Glen Huntly Road, Melbourne

Shopping strip in Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick

Glen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east-west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie.

Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship Glen Huntly from Greenock, Scotland, which landed in Hobsons Bay in Melbourne on 17 April 1840. Many of its passengers had died from fever and were buried in the St Kilda Cemetery.[1] [2]

Glen Huntly Road crosses two railway lines, the Sandringham lines at Elsternwick station and the Frankston at Glenhuntly station. Originally both were crossed by level crossing, however the latter was eliminated in a grade separation project in October 1960, with the railway lines lowered below the road and a new station built.[3]

Until recently the road was spelt "Glenhuntly Road" until it was officially changed to the present spelling.

Elsternwick shopping centre can be found on Glen Huntly Road. It is a vibrant, "cafe-latte" cultured strip shopping centre that offers excellent restaurants, fashion outlets and other trendy shops. Tram route 67 traverses Glen Huntly Road from the Nepean Highway to Carnegie.[4] Glenhuntly tram depot is located on Glen Huntly Road.

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ They came on the Glen Huntley as Self-funded and as Bounty Immigrants in 1840 - from geocities archive
  2. ↑ "Melbourne Place Names.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 28 July 1945. p. 24 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Report of the Victorian Railways Commissioners for the Year Ended 30 June 1959 Parliament of Victoria page 23
  4. ↑ Route 67 Yarra Trams


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