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By 1865, Hartwell boasted its own church, school two hotels, post office, wine hall and general store. Despite its small population of 175 at this time,<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> it was able to support this wide variety of services on account of through traffic. | By 1865, Hartwell boasted its own church, school two hotels, post office, wine hall and general store. Despite its small population of 175 at this time,<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> it was able to support this wide variety of services on account of through traffic. | ||
===1870s - 1900s=== | |||
Hartwell remained an area primarily made up of agricultural production. Despite the introduction of the [[wikipedia:Phylloxera|phylloxera pest]] that destroyed almost all of the vineyards in Boroondara, dairy, cattle and other farming activities continued well into the 1920s.<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> | |||
The town saw a period of rapid growth during the economic boom driven by land speculation during the 1880s. Although the school had been closed and the church dismantled, significant economic and development activity ensued following the extension of the railway from [[Hawthorn Railway Station|Hawthorn]] to [[wikipedia:Lilydale, Victoria|Lilydale]] in 1882. Hartwell's population increased fourfold between 1880 and 1890.<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> A daily coach service operated from [[Camberwell]] to Hartwell, but this was slow and presented the only transport connection to the rest of Boroondara, so the opening of a new railway station at Camberwell made Hartwell much more easily accessible.<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> The opening of the highly-speculative [[Outer Circle Railway]] dramatically increased property values along its route through Hartwell and Burwood, but the opening of [[Burwood Railway Station|Hartwell Railway Station]] (present-day Burwood Station) on 30 May 1890 heralded the beginning of the end of these boom times.<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> | |||
By 1892, the depression had well and truly hit. Land sales did not recover in Hartwell until well after the First World War.<ref name="OldHartwellBook" /> | |||
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