| Beaumaris Melbourne, Victoria |
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Watkins Bay viewed from Ricketts Point |
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| Population: | 12,441 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3193 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 5.2 km² (2.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 20 km (12 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Bayside | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Sandringham | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Goldstein | ||||||||||||
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Beaumaris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district.[2] Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Beaumaris had a population of 12,441.
Beaumaris is pronounced bo'morris, the town in Wales it is named after is pronounced byoo'maris. The suburb is located on Port Phillip.
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Beaumaris includes two early estates in the parish of Moorabbin developed by Josiah Holloway from 1852. Named Beaumaris Town and Beaumaris Estate (after the pastoral run in the area and ultimately after Beaumaris in Wales) he marketed the lots by suggesting the railway was imminent and a canal would be built.[3] The township developed slowly, a Post Office opened on 1 March 1868, but was replaced next month by Gipsy Village office (now Sandringham). Beaumaris Post Office did not reopen until 1925. In 1957 this was renamed Beaumaris South when a new Beaumaris office opened in the current location. In 1954 Cromer Post Office opened to the north of the suburb.[4]
From 1889 to 1914 the Beaumaris Tram Company conducted a horse drawn tram service from Sandringham to Cheltenham through Beaumaris. It closed due to high costs and low patronage. There are no remains to be found of the line, but it is remembered by the name of a suburban street that it once used - Tramway Parade, Beaumaris.
Beaumaris High School, which opened in 1958, is now the Beaumaris Campus of Sandringham College, catering to years 7-10 (the senior campus for years 11-12 is situated in the neighbouring suburb of Sandringham) and three primary schools, Beaumaris Primary School, which was first opened in 1916 on the site of the Beaumaris Tennis Club on Bodley Street, then moved to its current site as the population of the school grew , Beaumaris North Primary School, which first opened in 1959 and Stella Maris Primary School (Catholic).
Beaumaris Campus burned down in 1958
Beaumaris Primary School Administration and some of the classrooms were burnt down in 1994.
Beaumaris is home to many parks and reserves and much of Royal Melbourne golf course is in the suburb.
Popular beaches can be found at Ricketts Point & Dalgetty Rd. There are several fishing spots frequented by anglers in the area but much of Beaumaris' waters are in a marine protection zone.
Restaurants and cafes can be found in both the major shopping strips as well as on Beach Road, near Keys Street, overlooking the bay. Major shopping strips include The Concourse, located on Reserve Road, and Seaview Shops, located on Balcombe Road.
Business
Beaumaris hosts a branch of the Community Bank network of Bendigo Bank. There is also a website dedicated to the Beaumaris and Black Rock community: http://www.my3193.com.au
The Beaumaris Library and Community Centre is popular.
The Beaumaris Football Club first started up in 1962. The Club it is located in Banksia Reserve, Oak Street, Beaumaris, 3193. The club song is to the tune of the Marseillaises, also the Brisbane Lions theme song
AFL players originating from Beaumaris Football Club
1966 - Gil Lokhart, 1971 - Rod Galt, 1971 - Wayne Judson, 1975 - Kim Smith, 1975 - Marty Lyons, 1977 - Andrew Moir, 1978 - Michael Roberts, 1979 - Michael Nettleford, 1979 - Brendan McFaull, 1980 - Glen McLean, 1982 - Mal Smith, 1983 - Andrew Jobling, 1983 - Rod Owen, 1985 - Cameron O'Brien, 1997 - Tom Gilligan, 2000 - David Spriggs, 2000 - Jason Blake, 2000 - Cameron Bruce, 2003 - Leigh Fisher, 2010 - Jack Gunston, 2010 - Taylor Hunst,
Major thoroughfares include, Balcombe Road, Reserve Road, Weatherall Road, Beach Road, Haydens Road, and Charman Road.
Beaumaris is serviced regularly by the following bus routes:
These routes connect with the Cheltenham, Mentone, and Sandringham railway stations.
Bayside's bike path runs through Beaumaris, alongside Beach Road.
The most prominent landmark of this suburb is Ricketts Point, a 115 hectare marine sanctuary and popular beach area. The coastal waters from Table Rock Point in Beaumaris to Quiet Corner in Black Rock and approximately 500 metres to seaward formally became the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary under state legislation passed in June 2002.
Ricketts Point Marine Care group, a volunteer organisation concerned with the preservation of the marine sanctuary is active at Ricketts Point.
Ricketts Point is also home to the Beaumaris Life Saving Club, which holds yearly Life Saving Carnivals in the summer.
Near Ricketts Point, there is a monument commemorating the first encounter of Arthur Streeton and Heidelberg school artists Tom Roberts and Fred McCubbin. Their paintings of Beaumaris are also part of the City of Bayside Coastal Art Trail.
Clarice Beckett lived in Beaumaris and painted many landscapes of the area.
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