| Ringwood Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 15,185 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3134 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 9.8 km² (3.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 23 km (14 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Maroondah | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bayswater, Warrandyte | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Deakin, Menzies | ||||||||||||
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Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km (14 mi) east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Ringwood had a population of 15,185.
Ringwood is notable as the location of a Cadbury production factory, and the Eastland Shopping Centre.[2] The centre of Ringwood is based on Maroondah Highway (the continuation of Whitehorse Road from Blackburn). In 2008, Eastlink was completed, including the Ringwood Bypass, providing a road bypass of the central township.
The Post Office opened on 2 August 1875 in the then rural area.[3]
Maroondah Highway runs straight through Ringwood and various retailers have chosen to develop their businesses accordingly over the years.
Perhaps Ringwood's most global notoriety is the development in 1958 of the "Pride of Ringwood" hop variety, which today flavors Fosters Lager, Victoria Bitter, and many other beers around the world. The hops were developed along the Mullum Mullum creek, near the site of what later became Penguin Books in 1963.
In 1961 the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc. was founded.
In 1967 the original Eastland Shopping Centre was completed, the major tenant being Myer Stores.
In the late 1990s Eastland was redeveloped and in its current state has over 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of retail and hospitality floor space, car parks and a cinema complex on its top floor.
In 2007, Ringwood became the home of ConnectEast, owner and operator of Melbourne's second toll road EastLink.
As of 2009 the current owners of Eastland, QIC, is believed to be commencing another redevelopment of the Eastland site. With the downturn in the economy, both here and overseas, the current market value of QIC, and the leases of current tenants on Maroondah Highway, The Arcade and around the Ringwood Library now beginning to re-locate, it remains to be seen if this multi-million dollar re-vamp will still proceed.
[4]In 2009, the State Government controversially approved the building of a nine storey housing development near Ringwood Lake without council or public consultation.
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Ringwood has been designated to be a Transit City as part of the Melbourne 2030 development plan by the Bracks government. Ringwood is a key gateway from Melbourne's CBD to the Yarra Valley.
In April 2008, the Brumby Labor Government did not approve any of the plans for the construction of the new transport hub in the centre of Ringwood. The development of the ageing Railway Station and facilities would provide improvements to several elements of the environs and to passenger safety.
As part of the Melbourne 2030 planning policy Ringwood became a designated 'Transit City' as a push to locate higher-density development near public transport facilities. The designation of Ringwood as a Transit City prompted community concerns over a lack of community consultation, leading to the creation of the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC).
Ringwood has a railway station that is an interchange for the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. It also has stations on those lines, for example Ringwood East.
Ringwood operated a number of polling booths at the 2010 federal election, distributed mostly across the federal electorates of Deakin and Menzies, with another few allocated to Casey for pre-polling. Traditionally a relatively Liberal-leaning suburb, the combined results across all Ringwood booths produced a primary vote result of 35.7% for Labor, 47.2% for the Liberals, and 12.0% for the Greens; on a two-party basis after preferences, the result was 53.02% Liberal and 46.98% Labor.[5] [6] [7]
The suburb has two Australian Rules football teams, The Norwood Norsemen at Mullum Mullum Reserve and The Ringwood Redbacks at Jubilee Park, competing in the Eastern Football League.[8]
Other facilities include
The Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc. (RFNC) is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation. The club was founded in 1961 by Jack Hyett[10] and William (Bill) King, with other notable members including Bruce Fuhrer and Fred Rogers.
The club provides an amateur forum for the study and enjoyment of natural history and travels both locally and within Victoria.
The club logo was designed in 1964 by Jack Truscott, a local artist and Foundation member, and features a male Golden Whistler and the Cinnamon Wattle (Acacia leprosa), both of which were common in Ringwood in the 1960's.
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