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Carlton North has its origins with the allotment of the Melbourne General Cemetery in 1853 . Previous cemetery sites at Flagstaff Gardens and (what is now) Queen Victoria Market , had become full, thus the new Carlton North site was established. In the same year a stockade was build at (what is now) Curtain Square. A bluestone quarry was established on Lee Street, which subsequently became an asylum, until 1873 when it became the area's first primary school. Subdivision into residential blocks began in 1869 , with the emerging brick terrace houses standing in contrast to Carlton 's timber cottages. Princes Park was established in 1844 and became home to the Carlton Football Club in 1897 . Tram lines were installed along Lygon Street , Rathdowne Street (dismantled in 1936), and Nicholson Street. The area was also serviced by the Inner Circle Railway Line (passenger services were ceased in 1948 although it remained a goods line until 1980). Today, Carlton North, like other inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, contains a curious mixture of whitecollar professionals, students, artists, and unemployed, although the area has perhaps become more gentrified than Fitzroy North, Brunswick, or Collingwood. SEE ALSO
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