north eastern Toorak, though there are no interchanges within the suburb, although there is access to the freeway via MacRobertson Bridge and interchanges at Burnley. Main arterials running north-south are Williams Road (at the eastern boundary), Grange Road, Orrong Road, St Georges Road and Kooyong Road. The east-west arterials include Alexandra Avenue (at the northern boundary), Toorak Road (which runs midway through the suburb) and Malvern Road (at the southern boundary). Alexandra Avenue becomes St Georges Road and both along with Grange Road feed onto the MacRobertson Bridge, Toorak's main river crossing. Toorak's road planning is an example of street hierarchy. As a result, there are numerous quiet pedestrian streets. However, traffic congestion is an increasing problem along Toorak Road and Williams Roads. There is limited street parking along the main roads with just a couple of multi-storey car parks and parking lots within proximity of the main Toorak Road shopping strip. There are no level crossings in Toorak. There is a popular culture perception of Sport utility vehicle as status symbol (controversial for their luxury use, rather than for their off-road abilities)[8] and this has been associated with the suburb of Toorak, such that in popular Australian culture, terms such as Toorak tractor, Toorak taxi, Toorak tank, or Toorak truck have become well established in Australian slang as pejoratives. An example of this was an episode of the popular program Top Gear Australia, aired on SBS TV, in which the presenters, tongue-in-cheek, drove a $200,000 tractor along Toorak Road.[9] Toorak's only railway station is Heyington, on the Glen Waverley line, which crosses the Yarra from Richmond on the Heyington Railway Bridge, to the suburb's north. Despite its name, Toorak railway station is located in Armadale. The Pakenham, Frankston and Cranbourne railway line group to which this station belongs runs close to Toorak's southern boundary. Other nearby stations include Hawksburn, in South Yarra and Kooyong, in Kooyong. Trams have run down Toorak Road since 1888. Route 58 runs along Toorak Road to Glenferrie Road, at the suburb's eastern boundary. Route 72 runs along Malvern Road, the suburb's southern boundary. Cycling facilities are poor, with few marked on road lanes. MacRobertson Bridge and Gardiners Creek pedestrian bridge, however, the bridge provides pedestrians access to the Main Yarra Trail and shared bicycle and pedestrian paths in nearby Burnley. Pedestrians are serviced by an extensive network of footpaths and pedestrian crossings. Residents{{dynamic list}}Celebrities, philanthropists, cultural figures
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References1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22534 | name = Toorak (State Suburb) | accessdate = 21 September 2017 | quick = on}} 2. ^https://finance.nine.com.au/2018/04/27/11/51/the-top-10-richest-postcodes-in-australia 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~malvern/local_names.htm |title=Local Names |website=Malvern Historical Society |accessdate=15 June 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web |website=Premier Postal History |title=Post Office List |url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= |accessdate=11 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510053152/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= |archivedate=10 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/20/1037697739246.html |title=Toorak's grandest gets new owner |first=Deborah |last=Gough |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=21 November 2002 |accessdate=15 June 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/FD8ACF11C2F79318CA257165001919B9/$File/Toorak+-+Profile.pdf |title=Toorak Profile |website=Department of Environment and Primary Industries}}{{dead link|date=June 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://propertydata.realestateview.com.au/propertydata/suburb-profile/victoria/toorak/ |title=Toorak Suburb Profile & Demographics |work=propertyDATA.com.au |accessdate=15 June 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news |last=Hale |first=Elini |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/most-drivers-want-a-city-4wd-ban/story-e6frf7kx-1111118418990 |title=Most drivers want a city 4WD ban |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=28 December 2008}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/9220/top-gear-australias-take-on-the-toorak-tractor |title=Top Gear Australia's Take On The Toorak Tractor |first=Mike |last=Stevens |website=The Motor Report |date=3 October 2008 |accessdate=15 June 2016}} 10. ^{{cite episode |title=Senate focuses on Telstra chief's mobile coverage |url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s729461.htm |accessdate=15 June 2016 |series=PM |series-link=PM (Australian radio program) |first=Louise |last=Yaxley |network=ABC Radio National |date=18 November 2002}} 11. ^{{cite news |last=Rindfleisch |first=Tony |title=Magpie flies to ritzy Toorak |newspaper=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |date=8 April 2007 |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21520331-661,00.html |accessdate=7 October 2007}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22799830-661,00.html?from=mostpop |title=We reveal AFL boss Andrew Demetriou's $7m Toorak base |first=Michael |last=Warner |newspaper=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |date=22 November 2007}} }}{{City of Stonnington suburbs}} 1 : Suburbs of Melbourne |
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