Fairfield, Victoria

Fairfield gets its name from "Fairfield Park", an estate that was subdivided from large tracts of land that was brought by Charles Henry James, a land speculator.{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Fairfield | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/fairfield | access-date = 7 August 2022}} The name was alleged to have come from Derbyshire, England.

Fairfield Post Office opened on 21 February 1887.{{Citation

| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 11 April 2008 }} It has since relocated.

In 1962, Fairfield was part of the former City of Heidelberg. In that year, the suburb, along with Alphington, became part of the City of Northcote, which in 1994, became part of the City of Darebin.

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Fairfield is predominantly residential, with a small north-eastern pocket remaining a light industrial area.

A three-storey hotel, the Grandview Hotel, was completed in 1888, with its licence was granted by the Licensing Court on 15 August in that year.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} It has been known for hosting live music, and in the 1970s the Aboriginal country music band, the Country Outcasts, featuring Harry & Wilga Williams, had a residency there.{{cite web | title=Art gallery | website=Buried Country| first=Clinton| last=Walker| author-link= Clinton Walker | url=http://www.buriedcountry.com.au/art-gallery.html | access-date=5 November 2022}}{{cite web | last=Wray | first=Tyson | title=The Grandview Hotel | website=Beat Magazine | date=29 January 2016 | url=https://beat.com.au/the-grandview-hotel/ | access-date=5 November 2022}}{{cite web | title=Gallery | website=The Grandview Hotel | url=https://www.grandviewhotelfairfield.com/gallery | access-date=5 November 2022}}

The Station Street shopping district currently{{when|date=November 2022}} has 89 businesses operating within it, with 23 cafes/bars/restaurants and 17 food and wine specialists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stationstreet.com.au/#|title=Station Street}}

Adjacent to the railway station, facing north-east, is the Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, a {{cvt|6|m|adj=on}} tall animatronic wooden dog.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In the 2021 census, the most common ancestries were English 33.3%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 16.0%, Scottish 11.7 and Italian 10.2%. 73.8% of people were born in Australia with other common countries of birth being England 3.2%, Greece 2.6%, Italy 1.8%, and New Zealand 1.4%. Most common languages, other than English spoken at home are Greek 5.5%, Italian 2.8%, Mandarin 1.1%, Spanish 1.1% and Vietnamese 1.0%.{{Cite web |title=Data by region {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL20901 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=abs.gov.au}}

Fairfield has significant Greek and Italian communities, with 10.3% and 8.8% of residents of the City of Darebin (which Fairfield is contained within) being of those ancestries respectively. There are also strong numbers of Chinese, Dutch, German and Indian residents in the suburb.{{Cite web|url=http://profile.id.com.au/darebin/ancestry?WebID=120|title=Ancestry | City of Darebin | Community profile}}

• Fairfield Primary School[http://fairfieldps.vic.edu.au/ Fairfield Primary School]
• St Anthony's Primary School[https://www.saalphington.catholic.edu.au/ St Anthony's Primary School]
• Melbourne Polytechnic has a campus on the site of the former Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, specialising in visual arts, music, horticulture, and jewellery manufacture.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

• Fairfield Bowling Club plays lawn bowls at Gillies St.[http://fairfieldbowlingclub.com.au Fairfield Bowling Club]
• Fairfield Cricket Club[http://fairfield.vic.cricket.com.au/ Fairfield Cricket Club]
• Soccer teams Fitzroy City and Yarra Jets play home matches at Fairfield Park.
• Golfers play at the course of the [https://www.yarrabendgolf.com/ Yarra Bend Golf Club] on Yarra Bend Road.{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Yarra Bend | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=339 | access-date = 11 May 2009 }}
• Fairfield is home to the Darebin International Sports Centre, which played host to events during the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Six bus routes service Fairfield:

• {{color box|015aaa|250|white}}: Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus). Operated by Kinetic Melbourne.{{cite PTV route|250}}
• {{color box|d7171f|508|white}}: Alphington station – Moonee Ponds Junction via Northcote and Brunswick. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|508}}
• {{color box|ed0277|510|white}}: Essendon station – Ivanhoe station via Brunswick West, Moreland station, Thornbury and Fairfield. Operated by Kinetic Melbourne.{{cite PTV route|510}}
• {{color box|f68b1f|546|white}}: Heidelberg station – Queen Victoria Market via Clifton Hill, Carlton and the University of Melbourne. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|546}}
• {{color box|8c62aa|567|white}}: Northcote – Regent station via Northland Shopping Centre. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|567}}
• {{color box|a62772|609|white}}: Hawthorn station – Fairfield via Kew. Operated by Dysons.{{cite PTV route|609}}

Fairfield is serviced by Fairfield station, which is on the Hurstbridge line.

File:Fairfield boathouse.jpg|Fairfield Boathouse

File:Fairfield Pipe Bridge 2009.JPG|Fairfield Pipe Bridge in Yarra Park

File:Fairfield dog.jpg|Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, Station Street, Fairfield

File:St Joseph's Melkite Catholic Church.JPG|St Joseph's Melkite Catholic Church, Fairfield

File:Station St, Fairfield, Vic.jpg|Station St is the main shopping hub in Fairfield

File:Fairfield Railway Station, Vic.jpg|Fairfield railway station as viewed from the pedestrian overpass at dusk

• City of Northcote – Fairfield was previously within this former local government area.

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