Noble Park, Victoria
Encyclopedia
Noble Park is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, 26 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong
. At the 2006 Census, Noble Park had a population of 26,282.
Noble Park has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial zones and is home to a highly multicultural population, with residents who have immigrated from Europe
, Asia
, the Americas
and Africa
.
. Allan Buckley nicknamed the estate Nobel Park eventually turning it to the Noble Park it now is. Early settlement was encouraged by building a community centre, church, school, postal centre and later, a railway station. The postal centre was opened in August 1910 and the railway station was completed in July 1912. In the early days, growth was relatively slow due to the lack of population growth in the area. In the early 1920s, the Railway Department set up a poultry farm and eventually a plant nursery was set up in the eastern part of the suburb. The focus of the small community was based around its local town hall. In the 1980s Noble Park became renowned for its infamous gangs that carried out violent crimes against the community as well as the scene of a major shoot out between members of the Victorian Police and Pavel Marinof, a burglar on the run. Residential growth in the second half of the century saw an end to the grazing paddocks and market gardens. By the 1990s, 56% of Noble Park’s population was born overseas, with the largest being from Western Europe
(including Great Britain
and Ireland
), followed by Eastern Europe
ans (including Bosnians
, Italians and Greeks
); and South
and South East Asians (including Indians
, Sri Lankans and Vietnamese
), according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In recent years there has been an upsurge of migrants and refugees settled from North Africa
n countries, especially Sudan
.
trees. Area problems include flooding during storms due to the flat profile and old drains. Noble Park has an active Rotary Club
and an active Rotaract Club
.
; Route 811 and ) and multiple train services (which are the Cranbourne/Pakenham railway lines
) from Noble Park railway station. To use public transport in Noble Park requires a valid Zone 2 ticket (Noble Park was part of Zone 3 until this zone was abolished from Sunday, 4 March 2007).
However, technically, there are two stations in the Noble Park vicinity (Noble Park and Yarraman) and four bus routes that service the suburb.
It is a racetrack and also an area where the Australian Shooter's Association have their meets and practice.
, competing in the Eastern Football League
, and whose legalised gambling makes it one of the League's richest football clubs. It includes cricket and lawn bowls.
Noble Park is represented by Southern Stars FC
. The team currently competes in the Victorian State League Division 1
which is the third tier
in Australia behind the A-League
and the Victorian Premier League
.
Noble Park is also home to the Parkfield Netball Club and Parkfield Cricket Club.
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...
, 26 km south-east 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 Greater Dandenong
City of Greater Dandenong
The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 137,600 people....
. At the 2006 Census, Noble Park had a population of 26,282.
Noble Park has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial zones and is home to a highly multicultural population, with residents who have immigrated from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
History
The history of Noble Park as a Suburb in Melbourne began in 1909 when Allan Buckley turned Noble Park into a subdivision after having used the land to test explosives developed by Alfred NobelAlfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments...
. Allan Buckley nicknamed the estate Nobel Park eventually turning it to the Noble Park it now is. Early settlement was encouraged by building a community centre, church, school, postal centre and later, a railway station. The postal centre was opened in August 1910 and the railway station was completed in July 1912. In the early days, growth was relatively slow due to the lack of population growth in the area. In the early 1920s, the Railway Department set up a poultry farm and eventually a plant nursery was set up in the eastern part of the suburb. The focus of the small community was based around its local town hall. In the 1980s Noble Park became renowned for its infamous gangs that carried out violent crimes against the community as well as the scene of a major shoot out between members of the Victorian Police and Pavel Marinof, a burglar on the run. Residential growth in the second half of the century saw an end to the grazing paddocks and market gardens. By the 1990s, 56% of Noble Park’s population was born overseas, with the largest being from Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
(including Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
), followed by Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
ans (including Bosnians
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
, Italians and Greeks
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
); and South
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
and South East Asians (including Indians
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...
, Sri Lankans and Vietnamese
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...
), according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In recent years there has been an upsurge of migrants and refugees settled from North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
n countries, especially Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
.
Today
Noble Park is commonly considered to have a low socioeconomic standing in comparison with other suburbs in the south eastern part of Greater Melbourne, although some enclaves have been redeveloped with large and elaborate homes. Due to the relatively low property costs in Noble Park, however, it has recently undergone substantial residential redevelopment. There has also been recent investment by local and state governments, including the Paddy O'Donoghue Community Complex which opened in 2006 and the redevelopment of Noble Park Railway Station. In terms of public amenities, there are a number of schools; and religious centers including Churches, Temples and Mosques indicating a multicultural community. In terms of businesses, the Noble Park shopping district houses mainly bakeries, cafés and restaurants and convenience stores. Being formerly market gardens, Noble Park has fertile soil and to this day still has a large number of River Red GumRiver Red Gum
The River Red Gum is a tree of the genus Eucalyptus. It is one of around 800 in the genus. It is a plantation species in many parts of the world, but is native to Australia, where it is widespread, especially beside inland water courses...
trees. Area problems include flooding during storms due to the flat profile and old drains. Noble Park has an active Rotary Club
Rotary International
Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
and an active Rotaract Club
Rotaract
Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth programme in 1968 and has now grown into a major Rotary-sponsored organisation of over 8,700 clubs spread around the world and 200,000 + members. It is a service, leadership and community service organisation for young men and women between...
.
Transport
Noble Park is serviced by two bus services (which is operated by Grenda's Bus ServicesGrenda
Grenda is a third generation Australian family business maintaining its position as one of the major players in the Australian bus and coach industry. Grenda Corporation is a bus manufacturing and mass transit company, delivering over twenty-five per cent of Melbourne’s public bus system. In...
; Route 811 and ) and multiple train services (which are the Cranbourne/Pakenham railway lines
Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
) from Noble Park railway station. To use public transport in Noble Park requires a valid Zone 2 ticket (Noble Park was part of Zone 3 until this zone was abolished from Sunday, 4 March 2007).
However, technically, there are two stations in the Noble Park vicinity (Noble Park and Yarraman) and four bus routes that service the suburb.
Landmarks
- Sandown Park RacecourseSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
It is a racetrack and also an area where the Australian Shooter's Association have their meets and practice.
- Home to Melbourne's largest water slide located at the Noble Park Swim Centre
Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The Noble Park BullsNoble Park Football Club
The Noble Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club that fields teams in both the seniors and juniors of the Eastern Football League...
, 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....
, and whose legalised gambling makes it one of the League's richest football clubs. It includes cricket and lawn bowls.
Noble Park is represented by Southern Stars FC
Southern Stars FC
Southern Stars Football Club is an association football club from the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 1974, The club was formerly known as Dingley City Soccer Club which was changed in 2004 to Southern Stars FC...
. The team currently competes in the Victorian State League Division 1
Victorian State League Division 1
The Victorian State League Division 1 is the second tier association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and the third nationally, including the A-League...
which is the third tier
Australian football (soccer) league system
The Australian league system for football is a series of leagues for club soccer in Australia . The league system in Australia since 1977 has involved a one divisional league controlled by the national body and many leagues run within each state below...
in Australia behind the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
and the Victorian Premier League
Victorian Premier League
The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...
.
Noble Park is also home to the Parkfield Netball Club and Parkfield Cricket Club.
Notable residents
- John FarnhamJohn FarnhamJohn Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
Australian Singer/Songwriter - Darren MillaneDarren MillaneDarren "Pants" Millane was an Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL for the Collingwood Football Club between 1984 and 1991.-AFL career:...
Australian rules football - Stephen MilneStephen MilneStephen Milne is a professional footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
Australian rules football - Adam RamanauskasAdam RamanauskasAdam Ramanauskas is a former Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club.Of Lithuanian descent, Ramanauskas was selected at no. 12 in the 1998 AFL Draft and was mainly a defender or midfielder...
Australian rules football Player - Glenn ArcherGlenn ArcherGlenn Archer is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire career with the North Melbourne Football Club.Archer had a reputation as one of the most courageous players ever to play the game...
Australian rules football - Ron Walker Victorian cricketer
See also
- City of SpringvaleCity of SpringvaleThe City of Springvale was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which part of Noble Park was a part. - City of DandenongCity of DandenongThe City of Dandenong was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which part of Noble Park was a part.