45-654: Northland Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in Preston , approximately 11 km north of the Melbourne central business district in Victoria, Australia . It is the largest predominantly single-level shopping centre in Melbourne. It has more than 330 stores on one floor, with the top floor containing just the Hoyts cinemas, Pancake Parlour and indoor golf venue X-Golf. The centre
90-584: A Wesleyan school. The first state school opened in 1866 to the east of the junction settlement, but was later joined by another, the Tyler Street School, which had opened in 1875, north-east of Wood's store. The two denominational schools closed shortly before the Tyler Street School had opened. During its formative years, Preston was heavily reliant on an abundance of fertile land for farming, dairying and market gardens. Areas that were not productive however, yielded clay for pottery and bricks. The 1860s saw
135-570: A building of a tram line to the Melbourne central business district in 1920. The Preston Workshops would later be built in 1925 by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board . The reticulation of electricity took place in 1914, with the building of Preston's sewers taking place between 1909 and 1915. 1915 also saw the establishment of the West Preston Primary School, which by 1927 had grown to accommodate more than 1,000 students. West Preston Primary School would later be joined by
180-527: A primary school in Preston East in 1927, and later by a girl's high school in 1929. By 1922, Preston had been formally recognised as a Borough, two months later it had become a Town, and finally by 1926, Preston had been proclaimed a City. With the 1930s and the Great Depression came economic hardship for Preston. However, capital works projects, which included the designation of new parks and reserves and
225-473: Is a suburb in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 9 km (5.6 mi) north-east of Melbourne's central business district , located within the City of Darebin local government area . Preston recorded a population of 33,790 at the 2021 census . The area was first surveyed by Robert Hoddle in 1837. Parcels of land between 300 acres (in the southern area) and over 1000 acres (in the north) were all sold during
270-515: Is a tertiary provider offering TAFE (VET) and Higher Education (Degree) courses. Newlands Primary School (No 4646), designed by Percy Everett , a former chief architect of the Public Works Department of Victoria (PWD) , was built in 1951 on the border of the former Cities of Coburg and Preston to a new experimental design featuring hexagonal classrooms, and is listed on the Register of
315-515: Is also home to a number of specialist schools: YarraMe, for primary aged students with significant social and emotional challenges, The Pavilion school for students aged 12 to 20 who have been disengaged or excluded from mainstream education, and The Northern College of the Arts and Technology which caters for Year 10, VCE, VCAL and post-secondary students seeking a specialised education in arts, trades, or technologies. The Melbourne Polytechnic Preston Campus
360-448: Is anchored by a Myer department store (4 levels), Target and Kmart department stores, Coles , Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets, as well as mini majors Best & Less , JB Hi-Fi , Rebel Sport , TK Maxx and Chemist Warehouse , and international retailers H&M , Uniqlo and Sephora . Opening on 4 October 1966, Northland Shopping Centre was one of the first self-contained shopping centres in Melbourne. The shopping centre
405-552: Is currently represented by Nathan Lambert , of the ALP . The state Electoral district of Northcote incorporates the rest of Preston, specifically all of the suburb south of Bell Street and is currently represented by Kat Theophanous of the ALP . As part of the City of Darebin, Preston has an active and eclectic artists and DIY community which is contemporary, experimental, and culturally diverse. Writers, musicians, and visual artists flock to
450-569: Is home to many schools. The government primary schools include Bell Primary, Newlands Primary - a Spanish Bilingual primary school, Preston Primary, Preston North East Primary, Preston South Primary and Preston West Primary. Catholic primary schools are Sacred Heart Primary and St. Raphael's Primary. Parade College Preston Campus is an all-boys Catholic secondary school. St. John's Greek Orthodox College and East Preston Islamic College offer both primary and secondary education. The government secondary school Preston High School opened in 2019. Preston
495-458: Is serviced by two railway stations : Bell and Preston , both located on the Mernda line . Two tram routes operate though the suburb: [REDACTED] (from West Preston to Victoria Harbour Docklands ) and [REDACTED] (From Bundoora RMIT to Waterfront City Docklands). ^ = territory divided with another LGA Plenty Road Plenty Road is a major urban arterial road through
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#1733085974726540-893: The Myer Emporium led to the opening of the Northland Shopping Centre in 1966. Currently, the suburb of Preston exists to the south of the original Preston municipal area. Suburbs which were once part of this include: Reservoir , Ruthven, Keon Park and Kingsbury . Preston is bordered to the east by the Darebin Creek , a small tributary to the Yarra River and consists largely of flat terrain, ideal initially for farming, but later for industrial and residential development. The original abundance of land resulted in low density urban development of Preston's former farmland, however population pressures and Preston's locality with respect to
585-1026: The Preston Bullants Australian rules football (later known as the Northern Blues and currently as the Northern Bullants) club since its inception in 1882. West Preston Football Club is also located in Preston. The suburb also has many junior football teams, including the Northern Knights , who play in the TAC Cup and the Preston Bullants Junior Football Club, whose home ground is the Preston City Oval . The Darebin Falcons Women's Australian rules football team play in
630-653: The Route 86 tram line on the roadway. At Albert Street intersection in Reservoir , it widens to a six-lane dual-carriageway road with speed limits varying between 60 km/h and 70 km/h, carrying the tram route within the median strip. Just north of the Metropolitan Ring Road interchange in Bundoora , the tram route ends at Bundoora RMIT , which also provides access to the nearby Uni Hill Shopping Centre . North of here
675-836: The VWFL . The Falcons were first division premiers in 2006 and 2007. The Preston City Oval is also home to the Preston Cricket Club, which has played their home games there since c1860. Preston has played in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association since joining the VSDCA in 1922. Preston's First XI last won a Premiership in Season 2002/2003. Preston has also been home to the Preston Lions Football Club since its inception in 1947, and currently competes in
720-499: The 1980s. By 1986, some 30% of the population was foreign born. In Preston, 63.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.0%, Italy 3.0%, Greece 2.8%, India 2.5% and Vietnam 2.2%. The most common responses for religion in Preston were No Religion, so described 34.8%, Catholic 22.1%, Not stated 10.4%, Eastern Orthodox 10.1% and Islam 5.6%. In Preston, Christianity
765-717: The Championship in front of more than 5,500 people, as the Lions won 3–1 against the Whittlesea Zebras. Ruthven Reserve in East Preston has recently been upgraded, with arguably the best social and training amenities of any local sporting venue in the area. There are few large grounds around the Northland Shopping Centre , adjacent to Wood Street. Grounds are maintained very well, and people play cricket in summer and footy during other times. Joggers are visible in all grounds. Preston
810-540: The Darebin Music Feast and the now-defunct High Vibes Festival. The major community Indigenous Radio Station 3KND is located in Mary Street in Preston and is completely Aboriginal managed. A Preston house viewing inspired the song "Depreston" by musician Courtney Barnett on her album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit , which was recorded at Head Gap Studio in Preston. Preston has been home to
855-682: The Gorge Road intersection in South Morang, with the road north of here replaced with the designation C727. In between 2019 and 2021, on the newly upgraded sections between McKimmies Road in Bundoora and Bridge Inn Road in Mernda , the road has been reassigned A51. The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads : in 2004, VicRoads re-declared
900-512: The Melbourne "land boom" sales of the late 1830s. The first permanent white resident was Samuel Jeffrey in 1841, and from him the area's early name was Irishtown. In 1850, Edward Wood, a settler from Sussex , England , opened a store at the corner of High Street and Wood Street, which was also the district's first post office. Meeting at Wood's store, members of the Ebenezer Church, Particular Baptist from Brighton , England met to change
945-491: The Melbourne CBD has led to a growing tendency to medium to high-density urban redevelopment. Preston's Census populations have been 623 (1861), 3,563 (1891) and 6,555 (1921). The Preston Municipality's Census populations were 5,049 (1911), 33,442 (1933), 46,775 (1947), 84,146 (1961) and 76,996 (1991). The three postwar decades saw an influx of Macedonian immigrants into the Preston area, later followed by Asian refugees in
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#1733085974726990-501: The National Estate . Preston has a wide variety of restaurants, including fine dining and fast food. High Street has been transformed lately, with many new cafes and restaurants opening and becoming popular with the youth in the area. Niche cafés and restaurants have opened in the suburb inviting patrons to dine. Preston is serviced by tram , train and an extensive bus system . Sixteen bus routes service Preston: The suburb
1035-673: The Rose Shamrock (1854) in nearby Reservoir . A railway line reached Preston in 1889, with the Collingwood to Whittlesea line passing through. The new line provided stations at Bell Street , Regent Street , Reservoir and centrally in Preston . Throughout the 1880s, Preston with its abundance of land and newly built rail stations was marketed as a residential area, capable of supporting 20,000 inhabitants. Between 1887 and 1891, Preston's population nearly doubled from 2,000 to 3,600. The majority of residential development took place within
1080-410: The corridor contained by Plenty Road and High Street, however there was also limited development in the west of the town, along Gilbert Road. These areas would remain areas of growth well into the 20th Century. Urban growth accelerated in Preston during the 1920s, thanks largely to the establishment of a direct rail link between Collingwood and Flinders Street in 1904 (later electrified in 1926), and
1125-415: The development of Preston's industrial capacity, with a bacon-curing factory opening in 1862, followed by a tannery in 1865. These original establishments would be followed by several larger factories, including Huttons Hams and Bacons and Zwar's Parkside Tannery. By the 1860s, the area had a population of around 200, and five hotels, three of which survive: The Preston Hotel (1856), The Junction (1861), and
1170-521: The era of depression was VFL legend Roy ("Up There") Cazaly's coaching of the local football team. Two World Wars provided Preston with two awardees of the Victoria Cross – the Empire's highest military award for valour; Bruce Kingsbury and William Ruthven , both of whom lent their name to future localities. The post war period would also see Preston experience rapid growth. Between 1947 and 1954,
1215-766: The federal Division of Cooper which is the current seat of Ged Kearney , a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The division was formerly called the Division of Batman . At the 2019 federal election , the division was renamed in honour of Aboriginal activist William Cooper . In the Legislative Assembly , the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria , the State Electoral district of Preston incorporates some of Preston (and most parts of Reservoir ), and
1260-596: The highest soccer league in Victoria, the Victorian Premier League . The Preston Lions Football Club play their home games at B. T. Connor Reserve . The club has a large successful junior base with teams from under 8's to under 18's, and also have a women's team who also compete in the highest league in the state, the Women's Premier League. In 2007, the Lions finished the season as Minor Premiers and then went on to claim
1305-424: The junction of Plenty Road and High Street, the latter of which served as a route to Sydney . Throughout the 1880s the area between Wood's Store and the junction would be known as "Gowerville". In April 1939, Vara Tidd, aged 91 years, who had lived in Preston since arriving with his family as a seven-year-old, recalled the early settlement: "He retains a wonderfully clear memory of the early days of Preston when
1350-519: The locality for performance, collaboration, and acceptance. Notable contributors to the Darebin arts community are locals Saint Jude, Downhills Home, The Contrast, The Melbourne Ukulele Kollective , Performing Older Women's Circus (POW Circus), Darebin City Brass, and members of Little John , to name a few. Darebin celebrates the artistry and diversity of the community with regular festivals and events such as
1395-459: The name. They wanted to name the town after their former home in Sussex, but Brighton was already taken. Instead they named it after Preston, a small village nearby, where the church members had happy annual outings. Preston Post Office opened on 1 March 1856. The first church was accompanied by a growing number of hotels and other stores, which had emerged some 2 kilometres south of Wood's store, at
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1440-496: The north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , from the inner suburb of Preston to the township of Whittlesea , just outside the north-eastern suburban fringe of Melbourne. The road is notorious amongst Melburnians as one of the most congested and dangerous roads in Melbourne, with the section in Bundoora near the M80 Ring Road carrying upwards of 60,000 vehicles per day. The AAMI Crash Index of 2020 listed it as
1485-480: The paving of roads, helped attract new residents to the area. Preston bucked the economic status quo by recording rapid growth between the period 1933 and 1947, with the population growing by some 40%. This growth also resulted in the establishment of a technical school in 1937, which would later become a campus of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE . A notable highlight for Preston residents during
1530-488: The population grew by 37%, topping 64,000. A 15-year joint vision between the Preston and Northcote Councils would later culminate in 1958, with the construction of the Preston & Northcote Community Hospital (PANCH). This period also saw the construction of some 2,600 Housing Commission of Victoria dwellings which continued up to 1966, by which time said dwellings accommodated approximately 11% of Preston population. The acquisition of former Housing Commission land by
1575-556: The road as Plenty Valley Highway (Arterial #6140), beginning at Albert Street and Boldrewood Parade intersection at Reservoir and ending at Metropolitan Ring Road in Bundoora , while re-declaring the remnants between Reservoir and Bell Street in Preston as Whittlesea Road (Arterial #5813), and between Bundoora and the intersection of Wallan Road and Macmeikan Street in Whittlesea as Main Whittlesea Road (Arterial #5814);
1620-528: The road continues as dual-carriageway road (as of the 2019 upgrade) through Mill Park , South Morang with a speed limit of 80 km/h until just before Mernda , where the road reduces to four lanes. North of the Bridge Inn Road intersection in Mernda, the road again reduces to a two-lane single carriageway with a speed limit of 100 km/h until it eventually terminates at the intersection with Wallan Road on
1665-420: The section of Plenty Road between Bell and High Streets in Preston remains undeclared. Despite the declared names, the road is still presently known (and signposted) as Plenty Road along its entire length. With the suburban growth since the late 1990s in the outer suburbs of Mill Park , South Morang and more recently Mernda , the road has become severely congested in recent years, with Plenty Road being one of
1710-541: The settlement was known as Irishtown. He can recall the camp of aborigines on the banks of the Darebin Creek and the old toll gate at Wood street Preston as well as the flour mill in the same street with Emery's pottery behind the mill. Transport in those days was primitive and limited. The waggonette left the old Royal Mall Hotel in Bourke street." 1854 saw the establishment of the area's first primary schools, an Anglican and
1755-808: The south-west end of the shopping centre. In July 1983, the Myer Emporium sold the shopping centre to the Gandel Group of Companies. In June 2011, the CFS Retail Property Trust sold a 50% shareholding to CPP Investments . CPP sold this in March 2014 to the GPT Group . The other 50% passed to Vicinity Centres in June 2015 when it merged with the Novion Property Group . In 2006 Northland Shopping Centre
1800-568: The southern edge of Whittlesea . Within Victoria, the passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912 through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the establishment of the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads ) and their ability to declare Main Roads, taking responsibility for the management, construction and care of the state's major roads from local municipalities. (Main) Whittlesea Road
1845-438: The worst road in Australia. Numerous upgrades have occurred on the road over the years to improve the road, with the most recent upgrades between 2019 and 2021 upgrading a significant portion of the road and reducing a number of bottlenecks. Plenty Road commences at the intersection of High Street and Dundas Street in Preston and heads in a north-easterly direction as a four-lane single carriageway inner suburban road, carrying
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1890-479: Was built and owned by Myer . The original shopping centre consisted of three malls radiating north, east and west from a centre stage area. It housed 73 tenants and six professional suites. Some of the original retailers included Myer, Coles New World Supermarket, Buckley & Nunn , McEwans , Woolworths Variety Store and Coles Variety Store. A feature of the shopping centre was the Northland Market located at
1935-453: Was declared a Main Road, between Bundoora to Whittlesea on 23 March 1914, and Preston and Bundoora on on 20 September 1915. Plenty Road was signed as Metropolitan Route 27 between Preston and South Morang in 1965, then extended north all the way to Whittlesea along the entire route in 1989. With Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 1998, this was truncated back to
1980-468: Was one of seven buildings suspected of harbouring legionnaires' disease after an outbreak which killed one and infected seven others in the area. Subsequent investigation by the Coroner - Dr Jane Hendtlass (Case No 729/06) confirmed that alleged buildings nearby did not contain the disease. [REDACTED] Media related to Northland Shopping Centre at Wikimedia Commons Preston, Victoria Preston
2025-419: Was the largest religious group reported overall (46.3%) (this figure excludes not stated responses). In Preston, 54.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.7%, Italian 6.0%, Mandarin 3.9%, Arabic 3.1% and Vietnamese 2.9%. Preston is part of the City of Darebin local government area, whose offices are located at the former Preston Town Hall. Preston lay within
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