[OT] VIC: Springvale or Spring Vale?

[Dr B. J. Winzer]

Minor story of sleuth work for you...

Reading about old railway stations, I see the name "Spring Vale" often, e.g. "Spring Vale Cemetery", "Spring Vale Road".

Looking at my Melbourne rail map 1854-2004, it says:

Springvale
Opened as Spring Vale 1-9-1880
Renamed by February 1972

VICSIG confirms this too (and Wikipedia parrots it ;)).
Thinking this is a pretty late change, I went back to the 1966 Melway online - sure enough, it's "Springvale", all one word.  Strange.
Went to Melbourne Uni's aerial photos of 1945 - still one word, not two.  1945 < 1972 so I'm thinking there must be something definitive.

Ended up getting onto Greater Dandenong's Web site, and they have a specific link to Springvale History.  Nice!
Downloaded a fact sheet from there, and the last paragraph...

"As Dandenong developed as an industrial hub this impacted on the development of Keysborough, Noble Park and Springvale as the population in the area expanded. In 1955 the Shire of Springvale and Noble Park was annexed from the Shire of Dandenong and Spring Vale officially consolidated its spelling to Springvale."

Bingo.
The two variations were brought into line - so really, the "by 1972" can be confidently altered to "circa 1955".  Not authoritatively though!  Need more evidence for that.  At the very least, I can say it should be 1966 rather than 1972 (yay Melway!).

2 points for me :)  (I got a point a few years back)
Still thousands of points behind Brad, Sam, Paul, Pete, Lachlan and others :)

[Viseth]

Ferntree Gully (or 'Fern Tree Gully') is another similar one that
comes to mind.

Viseth

On Jan 15, 4:09 pm, "Dr B. J. Winzer" <sarcophagu...@iprimus.com.au>
wrote:

[Darren Hodges]

Speaking of Springvale, any signal-spotters in Melbourne with absolutely nothing better to do this Saturday night, can head over to "spaghetti junction" (Princes/Springvale/Police/Centre) and watch its huge collection of signal lanterns get replaced with LEDs. It was supposed to happen earlier, but I'm informed it is to take place Saturday night now. I'm on stand-by at work that night, so won't be making the 200km drive to witness the "historic" occasion. :)  Mind you, if there were lots of vintage Eagles, AWAs and neons coming down, I'd probably have made the effort. :) 

 

Darren.

 

 

[Rob Tilley]

Hmm it is a bit too far from here aswell lol

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On Jan 17, 2012 3:19 PM, "Darren Hodges" <vicra...@gmail.com> wrote:

Speaking of Springvale, any signal-spotters in Melbourne with absolutely nothing better to do this Saturday night, can head over to "spaghetti junction" (Princes/Springvale/Police/Centre) and watch its huge collection of signal lanterns get replaced with LEDs. It was supposed to happen earlier, but I'm informed it is to take place Saturday night now. I'm on stand-by at work that night, so won't be making the 200km drive to witness the "historic" occasion. :)  Mind you, if there were lots of vintage Eagles, AWAs and neons coming down, I'd probably have made the effort. :) 

 

Darren.

 

 

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[B. J. Winzer]

Glen Huntly is another problematic one. Discussed it in an email with
Chris Gordon (VICSIG site owner) and it's an interesting case, it had a
space, then didn't, now has again.

I just hope Box Hill doesn't become a single word!

[Darren Hodges]

I have a Harris train destination roll with EASTMALVERN on it. Was the
suburb called that, or was it just another of those things the Victorian
Railways liked to do with station names?

[B. J. Winzer]

Just something Vic Railways did :) I think it was a British influence,
stations over there seem to have run-together names.

Keon Park is another example, originally it was "Keonpark". (It was
named after a long-serving Preston shire council member in the early
20th century, a Mr Keon)
Also, Wattle Glen vs Wattleglen.

You could say there's homage to it as you leave the EastLink tunnels and
head towards the city, as you approach Springvale Rd, there's a sign
reading "EASTERNFWY".

[Mark Sanders]

I recall Viewbank being another. I recall earlier Melway editions printing it as View Bank