Carlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Carlton had a population of 12,050. Its boundaries are roughly Elizabeth Street to the West, Princes Street to the North, Victoria Parade to the south, and Nicholson Street to the East. The suburb is well known for its "Little Italy" precinct on Lygon Street, for its Victorian architecture and its European-style squares and the Carlton Gardens, the latter being the location of the Royal... Exhibition Building, one of Australia's few man-made sites with World Heritage status. Carlton is thought to have been named after Carlton House, London. Carlton was founded in 1851 at the beginning of the Victorian Gold Rush. Carlton Post Office opened on 19 October 1865. The area is noted for its diverse population that has been the home in earlier days of Jewish and Italian immigrants A large number of low-income residents live in the substantial public housing estates that were built during the 1960s.
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| Country: | Australia |
| Also known as: | Carlton, Victoria, Carlton, Melbourne |