Docklands, Victoria

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Docklands is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, located directly to the western end of the Melbourne central business district between the neighboring suburbs of West Melbourne to the north/northwest, and South Wharf, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne to the south/southwest. Primarily a waterfront residential area centred on the northern (right) bank of the Lower Yarra River just 5.5 km (3.4 mi) upstream of the river mouth into Hobsons Bay, Docklands is bounded by Spencer Street and Bridge, Wurundjeri Way and Montague Street to the east, Footscray Road and Dudley Street to the north, the Moonee Ponds Creek, CityLink Western and the Bolte Bridge to the west, and Lorimer Street, Boundary Street, the West Gate Freeway and the Charles Grimes Bridge across the Yarra River to the south. It had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census. The site of modern-day Docklands was originally swampland that in the 1880s became a bustling shipping dock area as part of the Port of Melbourne, with an extensive network of wharfs, heavy rail infrastructure and light industry. Following the containerisation of shipping traffic, Docklands fell into disuse and by the 1990s was virtually abandoned, making it the focal point of Melbourne's underground rave scene. The construction of Docklands Stadium in the late 1990s attracted developer interest in the area, and urban renewal began in earnest in 2000 with several independent privately developed areas overseen by VicUrban, an agency of the Victorian Government. Docklands subsequently experienced an apartment boom and became a sought-after business address, attracting the national headquarters of, among others, the National Australia Bank, ANZ Bank, Myer, David Jones, Medibank and the Bureau of Meteorology, as well as the regional headquarters for Ericsson, Bendigo & Adelaide Bank and television networks Nine and Seven. Known for its contemporary...