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Southgate
remains
open
in
order
to
provide
essential
products
and
services.
In
line
with
Victorian
Government
restrictions,
some
of
our
retailers
will
be
temporarily
closed
while
others
will
be
open
in
a
limited
capacity.
Essential
service
operators
remain
open.
Our
enhanced
cleaning
program
remains
in-place
for
the
additional
safety
and
security
of
our
community.
Opened
in
1992,
Southgate
is
a
reflection
of
Australia’s
arts,
food
and
wine
with
a
distinct
Melbourne
flavour,
as
can
be
traced
through
the
history
of
the
Southbank
location
itself.
Southgate
was
always
a
meeting
point
on
the
Yarra
River.
A
waterfall
at
Princes
Bridge
protected
the
fresh
water
coming
downstream
while
trading
ships
could
navigate
upstream
from
the
saltwater
of
Port
Phillip
Bay.
This
conveniently
dictated
the
site
of
Melbourne.
The
south
side
of
the
river
supported
the
young
city
with
breweries
and
food
processing,
while
shipping
and
trading
utilised
the
docks
and
warehouses.
Over
time,
the
area
consolidated
into
an
industrial
district
housed
in
a
messy
collection
of
old
buildings
and
vacant
government
land.
By
the
1940s
the
Trocadero
dance
hall,
on
the
art
gallery
site,
and
Glaciarium
ice
skating
rink,
where
the
twin
Southgate
commercial
towers
now
stand,
were
lonely
leisure
activities
in
the
area.
The
large
neon
sign
on
the
Allens
Confectionery
factory
was
the
only
landmark.
The
National
Gallery
of
Victoria
was
relocated
in
the
1960s,
the
Victorian
College
of
the
Arts
in
the
1970s,
and
the
natural
evolution
of
the
district
was
coaxed
by
a
vision
of
a
rejuvenated
waterfront
highlighting
an
expanded
educational,
cultural
and
leisure
precinct.
By
the
1980s
a
co-ordinated
government
strategy
led
to
the
building
and
landscaping
of
the
south
promenade.
This
encouraged
development
of
major
commercial
infrastructure.
Southgate
was
born
and
succeeded
all
expectations
by
adding
its
own
character
to
the
area.
For
more
than
20
years
Southgate
has
been
part
of
the
fabric
of
Melbourne
daily
life,
particularly
for
the
growing
number
of
local
residents
in
the
neighbourhood.
The
urban
planning
has
been
carefully
designed
to
encourage
explorationand
discovery.
A
deliberate
and
sophisticated
approach
reflects
the
normal
organic
way
a
city
grows
overtime.
The
boundaries
of
the
2.4ha
Southgate
site
are
integrated
into
the
surroundings.
Thus
you
are
naturally
led
to
Hamer
Hall,
the
Arts
Centre,
National
Gallery
of
Victoria
(NGV
International),
St
Johns
Church,
Langham
Hotel,
riverside,
Southgate
office
towers,
across
the
road
to
the
Australian
Ballet,
the
ABC
headquarters
or
under
Princes
bridge
to
the
Alexandra
and
Botanical
gardens
and
Melbourne’s
major
sporting
facilities.
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