145-489: Erinsborough is a fictional suburb of Melbourne , Australia, where the soap opera Neighbours is set, focusing on the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work there. Neighbours primarily centers on the residents of Ramsay Street and other Erinsborough locations, most prominently those situated within the Lassiters complex . Erinsborough is a loose anagram of Neighbours . Erinsborough High School ,
290-500: A Hansom Cab (1886), the fastest-selling crime novel of the era, is set in Melbourne, as is Australia's best-selling book of poetry, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915) by C. J. Dennis . Contemporary Melbourne authors who have set novels in the city include Peter Carey , Helen Garner and Gerald Murnane . Melbourne has Australia's widest range of bookstores, as well as the nation's largest publishing sector. The city also hosts
435-598: A brief appearance in the very first episode of Sons and Daughters (playing the iconic Pat the Rat character - Patricia Dunne in flashbacks), several episodes of A Country Practice , and a larger role in The Young Doctors where she played Nurse Maggie Gordon from 1980 to 1981. In 2005, she was nominated for the Best Female Performance in a Soap Opera award at the international Rose d'Or television festival, but
580-647: A campaign to revive the economy with an aggressive development campaign of public works coupled with the promotion of the city as a tourist destination with a focus on major events and sports tourism. During this period the Australian Grand Prix moved to Melbourne from Adelaide . Major projects included the construction of a new facility for the Melbourne Museum , Federation Square , the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre , Crown Casino and
725-496: A contributing factor to the Australian economic depression of the 1890s and the Australian banking crisis of 1893 . The effects of the depression on the city were profound, with virtually no significant construction until the late 1890s. At the time of Australia's federation on 1 January 1901 Melbourne became the seat of government of the federated Commonwealth of Australia . The first federal parliament convened on 9 May 1901 in
870-608: A courtyard area, known as the Lassiters Complex, where several independently managed businesses are located. Lassiters used to have a shopping arcade, which had a bookstore, chemist, clothes shop, and gift shop inside. Characters often stay at the hotel and are seen socialising and working there. Lassiters was originally owned by Jack Lassiter ( Alan Hopgood ) when it first began appearing in Neighbours . On behalf of The Daniels Corporation, Rosemary Daniels ( Joy Chambers ) purchased
1015-569: A fictional high school, has been featured onscreen since Neighbours began in 1985. It is a co-educational high school, and in its fictional history, it was opened shortly after the Second World War. Many of the characters have been seen attending or working there over the years. The Blackburn English Language Centre in Burwood East, Victoria , and Coburg High School have both been used for location and exterior shots. Kenneth Muir (Roger Boyce)
1160-550: A funeral home. Alan Fletcher , who plays Doctor Karl Kennedy , said it was confusing for visitors and couriers when the studio reception was used for filming hospital scenes. In 2010, the hospital underwent a revamp, and a new look reception area was added. The Lassiters complex appears from 1986, encompassing many of the local amenities , including a hotel, bar, law firm, courtyard, and the Lassiters Lake. The sets from Holiday Island (1981–82) were redesigned and turned into
1305-484: A game of blackjack. Paul thinks about moving to New York with his children, but decides to stay put when Shane rips up the deal. The Erinsborough Police Station is where the Erinsborough Metropolitan Police work. Many characters have been seen at the station, whether it is being arrested for a crime, visiting a friend or defending a client. In 2010, the station set underwent a significant revamp, with
1450-436: A gift. He plans for it to become "a point of interest" in a part of the neighbourhood which is undergoing a regeneration. Other characters become involved in the storyline as they help refurbish the tram. An accident in the tram in 2021 saw the end of a love triangle storyline and threatened Dipi Rebecchi (Sharon Johal) and Amy Greenwood 's ( Jacinta Stapleton ) lives. Fitzgerald Motors (previously Carpenter's Mechanics )
1595-648: A large exterior, several interior rooms and office spaces added. The police station closed in 2012 and the building became the Erinsborough Community Centre. However, a year later, the Victoria Police purchase the Erinsborough News building and created a new Erinsborough Police Station. The Police Station site in the Lassiters complex was previously home to several businesses. A Good Hair Day Salon
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#17328523471561740-460: A major renewal of the CBD and St Kilda Road which significantly modernised the city. New fire regulations and redevelopment saw most of the taller pre-war CBD buildings either demolished or partially retained through a policy of facadism . Many of the larger suburban mansions from the boom era were also either demolished or subdivided. To counter the trend towards low-density suburban residential growth,
1885-439: A makeover and the bar reverted to its first name, The Waterhole. The bar has "an industrial ambiance using natural timber and patina steel". A garden courtyard provides extra light. The revamp was unveiled on-screen later that year. A statement from Neighbours said the name was "a nod to Neighbours' long and colourful history while ensuring the series maintains a contemporary feel." A writer for Inside Soap thought Chez Chez
2030-520: A number of regular and recurring characters have worked at the hospital over the years. Over the years various Melbourne hospitals have been used for filming, including Austin Hospital , Dandenong Hospital, Maroondah Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre . The exterior of the hospital is the entrance to the Neighbours production office in Nunawading . It has also doubled as a law firm reception and
2175-610: A pastoral estate in Bulleen , now the Heide Museum of Modern Art . The city is also home to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art , as well as numerous independent galleries and artist-run spaces. In the 2000s, street art proliferated in Melbourne , with Banksy saying its graffiti scene "leads the world", and "laneway galleries" becoming major tourist sites; Hosier Lane for example attracts more Instagram hashtags than some of
2320-700: A prominent example of the latter style in the CBD. The 1926 Nicholas Building is the city's grandest example of the Chicago School style, while the influence of Art Deco is apparent in the Manchester Unity Building , completed in 1932. The city also features the Shrine of Remembrance , which was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. Residential architecture
2465-404: A puppet store for his criminal activities, until he is jailed. The Handywoman (also Carpenter's Cars , Erinsborough Motors and Dial-A-Kyle ) is an independent builders yard run by Amy Williams ( Zoe Cramond ). The site was previously used for Lou Carpenter 's ( Tom Oliver ) used car business, Carpenter's Cars, which he opened in 1992 and sold three years later. In 2010, during a revamp of
2610-485: A pylon falls on it during a storm, killing Britney Barnes ( Montana Cox ). The 82 is a bar and diner in a static W-class Melbourne tram . The show acquired tram 907 in October 2018, and announced it would form a new set. It will not be a working tram, and has been permanently welded down on the show's backlot. On-screen, the tram is delivered to Erinsborough after Karl Kennedy 's ( Alan Fletcher ) sister buys it for him as
2755-456: A rapid clearing trend to sunny and relatively calm weather and the temperature rising back to what it was before the shower. This can occur in the space of minutes and can be repeated many times a day, giving Melbourne a reputation for having "four seasons in one day", a phrase that is part of local popular culture . The lowest temperature on record is −2.8 °C (27.0 °F), on 21 July 1869. The highest temperature recorded in Melbourne city
2900-432: Is Flinders Street station and its main regional rail and road coach terminus is Southern Cross station . It also has Australia's most extensive freeway network and the largest urban tram network in the world . Aboriginal Australians have lived in the Melbourne area for at least 40,000 years. When European colonisers arrived in the 19th century, at least 20,000 Kulin people from three distinct language groups –
3045-511: Is also one of several purpose-built sets at the studio. In early 2010, the hotel was one of the many sets which underwent a makeover. A new black, orange and silver logo was introduced, and the courtyard updated. A new mezzanine level, which contains a dining area, was added to the hotel. The mezzanine later became the focal point of Neighbours' 6000th episode and viewers saw Paul pushed from it by an unknown assailant. Real-life applications for jobs at Lassiters have been sent in from members of
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#17328523471563190-604: Is becoming unaffordable for some. Public housing is managed and provided by the Victorian Government's Department of Families, Fairness and Housing , and operates within the framework of the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement, by which both federal and state governments provide funding for housing. Melbourne is experiencing high population growth, generating high demand for housing. This housing boom has increased house prices and rents, as well as
3335-598: Is home to more skyscrapers than any other Australian city , the tallest being Australia 108 , situated in Southbank. Melbourne's newest planned skyscraper, Southbank By Beulah (also known as "Green Spine"), has recently been approved for construction and will be the tallest structure in Australia by 2025. The CBD and surrounds also contain many significant historic buildings such as the Royal Exhibition Building ,
3480-546: Is known for its music, theatre and arts scenes, as well as its diverse range of cultural events and festivals, including the Melbourne International Arts Festival , Melbourne Fringe Festival and Moomba , Australia's largest free community festival. For much of the 2010s, Melbourne topped The Economist Intelligence Unit 's list of the world's most liveable cities , partly due to its cultural attributes. State Library Victoria , founded in 1854,
3625-437: Is largely protected from the ocean, resulting in greater temperature variation across seasons. Melbourne's urban area is approximately 2,704 km , the largest in Australia and the 33rd largest in the world. The Hoddle Grid , a grid of streets measuring approximately 1 by 1 ⁄ 2 mi (1.61 by 0.80 km), forms the nucleus of Melbourne's central business district (CBD). The grid's southern edge fronts onto
3770-693: Is not defined by a single architectural style, but rather an eclectic mix of large McMansion -style houses (particularly in areas of urban sprawl), apartment buildings, condominiums, and townhouses which generally characterise the medium-density inner-city neighbourhoods. Freestanding dwellings with relatively large gardens are perhaps the most common type of housing outside inner city Melbourne. Victorian terrace housing, townhouses and historic Italianate , Tudor revival and Neo-Georgian mansions are all common in inner-city neighbourhoods such as Carlton, Fitzroy and further into suburban enclaves like Toorak . Often referred to as Australia's cultural capital, Melbourne
3915-554: Is noted for its street art , live music and theatre scenes. It hosts major annual sporting events, such as the Australian Grand Prix and the Australian Open , and also hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics . Melbourne ranked as the world's most livable city for much of the 2010s. Melbourne Airport is the second-busiest airport in Australia and the Port of Melbourne is the nation's busiest seaport. Its main metropolitan rail terminus
4060-481: Is often referred to as Australia's garden city, and the state of Victoria is known as the garden state . There is an abundance of parks and gardens in Melbourne , many close to the CBD with a variety of common and rare plant species amid landscaped vistas, pedestrian pathways and tree-lined avenues. Melbourne's parks are often considered the best public parks in all of Australia's major cities. There are also many parks in
4205-425: Is one of the first residents at Eirini Rising, facilitating his return to the series. Hilary Robinson ( Anne Scott-Pendlebury ) also buys an apartment in the complex. Terese hires Karl Kennedy ( Alan Fletcher ) as resident doctor and wellness expert, followed by his wife Susan ( Jackie Woodburne ) as Operations Manager. Later in 2024, Terese is forced to resign from the project after her alcoholism relapse places
4350-543: Is one of the world's oldest free public libraries and, as of 2018, the fourth most-visited library globally. During the 19th-century boom period, Melbourne-based authors and poets Marcus Clarke , Adam Lindsay Gordon and Rolf Boldrewood produced classic visions of colonial life, and many visiting writers recorded literary responses to the city: for Henry Kendall , it was a "wild bleak Bohemia", while Henry Kingsley stated that, in its rapid growth, Melbourne "surpasses all human experience". Fergus Hume 's The Mystery of
4495-504: Is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria , and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney . Its name generally refers to a 9,993 km (3,858 sq mi) metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne , comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities , although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area . The metropolis occupies much of
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4640-407: Is the local fictional garage, where many of the characters take their cars to be serviced. The garage was first owned by Lou Carpenter ( Tom Oliver ), who bought it in 1997, after deciding to expand his business empire. Lou offers mechanic Ben Atkins (Brett Cousins) a chance to go into partnership with him, but Philip Martin ( Ian Rawlings ) decides to buy a two percent share of the garage to stop
4785-530: The Australian Dream . This, coupled with the popularity of the private automobile after 1945, led to the auto-centric urban structure now present today in the middle and outer suburbs. Much of metropolitan Melbourne is accordingly characterised by low-density sprawl, whilst its inner-city areas feature predominantly medium-density, transit-oriented urban forms. The city centre, Docklands, St. Kilda Road and Southbank areas feature high-density forms. Melbourne
4930-449: The CityLink tollway . Other strategies included the privatisation of some of Melbourne's services, including power and public transport, and a reduction in funding to public services such as health, education and public transport infrastructure. Since the mid-1990s, Melbourne has maintained significant population and employment growth. There has been substantial international investment in
5075-573: The Empire of Japan , and the government requisitioned the Melbourne Cricket Ground for military use. In the immediate years after World War II , Melbourne expanded rapidly, its growth boosted by post-war immigration to Australia , primarily from Southern Europe and the Mediterranean . While the "Paris End" of Collins Street began Melbourne's boutique shopping and open air cafe cultures,
5220-584: The Heidelberg School of impressionists, named after a suburb where they camped to paint en plein air in the 1880s. The Australian tonalists followed in the 1910s, some of whom founded Montsalvat in Eltham , Australia's oldest surviving art colony. Mid-century Melbourne became a stronghold of figurative modernism through the paintings of the Antipodeans and Angry Penguins ; the latter group often met at
5365-593: The Melbourne Bounce genre and the Melbourne Shuffle dance style, both of which emerged from the city's underground rave scene. Established in 1861, the National Gallery of Victoria is Australia's oldest and largest art museum, and houses its collection across two sites: NGV International in Southbank and NGV Australia at Federation Square. Several art movements originated in Melbourne, most famously
5510-535: The Melbourne Town Hall and Parliament House . Although the area is described as the centre , it is not actually the demographic centre of Melbourne at all, due to an urban sprawl to the southeast, the demographic centre being located at Camberwell . Melbourne is typical of Australian capital cities in that after the turn of the 20th century, it expanded with the underlying notion of a 'quarter acre home and garden' for every family, often referred to locally as
5655-426: The Melbourne Town Hall , St Patrick's cathedral, though many remained incomplete for decades. The layout of the inner suburbs on a largely one-mile grid pattern, cut through by wide radial boulevards and parklands surrounding the central city, was largely established in the 1850s and 1860s. These areas rapidly filled with the ubiquitous terrace houses, as well as with detached houses and grand mansions, while some of
5800-750: The Melbourne Writers Festival and the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards . In 2008, it became the second UNESCO City of Literature . Melbourne is home to many theatres , eight of which are concentrated in the East End Theatre District , including the Victorian era Athenaeum , Her Majesty's and Princess theatres, as well as the Forum and the Regent . Other heritage-listed theatres include
5945-466: The Otway and Macedon Ranges , which block much of the rainfall arriving from the north and west. Port Phillip is often warmer than the surrounding oceans or the land mass, particularly in spring and autumn; this can set up a " bay effect rain ", similar to the " lake effect " seen in colder climates, where showers are intensified leeward of the bay. Relatively narrow streams of heavy showers can often affect
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6090-472: The Royal Exhibition Building , subsequently moving to the Victorian Parliament House, where it sat until it moved to Canberra in 1927. The Governor-General of Australia resided at Government House in Melbourne until 1930, and many major national institutions remained in Melbourne well into the twentieth century. During World War II the city hosted American military forces who were fighting
6235-815: The Selwyn fault , which transects Mount Martha and Cranbourne . The western portion of the metropolitan area lies within the Victorian Volcanic Plain grasslands vegetation community, and the southeast falls in the Gippsland Plains Grassy Woodland zone. Melbourne extends northward through the undulating bushland valleys of the Yarra Valley 's tributaries— Moonee Ponds Creek (toward Melbourne Airport ), Merri Creek , Darebin Creek and Plenty River . The city reaches southeast through Dandenong to
6380-575: The World Heritage -listed Royal Exhibition Building (1880), the General Post Office (1867), Hotel Windsor (1884) and the Block Arcade (1891). Comparatively little remains of Melbourne's pre-gold rush architecture; St James Old Cathedral (1839) and St Francis' Church (1845) are among the few examples left in the CBD. Many of the CBD's Victorian boom-time landmarks were also demolished in
6525-645: The Wurundjeri , Bunurong and Wathaurong – resided in the area. It was an important meeting place for the clans of the Kulin nation alliance and a vital source of food and water. In June 2021, the boundaries between the land of two of the traditional owner groups, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong, were agreed after being drawn up by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council . The borderline runs across
6670-499: The Yarra River . More recent office, commercial and public developments in the adjoining districts of Southbank and Docklands have made these areas into extensions of the CBD in all but name. A byproduct of the CBD's layout is its network of lanes and arcades , such as Block Arcade and Royal Arcade . Melbourne's CBD has become Australia's most densely populated area, with approximately 19,500 residents per square kilometre, and
6815-536: The market town of Melbourne , Derbyshire . That year, the settlement's general post office officially opened with that name. Between 1836 and 1842, Victorian Aboriginal groups were largely dispossessed of their land by British colonists. In 1840, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District , Charles La Trobe issued a directive to banish Aborigines from the immediate vicinity of Melbourne. This
6960-725: The 2010s the State Government of Victoria initiated a number of major infrastructure projects designed to reduce congestion in Melbourne and encourage economic growth, including the Metro Tunnel , the West Gate Tunnel , the Level Crossing Removal Project and the Suburban Rail Loop . New urban renewal zones were initiated in inner-city areas like Fisherman's Bend and Arden , while suburban growth continued on
7105-462: The 2024 Global Financial Centres Index . The city's eclectic architecture blends Victorian era structures, such as the World Heritage -listed Royal Exhibition Building , with one of the world's tallest skylines . Additional landmarks include the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the National Gallery of Victoria . Noted for its cultural heritage , the city gave rise to Australian rules football , Australian impressionism and Australian cinema , and
7250-545: The Bay was filled with teatree scrub where boorrimul (emu) and marram (kangaroo) were hunted. The first British settlement in Victoria , then part of the penal colony of New South Wales , was established by Colonel David Collins in October 1803, at Sullivan Bay , near present-day Sorrento . The following year, due to a perceived lack of resources, these settlers relocated to Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania ) and founded
7395-589: The Colony of Victoria, with Melbourne as its capital. The discovery of gold in Victoria in mid-1851 sparked a gold rush , and Melbourne, the colony's major port, experienced rapid growth. Within months, the city's population had nearly doubled from 25,000 to 40,000 inhabitants. Exponential growth ensued, and by 1865 Melbourne had overtaken Sydney as Australia's most populous city. An influx of intercolonial and international migrants, particularly from Europe and China, saw
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#17328523471567540-492: The High School site, established in 2024 by Terese Willis ( Rebekah Elmaloglou ). Terese initially plans to build the complex on Power Road, but after the council reject her plans she seeks to take advantage of the planned closure of the school. Eirini Rising ultimately shares the High School site, allowing multiple characters to be brought together and "favourite characters from yesteryear" to return. Harold Bishop ( Ian Smith )
7685-467: The Lassiters complex and the swimming pool was turned into a lake. Daphne Clarke's coffee shop relocated to the complex, and when characters visited the café they started to get to know the rest of the complex. Rosemary Daniels ( Joy Chambers ) thought the complex would make a good base for the Daniels Corporation and she moved the company into an office there. A hotel, pub and lake also appeared in
7830-469: The Melbourne CBD in the back-beaches of Rye , Sorrento and Portsea . Melbourne has a temperate oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfb ), with warm summers and cool winters. Melbourne is well known for its changeable weather conditions , mainly due to it being located on the boundary of hot inland areas and the cool southern ocean. This temperature differential is most pronounced in
7975-679: The National Theatre Drama School and graduated in 1980. She went onto play Maggie Gordon in The Young Doctors . In 1981, she appeared in the serial drama The Patchwork Hero . She also played Josie in the ABC television miniseries Outbreak of Love , which was adapted from Martin Boyd 's novel of the same name . Woodburne starred in the ABC Film 1915 as Dianne, alongside Sigrid Thornton , Scott McGregor and Scott Burgess . Woodburne said
8120-573: The area and established a settlement at the site of the current Melbourne Immigration Museum . Batman and his group arrived the following month and the two groups ultimately agreed to share the settlement, initially known by the native name of Dootigala. Batman's Treaty with the Aboriginal elders was annulled by Richard Bourke , the Governor of New South Wales (who at the time governed all of eastern mainland Australia), with compensation paid to members of
8265-450: The arguments. After Ben leaves for Sydney, Lou hires mechanic Drew Kirk ( Dan Paris ). Drew later buys into the garage and is a partner until his death in 2002. Stephanie Scully ( Carla Bonner ) takes over the business on behalf of Drew's widow, Libby Kennedy ( Kym Valentine ). When she becomes pregnant, Steph gives Christine Rodd ( Trudy Hellier ) the manager's job. Janae ( Eliza Taylor ) and Janelle Timmins ( Nell Feeney ) then buy
8410-535: The association. In 1836, Bourke declared the city the administrative capital of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales , and commissioned the first plan for its urban layout, the Hoddle Grid , in 1837. Known briefly as Batmania, the settlement was named Melbourne on 10 April 1837 by Bourke after the British Prime Minister , William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne , whose seat was Melbourne Hall in
8555-499: The availability of all types of housing. Subdivision regularly occurs in the outer areas of Melbourne, with numerous developers offering house and land packages. However, since the release of Melbourne 2030 in 2002, planning policies have encouraged medium-density and high-density development in existing areas with good access to public transport and other services. As a result of this, Melbourne's middle and outer-ring suburbs have seen significant brownfields redevelopment. On
8700-732: The avant-garde picture palace The Capitol and St Kilda's Palais Theatre , Australia's largest seated theatre with a capacity of 3,000 people. The Arts Precinct in Southbank is home to Arts Centre Melbourne (which includes the State Theatre and Hamer Hall ), as well as the Melbourne Recital Centre , Malthouse Theatre and Southbank Theatre , home of the Melbourne Theatre Company , Australia's oldest professional theatre company. The Australian Ballet , Opera Australia and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra are also based in
8845-436: The back of the 1850s gold rush and 1880s land boom, Melbourne became renowned as one of the world's great Victorian-era cities, a reputation that persists due to its diverse range of Victorian architecture . High concentrations of well-preserved Victorian-era buildings can be found in the inner suburbs, such as Carlton , East Melbourne and South Melbourne . Outstanding examples of Melbourne's built Victorian heritage include
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#17328523471568990-403: The bar has been recreationally used for a volleyball tournament and a Longest Workout competition, involving a number of characters. Following her reintroduction, Amy Greenwood ( Jacinta Stapleton ) becomes the manager of the venue, with Roxy Willis (Zima Anderson), Jesse Porter (Cameron Robbie) and Ned Willis (Ben Hall) employed as bar staff. The Flamingo Bar is destroyed in early 2022 when
9135-418: The bar to Max, and he gave it to Stephanie Scully. Steph revamped the bar in 2007 and named it Charlie's after her son. In late 2008, the bar was brought by Elle Robinson ( Pippa Black ) and run by Rebecca Robinson ( Jane Hall ). Many singers and bands performed guest appearances in the bar, including Kate Ceberano and Ben Lee . In 2012, it was revealed onscreen that Celeste McIntyre ( Cassandra Magrath )
9280-500: The begin work on revamping the sets ahead of the show's 25th anniversary in March 2010. The lake was drained and a new walkway was constructed. There were also some new additions, including a new Erinsborough News office. Harold's Café (previously Daphne's , The Hungry Bite , The Holy Roll , The Coffee Shop , The General Store and Harold's Store ) is a café and shop. It previously offered dry cleaning and postal services. During 2004,
9425-483: The best television pubs of all time. The pub came in seventh place, while character Toadfish Rebecchi ( Ryan Moloney ) was voted the third best television pub goer. In 2008, the pub was named one of the top ten television pubs and bars by Anna Pickard of The Guardian . She said "Although the Coffee House in Neighbours was arguably more important to the residents of Ramsay Street, Lou's gets included by dint of having
9570-434: The blocks. The Aboriginal population continued to decline, with an estimated 80% total decrease by 1863, due primarily to introduced diseases (particularly smallpox ), frontier violence and dispossession of their lands. The 1880s saw extraordinary growth: consumer confidence, easy access to credit, and steep increases in land prices led to an enormous amount of construction. During this "land boom", Melbourne reputedly became
9715-450: The business to Amy, who renames it The Handywoman. Following Amy's departure Kyle managed the business, however it featured less frequently as Kyle managed the 82. Ramsay Street is the residential cul-de-sac where many of the characters of Neighbours have lived over the years. The street was named after Jack Ramsay, the grandfather of original character Max Ramsay ( Francis Bell ). The street has only featured six houses on-screen, and
9860-625: The café was burned down in a fire that also destroyed other businesses in the Lassiters Complex. When it was rebuilt, a Post Office was included. The production staff worked with the Australia Post to create the store, which was an official registered Post Office. During The Erinsborough Tornado storyline in 2014, Lou Carpenter ( Tom Oliver ) was trapped in Harold's Store with Susan Kennedy ( Jackie Woodburne ), who had to perform an emergency tracheotomy on him when he began choking on some food. In 2015,
10005-551: The city centre was seen by many as stale—the dreary domain of office workers—something expressed by John Brack in his famous painting Collins St., 5 pm (1955). Up until the 21st century, Melbourne was considered Australia's "industrial heartland". Height limits in the CBD were lifted in 1958, after the construction of ICI House , transforming the city's skyline with the introduction of skyscrapers. Suburban expansion then intensified, served by new indoor malls beginning with Chadstone Shopping Centre . The post-war period also saw
10150-399: The city from west to east, with the CBD , Richmond and Hawthorn included in Wurundjeri land, and Albert Park , St Kilda and Caulfield on Bunurong land. However, this change in boundaries is still disputed by people on both sides of the dispute including N'arweet Carolyn Briggs . The name Narrm is commonly used by the broader Aboriginal community to refer to the city, stemming from
10295-411: The city of Hobart . It would be 30 years before another settlement was attempted. In May and June 1835, John Batman , a leading member of the Port Phillip Association in Van Diemen's Land, explored the Melbourne area, and later claimed to have negotiated a purchase of 2,400 km (600,000 acres) with eight Wurundjeri elders. However, the nature of the treaty has been heavily disputed, as none of
10440-430: The city's industries and property market. Major inner-city urban renewal has occurred in areas such as Southbank , Port Melbourne , Melbourne Docklands and South Wharf . Melbourne sustained the highest population increase and economic growth rate of any Australian capital city from 2001 to 2004. From 2006, the growth of the city extended into "green wedges" and beyond the city's urban growth boundary . Predictions of
10585-653: The city's population reaching 5 million people pushed the state government to review the growth boundary in 2008 as part of its Melbourne @ Five Million strategy. In 2009, Melbourne was less affected by the Great Recession in comparison to other Australian cities. At this time, more new jobs were created in Melbourne than any other Australian city—almost as many as the next two fastest growing cities, Brisbane and Perth, combined, and Melbourne's property market remained highly priced, resulting in historically high property prices and widespread rent increases. Beginning in
10730-936: The city's traditional destinations, like the Melbourne Zoo . Melbourne's many public artworks range from the Burke and Wills monument (1865) to the abstract sculpture Vault (1978), the latter a popular reference point amongst Melbourne designers. Jackie Woodburne Jacqueline Anne Woodburne (born 5 February 1956) is an Australian actress, who is notable for her roles in TV soap operas. Since 1994, Woodburne has played teacher Susan Kennedy in Neighbours . She first became notable for her role in cult serial Prisoner as Julie "Chook" Egbert and also has featured in roles in soap operas including The Young Doctors , Sons and Daughters , Cop Shop and The Flying Doctors . Woodburne
10875-441: The city. Nauru 's then booming economy resulted in several ambitious investments in Melbourne, such as Nauru House . Melbourne remained Australia's main business and financial centre until the late 1970s, when it began to lose this primacy to Sydney. Melbourne experienced an economic downturn between 1989 and 1992, following the collapse of several local financial institutions. In 1992, the newly elected Kennett government began
11020-519: The city. The establishment of the Melbourne Hydraulic Power Company in 1886 led to the availability of high-pressure piped water, allowing for the installation of hydraulically powered elevators , which led to the construction of the first high-rise buildings in the city. The period also saw the huge expansion of a significant radial rail-based transport network throughout the city and suburbs. Melbourne's land-boom peaked in 1888,
11165-402: The complex. This meant that there were enough different locations for characters to come into contact with each other. There are also enough jobs within the complex to ensure that characters would make each other's acquaintance. At the end of the 2004 season, Lassiters was burnt down by returning character Paul Robinson ( Stefan Dennis ). Paul also murders villain, Gus Cleary (Ben Barrack) in
11310-548: The countryside from the late 1850s. Construction started on further major public buildings in the 1860s and 1870s, such as the Supreme Court , Government House , and the Queen Victoria Market . The central city filled up with shops and offices, workshops, and warehouses. Large banks and hotels faced the main streets, with fine townhouses in the east end of Collins Street, contrasting with tiny cottages down laneways within
11455-645: The decades after World War II, including the Federal Coffee Palace (1888) and the APA Building (1889), one of the tallest early skyscrapers upon completion. Heritage listings and heritage overlays have since been introduced in an effort to prevent further losses of the city's historic fabric. In line with the city's expansion during the early 20th century, suburbs such as Hawthorn and Camberwell are defined largely by Federation and Edwardian architectural styles. The City Baths , built in 1903, are
11600-471: The eastern fringe at Gembrook . Melbourne receives 48.6 clear days annually. Dewpoint temperatures in the summer range from 9.5 to 11.7 °C (49.1 to 53.1 °F). Melbourne is also prone to isolated convective showers forming when a cold pool crosses the state, especially if there is considerable daytime heating. These showers are often heavy and can include hail, squalls, and significant drops in temperature, but they often pass through very quickly with
11745-461: The end of 2004 producers wanted a massive cliff hanger, so they decided that the whole place would burn down. It was the part of the last major revamp for the soap." Sarah Megginson of SheKnows also added the fire to her list of most memorable Neighbours moments. David Walliams referenced the fire in his 2008 book, The Boy in the Dress . In early 2010, bulldozers moved into the Lassiters complex lot to
11890-468: The establishment of slums, including Chinatown and a temporary "tent city" on the southern banks of the Yarra. In the aftermath of the 1854 Eureka Rebellion , mass public support for the plight of the miners resulted in major political changes to the colony, including improvements in working conditions across mining, agriculture, manufacturing and other local industries. At least twenty nationalities took part in
12035-414: The fighting is not the only focus of the miniseries, as it shows how the lives of the women were also affected by World War I . In 1983, Woodburne made the first of three appearances in A Country Practice . In 1990, she auditioned for the role of Pippa Fletcher in TV soap Home and Away , the producers looking for a recast after original portrayer Vanessa Downing left the series, but she lost out
12180-447: The firm. They later set up their own company and buy the premises. Rebecca Napier ( Jane Hall ) and Samantha Fitzgerald ( Simone Buchanan ) are also employed there. The firm is renamed Rebecchi Legal in 2008 and Toadfish remains the only employee. He later forms a partnership with Ajay Kapoor ( Sachin Joab ) and the firm is called Rebecchi Kapoor Law. Following Ajay's departure, Toadie runs
12325-561: The five peoples of the Kulin nation, the traditional custodians of the land encompassing Melbourne are the Boonwurrung , Woiwurrung and the Wurundjeri peoples. In 1803, a short-lived British penal settlement was established at Port Phillip, then part of the Colony of New South Wales . Melbourne was founded in 1835 with the arrival of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (modern-day Tasmania ). It
12470-466: The garage and shortly after, Mark quits to re-join the police force. Local businessman Dennis Dimato (David Serafin) later purchases the garage. Lucas later purchases the garage back, promotes Tyler to manager and briefly employs Steph upon her return to Erinsborough. Mark is dismissed from the police force and returns to the garage, taking over as manager when Tyler is arrested on a murder charge. Bea Nilsson ( Bonnie Anderson ) begins an apprenticeship at
12615-600: The garage from Lou and Libby. After Janae leaves Erinsborough, the garage is taken over by Lucas Fitzgerald ( Scott Major ). Elle Robinson ( Pippa Black ) later buys the garage and Steph returns to work there in 2009. Following Steph's departure, Lucas takes on Chris Pappas (James Mason) as an apprentice. Lucas purchases the garage from Elle and renames it Fitzgerald Motors. He sells the business to Danni Ferguson 's (Laura McIntosh) mother in 2013, and she employs Mark Brennan ( Scott McGregor ). His younger brother, Tyler (Travis Burns), comes to Erinsborough in 2015 to work at
12760-513: The garage. Following Bea's departure, the garage has not featured as frequently in Neighbours. Grease Monkeys is a fast-food restaurant, which many characters have dined in since 1999. The restaurant is located across the street from Carpenter's Mechanics. It was opened by Portia Grant (Sue Ingleton), and later managed by Madge ( Anne Charleston ) and Harold Bishop ( Ian Smith ). In 2015, Dennis Dimato (David Serafin) purchases Grease Monkeys as
12905-539: The government began a series of controversial public housing projects in the inner city by the Housing Commission of Victoria , which resulted in the demolition of many neighbourhoods and a proliferation of high-rise towers. In later years, with the rapid rise of motor vehicle ownership, the investment in freeway and highway developments greatly accelerated the outward suburban sprawl and declining inner-city population. The Bolte government sought to rapidly accelerate
13050-413: The ground by Paul Robinson. A new bar was then built on the site. Max purchased the pub with his sister Izzy ( Natalie Bassingthwaighte ) and they turned it into a "groovy wine bar" called Scarlet Bar. Of the new look TV Week said "the vibe is a good deal more hip here than the previous and very traditional watering hole, Lou's Place." An office was also built into the bar. Izzy later sold her half of
13195-549: The growth corridor of Pakenham towards West Gippsland . In the west, it extends along the Maribyrnong River and its tributaries north towards Sunbury . Melbourne's major bayside beaches are in the various suburbs along the shores of Port Phillip Bay, in areas like Port Melbourne , Albert Park , St Kilda , Elwood , Brighton , Sandringham , Mentone , Frankston , Altona , Williamstown and Werribee South. The nearest surf beaches are 85 km (53 mi) south of
13340-531: The hotel in 1987. To this day, the Corporation holds a majority share interest in Lassiters, and Rosemary's nephew Paul Robinson owns a majority share of the hotel. His former wife Terese Willis ( Rebekah Elmaloglou ) also owns shares in the hotel and was introduced as its manager in 2013. Scenes set in the interior of the hotel are filmed at the Global Television Studios. The exterior of the building
13485-515: The hotel, the most notable of which are the members of the Robinson family , who have moved in an out of the penthouse to stay with Paul. Paul, Daniel Robinson ( Tim Phillipps ), Amy Williams ( Zoe Cramond ), Jimmy Williams (Darcy Tadich), Leo Tanaka ( Tim Kano ), David Tanaka ( Takaya Honda ), Harlow Robinson (Jemma Donnovan) and Abigail Tanaka (Mary Finn; Axelle Austin; Juliet Basaraba; Nikita Kato) have all lived there during their tenures on
13630-413: The idea, saying "Sure, if you can stand the frequent adultery, family feuds, drug abuse, kidnapping, deaths, health scares, hit-and-runs, financial ruin and marital breakdowns, then the sunny climate at least is rather agreeable." Melbourne Melbourne ( / ˈ m ɛ l b ər n / MEL -bərn , locally [ˈmæɫbən] ; Boonwurrung / Woiwurrung : Narrm or Naarm )
13775-562: The late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Little Band scene and St Kilda 's Crystal Ballroom scene, which gave rise to Dead Can Dance and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds . More recent independent acts from Melbourne to achieve global recognition include The Avalanches , Gotye and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard . Melbourne is also regarded as a centre of EDM , and lends its name to
13920-633: The major roads developed as shopping streets. Melbourne quickly became a major finance centre, home to several banks, the Royal Mint , and (in 1861) Australia's first stock exchange . In 1855, the Melbourne Cricket Club secured possession of its now famous ground, the MCG . Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified Australian football in 1859, and in 1861, the first Melbourne Cup race
14065-430: The modernisation of Melbourne. Major road projects including the remodelling of St Kilda Junction , the widening of Hoddle Street and then the extensive 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan changed the face of the city into a car-dominated environment. Australia's financial and mining booms during 1969 and 1970 resulted in establishment of the headquarters of many major companies ( BHP and Rio Tinto , among others) in
14210-550: The most famous Melburnian of the Edwardian era. The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Kings Domain hosted the largest crowd ever for a music concert in Australia when an estimated 200,000 attendees saw Melbourne band The Seekers in 1967. Airing between 1974 and 1987, Melbourne's Countdown helped launch the careers of local acts as diverse as AC/DC and Kylie Minogue . Several distinct post-punk scenes flourished in Melbourne during
14355-467: The most rubbish name for a TV pub ever. Although it's not called that anymore. It's probably called something immeasurably better now like The Place That Serves Beer. In September 2014, a Soap World columnist praised the name change, saying "the rebranding of the pub with the iconic 'Waterhole' moniker has been a great move." The Flamingo Bar was a beach bar located on the fringes of Lassiters Lake , which opened in 2021. The constructed sandy area around
14500-440: The nation's largest city in 2029–30 at just over 5.9 million, exceeding 6 million people the following year. Melbourne is in the southeastern part of mainland Australia, within the state of Victoria . Geologically, it is built on the confluence of Quaternary lava flows to the west, Silurian mudstones to the east, and Holocene sand accumulation to the southeast along Port Phillip . The southeastern suburbs are situated on
14645-446: The north and Dandenong Ranges National Park to the east. There are also a number of significant state parks just outside Melbourne. The extensive area covered by urban Melbourne is formally divided into hundreds of suburbs (for addressing and postal purposes), and administered as local government areas, 31 of which are located within the metropolitan area. Melbourne has minimal public housing and high demand for rental housing, which
14790-730: The northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula , part of West Gippsland , as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley , the Dandenong Ranges , and the Macedon Ranges . As of 2023, the population of the metropolitan area was 5.2 million (19% of the population of Australia ); inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal Victorians for over 40,000 years and serves as an important meeting place for local Kulin nation clans. Of
14935-580: The numbers of the houses go from 22 to 32. However, the seventh house - Number 34 - was featured during the soap's 8000th episode. Ramsay Street is in fact the end of a long road and the rest of the street's numbers are on the other side of a main road that bisects it. Pin Oak Court, in Vermont South , is the real life cul-de-sac that doubles for Ramsay Street. Neighbours has been filmed in Pin Oak Court since
15080-415: The offices on his own. The Waterhole (previously Chez Chez , Lou's Place , Scarlet Bar and Charlie's ) is a bar and restaurant that has always been a focal point of Neighbours . It has provided many characters with employment. From 1986, The Waterhole was the official Lassiters Hotel bar and was run by Madge Bishop ( Anne Charleston ). A gas leak in the basement caused an explosion, which destroyed
15225-469: The other half of the office for her business. Karl leaves in 2006 and his office is taken over by Rosetta Cammeniti ( Natalie Saleeba ) and then by Charlotte Stone ( Rachel Gordon ). It then becomes part of the law practice, Tim Collins and Associates. The company had taken over half of the office in 2004, with lawyer Toadfish Rebecchi ( Ryan Moloney ) moving in. Rosetta regains the office from Charlotte and she and Toadie remain there until they both quit
15370-483: The parties spoke the same language, and the elders likely perceived it as part of the gift exchanges which had taken place over the previous few days amounting to a tanderrum ceremony which allows temporary, not permanent, access to and use of the land. Batman selected a site on the northern bank of the Yarra River , declaring that "this will be the place for a village" before returning to Van Diemen's Land. In August 1835, another group of Vandemonian settlers arrived in
15515-462: The playground and changing rooms, have been featured over the years. In 2010, the layout of the classroom was changed as was the school logo. Neighbours' oldest surviving prop is the school's emblem and motto, which is stuck on the doors leading from the car park to the studios. "Erinsborough High School: Sapienter Si Sincere" means wisdom and success. Onscreen, Erinsborough High has faced the threat of closure four times, in 1991, 1997, 2015 and 2023 and
15660-563: The precinct. Many of Melbourne's theatres join the Melbourne Town Hall in hosting the annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival , one of the world's three largest comedy festivals. Melbourne has been called "the live music capital of the world"; one study found it has more music venues per capita than any other world city sampled, with 17.5 million patron visits to 553 venues in 2016. Australia's first global music star, opera singer Nellie Melba , took her stage name from her hometown. Composer Percy Grainger followed her in becoming
15805-412: The pub and injured Stephen Gottlieb ( Lochie Daddo ). The Waterhole was rebuilt and purchased by Cheryl Stark ( Caroline Gillmer ). Cheryl renamed the pub Chez Chez and it became an independent business. Lou Carpenter inherited the pub after Cheryl died and he called it Lou's Place. Max Hoyland ( Stephen Lovatt ) bought into the business in 2002. Two years later Lou's Place was set on fire and burnt to
15950-475: The pub. When the stunt team set fire to the set, many of the trees surrounding the area also caught alight. The Herald Sun placed the Lassiters fire at number five on their list of Neighbours top ten moments. Of the storyline, the paper said "Lassiters, the iconic hub of cafes, pubs and other businesses was for years where everyone met in Erinsborough, including the very famous pub run by Lou Carpenter. But at
16095-503: The public, including one woman who sent in a full CV applying for a job on reception. In 2013, the top floors of Lassiters are turned into The Eclipse Apartments and Paul moves into the penthouse apartment. In the "Hotel Death Trap Week" storyline that aired in April 2016, an explosion rips through the hotel, destroying it and causing the deaths of Josh ( Harley Bonner ) and Doug Willis ( Terence Donovan ). Although many characters have stayed at
16240-614: The rebellion, giving some indication of immigration flows at the time. With the wealth brought in from the gold rush and the subsequent need for public buildings, a program of grand civic construction soon began. The 1850s and 1860s saw the commencement of Parliament House , the Treasury Building , the Old Melbourne Gaol , Victoria Barracks , the State Library , University of Melbourne , General Post Office , Customs House ,
16385-399: The residents in danger, leaving Susan and Karl in charge. Erinsborough Hospital is the local accident and emergency hospital. It has seen many of the show's characters pass through its doors over the years. They have been treated for a variety of illnesses including smoke inhalation, burns, heart attacks and kidney disease. Many of the characters have been born or died at the hospital, while
16530-639: The richest city in the world, and the second-largest (after London) in the British Empire . The decade began with the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880, held in the large purpose-built Exhibition Building . A telephone exchange was established that year, and the foundations of St Paul's were laid. In 1881, electric light was installed in the Eastern Market , and a generating station capable of supplying 2,000 incandescent lamps
16675-673: The role to Debra Lawrance . Woodburne is best known for two long-running soap opera roles. The first was Julie "Chook" Egbert in Prisoner , a role she played from 1985 to 1986. A poem read by Julie in episode 582 of Prisoner was penned by Woodburne herself. This was followed by the role of Susan Kennedy in Neighbours , a role she has played since 1994. Woodburne previously played the sister of Alan Fletcher 's character in Cop Shop in 1983, before they were cast as husband and wife Karl and Susan in Neighbours . Other soap opera roles include
16820-399: The same places (usually the eastern suburbs) for an extended period, while the rest of Melbourne and surrounds stays dry. Overall, the area around Melbourne is, owing to its rain shadow, nonetheless significantly drier than average for southern Victoria. Within the city and surrounds, rainfall varies widely, from around 425 mm (17 in) at Little River to 1,250 mm (49 in) on
16965-405: The school has been merged with both West Waratah Tech and West Waratah High. Erinsborough High's uniform has also been through numerous changes, with the maroon jumper being the most consistent item. A storyline that aired in October 2015 saw a fire destroy part of the school and trap several characters inside. A spin-off series based in the school setting titled Neighbours: Erinsborough High
17110-609: The serial. Multiple characters have invested and owned in the hotel throughout the serial, including the Udugawa family – Mr. Udagawa (Lawrence Mah), Jasmine Udagawa (Kaori Maeda-Judge), and James Udagawa (Samuel David Humphrey), Pierce Greyson ( Tim Robards ; Don Hany ), and the Sinclair family, consisting of Conrad, Reece ( Mischa Barton ) and Krista Sinclair (Majella Davis). In 2022, Shane Ramsay ( Peter O'Brien ) returns to Erinsborough and buys Lassiters from Paul after Paul loses
17255-471: The series began in 1985 and it has since become popular with tourists. A reporter for the Sunday Mail thought it was safer for the characters to stay in the suburb, commenting, "Whenever any Ramsay Street residents leave the cosy confines of Erinsborough, something bad always happens to them." When Erinsborough was entered into a "Most Liveable Suburb" competition, a Coventry Telegraph reporter scoffed at
17400-475: The sets, a used car yard was re-added next to the garage. On-screen, Lou buys the car yard, naming it Erinsborough Motors. He later sells his stock to help pay his debts, but he keeps the land and briefly becomes a silent partner in Kyle Canning 's ( Chris Milligan ) handyman business, which is named Dial-A-Kyle. The storyline was named one of the "Top 20 Aussie Soap Moments of 2011" by Channel 5 . Kyle later sells
17545-416: The spring and summer months and can cause strong cold fronts to form. These cold fronts can be responsible for varied forms of severe weather from gales to thunderstorms and hail , large temperature drops and heavy rain. Winters, while exceptionally dry by southern Victorian standards, are nonetheless drizzly and overcast. The lack of winter rainfall is owed to Melbourne's rain shadowed location between
17690-448: The store was renovated and renamed Harold's Café. The Rebecchi family took over running the café upon their introduction in 2017. Shiv Palekar was cast upon the 2023 Neighbours reboot as Haz Devkar , who is introduced as the new manager of Harold's. Lassiters Hotel is a ten-story tower block hotel in Erinsborough. It is part of a worldwide chain of hotels in places like Darwin, London, Montana, and New York. The hotel's grounds form
17835-496: The surrounding suburbs of Melbourne, such as in the municipalities of Stonnington , Boroondara and Port Phillip , southeast of the central business district. Several national parks have been designated around the urban area of Melbourne, including the Mornington Peninsula National Park , Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and Point Nepean National Park in the southeast, Organ Pipes National Park to
17980-625: The traditional name recorded for the area on which the Melbourne city centre is built. The word is closely related to Narm-narm , being the Boonwurrung word for Port Phillip Bay . Narrm means scrub in Eastern Kulin languages which reflects the Creation Story of how the Bay was filled by the creation of the Birrarung (Yarra River). Before this, the dry Melbourne region extended out into the Bay and
18125-553: The urban periphery in Melbourne's outer west and east in suburbs like Wyndham Vale and Cranbourne . Middle suburbs like Box Hill became denser as a greater proportion of Melburnians began living in apartments. A construction boom resulted in 34 new skyscrapers being built in the central business district between 2010 and 2020. In 2020, Melbourne was classified as an Alpha city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network . Out of all major Australian cities, Melbourne
18270-432: The vote. In the 2023 revamped series, Jane Harris is the principal of Erinsborough High, with Mike Young serving as a teacher. Former principal Susan Kennedy has retired, while Ramsay street residents Nell Rebecchi , and JJ and Dex Varga-Murphy , are students at the school. Offscreen the interior school sets are shared with the sets of Erinsborough Hospital. Eirini Rising is a retirement complex situated within
18415-476: The world's largest and wealthiest metropolises. After the federation of Australia in 1901, Melbourne served as the interim seat of government of the new nation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927. Today, Melbourne is culturally diverse and, among world cities, has the 4th largest foreign born population . It is a leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region, ranking 28th globally in
18560-464: The year it hosted the Centennial Exhibition. The brash boosterism that had typified Melbourne during that time ended in the early 1890s. The bubble supporting the local finance and property industries burst, resulting in a severe economic depression. Sixteen small land banks and building societies collapsed, and 133 limited companies went into liquidation. The Melbourne financial crisis was
18705-537: Was 46.4 °C (115.5 °F), on 7 February 2009 . While snow is occasionally seen at higher elevations in the outskirts of the city, and dustings were observed in 2020, it has not been recorded in the Central Business District since 1986. The sea temperature in Melbourne is warmer than the surrounding ocean during the summer months, and colder during the winter months. This is predominately due to Port Phillip Bay being an enclosed and shallow bay that
18850-632: Was a beauty salon built in the Lassiters Complex in 1999, owned by Gino Esposito ( Shane McNamara ), who employed Lyn Scully ( Janet Andrewartha ) and Janelle Timmins ( Nell Feeney ). It was succeeded by the Erinsborough Veterinary Clinic , owned and run by Steve Parker ( Steve Bastoni ) between 2007 and 2009. Lastly, the Erinsborough News moved into the complex in 2010, with its set updated to include working interiors, which allowed camera crews to shoot indoors. Its main rival
18995-528: Was an inappropriate name for a pub, saying "If Cheryl Stark's Chez Chez had been a fabulous bar in Paris, then perhaps the dodgy French pun would have worked. But considering it was a run-down pub in Melbourne run by the most gaudily dressed woman in the Southern Hemisphere, it didn't really come off, did it?" In June 2003, Blackthorn Cider carried out a survey of 2,000 pub goers, who voted Lou's Place as one of
19140-519: Was beaten by fellow British actress Lesley-Anne Down . In 2014 she became the lead in Night Terrace , a narrative comedy audio series in which she told TVTonight she plays "basically a female Doctor Who". The series was produced by Splendid Chaps Productions, with the first season released at the end of 2014. It won the Convenors' Award for Excellence in the 2014 Aurealis Awards . A second season
19285-832: Was born in Carrickfergus , Northern Ireland. Her father was a policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary . She has two older siblings: John and Stephen. At the age of three, she emigrated with her family to Australia. The family assumed that her father would be able to join the Australian police on arrival, but, owing to various rules and regulations, he was unable to do so. Woodburne grew up in Frankston, Victoria and attended Forest Hill Primary School, Monterey Secondary College , and Karingal High School . Alongside future Neighbours castmate Janet Andrewartha , Woodburne attended
19430-484: Was enforced later that same year by the mass-arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of Indigenous people during the Lettsom raid . However, Aboriginal people still managed to continue living near the settlement and by January 1844 there were said to be 675 residing in squalid camps around Melbourne. The British Colonial Office had appointed five Aboriginal Protectors for the Aboriginal people of Victoria, in 1839, but their work
19575-410: Was held. Melbourne acquired its first public monument, the Burke and Wills statue, in 1864. With the gold rush largely over by 1860, Melbourne continued to grow on the back of continuing gold-mining, as the major port for exporting the agricultural products of Victoria (especially wool) and with a developing manufacturing sector protected by high tariffs. An extensive radial railway network spread into
19720-499: Was in operation by 1882. The Melbourne cable tramway system opened in 1885 and became one of the world's most extensive systems by 1890. In 1885, visiting English journalist George Augustus Henry Sala coined the phrase "Marvellous Melbourne", which stuck long into the twentieth century and has come to refer to the opulence and energy of the 1880s, during which time large commercial buildings, grand hotels, banks, coffee palaces , terrace housing and palatial mansions proliferated in
19865-483: Was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837, and named after the then- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne . Declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847, it became the capital of the newly separated Colony of Victoria in 1851. During the 1850s Victorian gold rush , the city entered a lengthy boom period that, by the late 1880s, had transformed it into Australia's, and one of
20010-401: Was managing Charlie's. Celeste hires Kate Ramsay ( Ashleigh Brewer ) to replace her, while Natasha Williams (Valentina Novakovic) is employed as a barmaid and waitress. A few months later, Paul and Andrew Robinson ( Jordan Smith ) become the new co-owners of the bar. In 2013, Sheila Canning ( Colette Mann ) is hired as a barmaid and later becomes the new manager. In 2014, the set underwent
20155-523: Was nullified by a land policy that favoured squatters who took possession of Aboriginal lands. By 1845, fewer than 240 wealthy Europeans held all the pastoral licences then issued in Victoria and became a powerful political and economic force in Victoria for generations to come. Letters patent of Queen Victoria , issued on 25 June 1847, declared Melbourne a city. On 1 July 1851, the Port Phillip District separated from New South Wales to become
20300-485: Was originally a florist shop when the Lassiters complex first appeared. It is later turned into an office for the Daniels Corporation when they begin managing the hotel. Helen Daniels ' ( Anne Haddy ) chauffeur business Home James also starts operating from there. The office is stopped being used by Lassiters in 1994. Karl Kennedy ( Alan Fletcher ) takes it over and turns it into his medical practice. Four years later physiotherapist Ruth Wilkinson ( Ailsa Piper ) takes over
20445-420: Was principal of the school when the series began and Erinsborough High was regularly seen until 1986, when Scott Robinson ( Jason Donovan ), Charlene Mitchell ( Kylie Minogue ), Mike Young ( Guy Pearce ) and Jane Harris ( Annie Jones ) graduated. The school was not seen again onscreen until late 1988. The set features a corridor, a stairwell, an office, and a classroom. Other areas of the school, including
20590-463: Was released digitally in November 2019. The spin-off was summarised as focusing on "bullying, mental illness, sexuality, cultural diversity, parental and peer pressure, and teacher-student relationships." In May 2011, Erinsborough High came fourth out of four in a poll run by Inside Soap to find reader's favourite fictional school, which they would most like to attend. Erinsborough High received 16% of
20735-450: Was released in February 2016, also starring Woodburne. Both seasons have been licensed for broadcast, with the first commencing on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Sunday 21 April 2019 as part of The 7th Dimension programming block. Woodburne appeared in a documentary special celebrating Neighbours ' 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite , which aired in Australia and
20880-494: Was the West Waratah Star . The paper's offices were first featured in 1987 when Scott Robinson ( Jason Donovan ) was offered a cadetship. Many characters have been employed as columnists, editors, reporters or feature journalists. Rebecchi Law (previously Daniels Corporation and Home James Office , Erinsborough Medical Centre , Tim Collins and Associates , Rebecchi Cammeniti , Rebecchi Legal and Rebecchi Kapoor Law )
21025-471: Was the worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and spent a long time under lockdown restrictions, with Melbourne experiencing six lockdowns totalling 262 days. While this contributed to a net outflow of migration causing a slight reduction in Melbourne's population over the course of 2020 to 2022, Melbourne is projected to be the fastest growing capital city in Australia from 2023–24 onwards, overtaking Sydney as
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