Ivanhoe, Victoria

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Greenway's Ivanhoe Hotel was opened near current day Upper Heidelberg Road in 1854.{{Cite web |title=Ivanhoe Shopping Centre |url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/123318 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Heritage Council Victoria Victorian Heritage Database}}

The homestead "Chelsworth" was built in 1860 and was an early farming property. The origins of the property are traced to 1846 when Patrick Stevenson operated a local dairy farm. The house now forms part of the Ivanhoe golf course.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2022 |title=Ivanhoe Golf Course |url=http://www.ivanhoegolfcourse.com.au/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=ivanhoegolfcourse.com.au |language=en-US}}

Ivanhoe Post Office opened on 1 September 1874. Ivanhoe North Post Office, on Waterdale Road near Banksia Street, opened on 17 May 1926. An Ivanhoe West Post Office was open from 1955 until 1988.{{Citation |last=Phoenix Auctions History |title=Post Office List |url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Ivanhoe* |access-date=2 April 2021}}

Many streets in the area derive their names from characters in the Sir Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe.

The main station building of Ivanhoe train station was built in 1888.{{Cite web |title=Ivanhoe Train Station |url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/121517 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Heritage Council Victoria Victorian Heritage Database}}

In 1913, the property "Clarivue" was built, described as "the grandest of the early-medieval domestic revival houses in Heidelberg".{{Cite web |last=Bowden |first=Ebony |last2=Cunningham |first2=Melissa |name-list-style=and |date=2017-04-21 |title=Heritage-listed RSL building gutted by blaze in Ivanhoe on eve of Anzac Day |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/heritagelisted-rsl-building-gutted-by-blaze-in-ivanhoe-20170421-gvp65t.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The Age |language=en}} In about 1962 it became the home of the Ivanhoe RSL sub-branch. In April 2017, a major fire took hold of the building. As of March 2022, the heritage-listed Queen Anne-style building located in Studley Road has remained untouched since, without repair or restoration.{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Carolyn |date=2022-03-18 |title=Dysfunction, police, a mansion in ruins: What's going on at Ivanhoe RSL? |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/dysfunction-police-a-mansion-in-ruins-what-s-going-on-at-ivanhoe-rsl-20220315-p5a4xe.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The Age |language=en}}

In 1937 the Heidelberg Town Hall at Ivanhoe was opened. It was noted at the time to be "one of the most noteworthy contributions made to suburban architecture in some years". The building features deeply recessed windows and doorways, a clock tower, main hall with seating accommodation for 1,000 people, laid with parquetry wood blocks, carpeted lounges, a full-size concert platform with dressing rooms, concealed lighting, a supper room, a large foyer, cloak rooms and a meeting-room or third hall behind the main hall. There was also a kitchen. Steps lead up to the municipal offices and council chamber for the Heidelberg City Council.{{Cite web |title=NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO ARCHITECTURE - Heidelberg's New Town Hall - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: 1848 - 1957) - 29 Apr 1937 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11060553 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}

In 1938, the Heidelberg Children's Free Library, in the Heidelberg Town Hall at Ivanhoe was opened.{{Cite web |title=CHILDREN'S LIBRARY - Opened at Heidelberg - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 19 Sep 1938 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12488008 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}

In the mid-1960s, the annual Boulevard Christmas lights event has taken place where dozens of houses in The Boulevard, Ivanhoe are decorated for Christmas. It began as a community event for local residents. Banyule City Council became involved in later years.{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Carolyn |date=2020-11-24 |title=Light show's a no-go in the Boulevard of broken Christmas dreams |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/light-show-s-a-no-go-in-the-boulevard-of-broken-christmas-dreams-20201124-p56hgv.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The Age |language=en}}

Ivanhoe library opened on 8 October 1965.{{Cite journal |date=12 October 1965 |title=Library will serve 100,000 people |journal=Diamond Valley News}} It was demolished and replaced on the same site next to the historic Town Hall with the Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub opening in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Earthy palette with custom Krause bricks merges old and new at Ivanhoe Library |url=https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/robertsons-building-products-pty-ltd/earthy-palette-merges-old-new-at-ivanhoe-library |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Architecture & Design |language=en}}

In the 2016 Census, there were 12,171 people in Ivanhoe. 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 3.6%, England 2.6%, India 2.2%, Italy 2.1% and New Zealand 1.3%. 71.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.4%, Greek 3.6%, Italian 3.5%, Cantonese 1.5% and Spanish 0.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 38.2% and Catholic 26.5%.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC21237|name=Ivanhoe (State Suburb)|access-date=2017-07-03|quick=on}}

The Yarra River forms the southern boundary of the suburb, with a golf course and a narrow riparian strip reserve. Darebin Creek runs along the western boundary of the suburb.

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The Ivanhoe shopping centre strip along Upper Heidelberg road is of local historical and social significance. Some buildings were built in the 19th century, but most are from the period 1915–1940.

Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub was completed in February 2021. The state-of-the-art building includes a modern accessible library, an art gallery, conference and meeting spaces, maternal and child health consulting suits, an informal theatrette and a cafe. It has also incorporated a major redevelopment of the existing heritage listed town hall. Its value is stated as $31 million.{{Cite web|title=Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub|url=http://www.buxtonconstruction.com.au/project/ivanhoe-library-cultural-hub/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Buxton Construction}} Banyule U3A use it as one of its venues.{{Cite web |title=U3A Banyule Inc Vic {{!}} Community Education |url=https://www.u3abanyule.org.au/venues.html |access-date=2021-06-01 |website=u3abanyule.org.au |language=en}} Ivanhoe Library is managed by Yarra Plenty Regional Library.

Hatch Contemporary Arts Space is managed by Banyule City Council{{Cite web|url=https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Arts-and-Events/Hatch-Contemporary-Arts-Space|title=Hatch Contemporary Arts Space|website=Banyule City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825003134/http://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Arts-and-Events/Hatch-Contemporary-Arts-Space|archive-date=2013-08-25|url-status=dead|access-date=16 May 2019}} but closed in early 2021.{{Cite web |title=Hatch Contemporary Arts Space |url=https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Arts-culture/Art-artists-arts-spaces/Hatch-arts-space |access-date=2021-06-01 |website=banyule.vic.gov.au |language=en-AU}}

Ivanhoe Reading Circle is Melbourne's longest-running bookclub.{{Cite web|url=https://ivanhoereadingcircle.org/|title=Ivanhoe Reading Circle|website=Ivanhoe Reading Circle|access-date=16 May 2019}}

The Centre Ivanhoe (part of the former Heidelberg Town Hall) is an events venue{{Cite web |title=The Centre Ivanhoe |url=https://www.peterrowland.com.au/venue/centre-ivanhoe/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Peter Rowland |language=en-AU}}

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Upper Heidelberg Road is the suburb's centre and the location of the former Heidelberg Town Hall,{{Cite web|title=Victorian Heritage database|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2808|date=5 January 2006|website=vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-05-18}} now known as The Centre Ivanhoe. The town hall is a classic 'art-deco' building on top of a hill, with a green neon clockface on a tower.

The suburb has two railway stations: Ivanhoe, which is located in the Zone 1 and 2 overlap of the public transport system, and Darebin, wholly within Zone 1, is also located in the suburb.

The suburb has two private schools; Ivanhoe Grammar School, established in 1915 and Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School. It is also home to one of Victoria's oldest state schools, Ivanhoe Primary School, established in 1853. The Victorian State Government, through the Department of Education, closed Bellfield Primary School at 229 Banksia Street, Ivanhoe and sold the site to Banyule City Council in August 2013. The housing development by Stockland was built on the site.{{Cite web|url=https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Services/Planning/Former-School-Sites|title=Former School Sites|date=2019|website=Banyule City Council|access-date=16 May 2019}}

• Ivanhoe City Soccer Club est. 2015{{Cite web |title=Ivanhoe City SC |url=http://www.ivanhoecitysc.com.au |url-status=dead |access-date=2016-05-10 |website=ivanhoecitysc.com.au}}
• Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club since 1910
• Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Football Club est.1964
• Ivanhoe Knights Basketball Club
• Ivanhoe Junior Football Club
• Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Cricket Club
• West Ivanhoe United Cricket Club
• Ivanhoe Cricket Club
• Ivanhoe Harriers Athletics Club
• Ivanhoe Bowls Club est. 1912{{cite web |url=http://ivanhoebowlingclub.com.au/Index.html |title=Ivanhoe Bowling Club Home page |publisher=Ivanhoebowlingclub.com.au |access-date=2013-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101145517/http://ivanhoebowlingclub.com.au/Index.html |archive-date=1 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• Ivanhoe Golf Course on Vasey Street.{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Ivanhoe | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=685 | access-date = 11 May 2009 }}
• Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club was established in 1913.{{Cite web |title=Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club |url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/124839 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Heritage Council of Victoria Victorian Heritage Database}}

• Wilbur Wilde - saxophonist, television personality and radio presenter. Old Ivanhoe Grammarian https://oldivanhoe.com/mr-nicholas-aitken-72-aka-wilbur-wilde/
• Sharin Anderson – musician, born in Ivanhoe
• Carrie Bickmore – Ivanhoe resident{{cite web|title=Peter Helliar moves closer to Melbourne|url=http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/real-estate/victoria/the-projects-peter-helliar-moves-closer-to-melbourne/news-story/fc2341448611c14c03e6eff27833ef94|access-date=27 August 2017}}
• Cate Blanchett – Grew up in Ivanhoe{{cite web|title=Cate Blanchett's Childhood Home Goes Under The Hammer|url=https://au.pfinance.yahoo.com/money-manager/real-estate/article/-/14226826/cate-blanchett's-childhood-home-goes-under-the-hammer/}}
• Brodie Grundy – Ivanhoe resident
• Peter Helliar – Ivanhoe resident
• Carol Jerrems (1949–1980) – photographer, born and grew up in Ivanhoe{{cite book|title=Carol Jerrems: ADB|chapter=Jerrems, Carol Joyce (1949–1980)|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jerrems-carol-joyce-10625|access-date=26 April 2016}}
• The Nervo Twins{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/just-a-pit-stop-for-hit-aussie-duo-mim-and-liv-nervo/story-e6frf96o-1226233975934 |title=Just a pit stop for hit Aussie duo Mim and Liv Nervo |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2013-10-31}}
• Sam Bramham – O.A.M Australian Paralympic swimmer, Ivanhoe resident, & Business Owner at Chei Wen Wine Bar

• City of Heidelberg – Ivanhoe was previously within this former local government area

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• [http://shawfactor.com/gazetteer/victoria/ivanhoe/ Local History of Ivanhoe]

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