Pipemakers Park

Last updated

Pipemakers Park
Pipemakers Park
TypePublic Park
Location Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates 37°46′37″S144°53′42″E / 37.777°S 144.895°E / -37.777; 144.895
Area8 hectares
Opened1984
Operated by City of Maribyrnong
Visitors750 per month approx.
StatusOpen
PathsSealed paths
TerrainRemnant Riparian Bushland
Water Maribyrnong River, artificial wetlands
Vegetation Australian Native
Connecting transportCar, Bus
Landmarks Maribyrnong river
Facilities Toilets, Barbecues, Picnic areas, Conference room, ecomuseum, Wildlife sanctuary

Pipemakers Park is located in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne in the city of Maribyrnong, on the western bank of the Maribyrnong River near Highpoint Shopping Centre. The park was created on the site of a former pipe works and meat preserving company, and retains historic buildings adapted to a museum (Melbourne's Living Museum of the West). [1] and interpreted industrial ruins. [2]

Contents

The park was formerly managed by Parks Victoria but in 2014, Maribyrnong City Council took over management of this and the adjacent Burndap Park and Frog Hollow. [3]

History

Meat preserving on Saltwater River Pipemakers Park PipemakersPark.jpeg
Meat preserving on Saltwater River Pipemakers Park

Joseph Raleigh established a boiling down works on the banks of the river in the 1840s. the buildings were adapted to the Melbourne Meat Preserving Company works in 1868, and then taken over by Humes Pipe in about 1911. In the 1980s the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works purchased the site and developed it as parkland and home to the Living Museum, opening in 1984. [4]

Geography

The park sits on the floodplain of the Maribyrnong river below a steep escarpment of the western basalt plains.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yarra River</span> River in Victoria, Australia

The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Docklands, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Docklands, is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maribyrnong, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Maribyrnong is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Maribyrnong recorded a population of 12,573 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maribyrnong River</span> River in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Maribyrnong River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip catchment, located in the north–western suburbs of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Essendon, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Essendon is an Inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Essendon recorded a population of 21,240 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Footscray, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area and its council seat. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth Street, Melbourne</span> Road in Melbourne, Victoria

Elizabeth Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. It is presumed to have been named in honour of governor Richard Bourke's wife.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yarraville, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Yarraville is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Yarraville recorded a population of 15,636 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melbourne tram route 57</span> Tram route in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne tram route 57 is operated by Yarra Trams on the Melbourne tram network from West Maribyrnong to Flinders Street station. The 11.6 kilometre route is operated out of Essendon depot with Z class trams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maribyrnong River Trail</span> Shared use path in Melbourne, Australia

The Maribyrnong River Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Maribyrnong River through the north western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Essendon West, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Essendon West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km (6.2 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Essendon West recorded a population of 1,559 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kensington, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kensington is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km (2.5 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. Kensington recorded a population of 10,745 at the 2021 census.

Avondale Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km (6.8 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Avondale Heights recorded a population of 12,388 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brimbank Park</span> Park in Melbourne, Australia

Brimbank Park is a metropolitan regional park managed by Parks Victoria situated in the north-western Melbourne suburb of Keilor East, Victoria, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parks and gardens of Melbourne</span> Parks and gardens in Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Melbourne is Australia's second largest city and widely considered to be a garden city, with Victoria being nicknamed "the Garden State". Renowned as one of the most livable cities in the world, there is an abundance of parks, gardens and green belts close to the CBD with a variety of common and rare plant species amid landscaped vistas, pedestrian pathways, and tree-lined avenues, all managed by Parks Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highpoint Shopping Centre</span> Shopping mall in Victoria, Australia

Highpoint Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Maribyrnong, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Organ Pipes National Park</span> Protected area in Victoria, Australia

The Organ Pipes National Park, abbreviated as OPNP, is a national park located in the Central region of Victoria, Australia. The 121-hectare (300-acre) protected area was established with the focus on conservation of the native flora and fauna, and preservation of the geological features in the Jacksons Creek, a part of the Maribyrnong valley, north-west of Melbourne. It is situated in a deep gorge in the grassy, basalt Keilor Plains.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melbourne's Living Museum of the West</span> Culture museum in Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West is an ecomuseum and community social history museum in Melbourne's western suburb of Maribyrnong. It was established as part of Victoria's sesquicentenary in 1984, along with the Children's Museum and the Museum of Chinese Australian History.

MREAM, or Maribyrnong River Edge Art Movement was a community arts organisation in Melbourne, Australia.

Albert Purchas was a prominent 19th century architect and surveyor in Melbourne, Australia.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.