Aerial view - Historic images - Walkaround : Murrumbeena : Victoria Australia

Murrumbeena, a residential suburb, is 15 km south-east of the Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia. It was named after the north-south Mirambena Road (the suburb's western boundary), that name dating from about 1862. It is surmised that the road's name derived from an Aboriginal expression meaning belonging to you, welcome, or land of frogs, or referring to an Aboriginal member of the native police. The spelling was changed to the present name soon after the railway station opened in 1877. Murrumbeena railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Murrumbeena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Murrumbeena is an elevated premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 14 May 1879, with the current station provided in 2018 The original railway station with associated gardens is located on Murrumbeena Road, Murrumbeena and was presumably opened with the line on 8th of October, 1877, the present buildings and footbridge having been erected about the time of electrification in 1922. It is historically significant as a point of entry and departure for the Murrumbeena locality for over a century, having been associated with its development presumably since the opening of the line in 1877. Timeline: 14 May 1879 – Murrumbeena Railway station opens and the name Murrumbeena is officially adopted for the settlement 21 September 1889 – Railway station signal box contract signed to erect by J. Brown. 12 May 1890 – Murrumbeena Post Office opens 1922 – Electrification of railway & wicket gates 1972 – Shortening of railway siding at station used to deliver coal and goods. 6 December 1977 – Removal of railway siding at station. 2010 – The Neerim Road level crossing identified by the RACV as one of the worst for traffic congestion in metropolitan Melbourne. 2016 – The Victorian government announce plans for grade separation works with an elevated rail project to run through Carnegie, Murrumbeena and Hughesdale, and the relocation of Hughesdale station to within Murrumbeena 2018 – New elevated station opens 2021 – Murrumbeena Village Precinct receives Heritage Overlay Credits and References: State Library Victoria – https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ Photographers and contributors; Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Fergusson & Mitchell, Lithographers Edgertson & Moore, Printers [189-?] Victorian Collection https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... Courtesy of the Glen Eira Historical Society - taken by R.P Dunbar https://victoriancollections.net.au/i... National Library of Australia https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/2390949... Victorian Railway Stations https://www.vicrailstations.com/Orbos... Wikimedia commons - Cuddy Wifter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Victorian Heritage Database https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.a... Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrumb... By Melburnian - Self-photographed, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Victorian Places - https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/mu... Public Record Office Victoria - https://prov.vic.gov.au/photowall (Murrumbeena) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We welcome you to comment, click the 'thumbs up' / 'like' button if you enjoyed the content and please click to subscribe; subscribing is TOTALLY free and helps with our channel. We would like to keep this channel kids and family friendly as much as possible, but also want viewers to express their positive thoughts or criticisms - Any suggestions or ideas for new drone locations, places to visit or requests on something historical for us to research are welcome in the comments; even to promote a business or location ! If you require an aerial video for your business or location, we'll give it a go and we are non-for-profit ... It's a hobby we enjoy doing. Any anti-social comments, poor language or links to your viewing choices can be left at our email address, so others don't need to experience them and us to delete! Also political, religious, discriminatory and racial remarks will be subject to the same. Urban Aerial Explorer can be contacted via email C/O Ludwig or son Alexander : urbanaerialexplorer@yahoo.com Facebook -   / urbanaerialexplorer   Postal Mail : 2-18 Davisons Place Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia