Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South Melbourne FC, Athletics Victoria, Athletics Australia, Victorian Institute of Sport and Australian Little Athletics.
Lakeside Stadium
South Melbourne and the touring British Lions in front of the grandstand at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1888. South Melbourne won 7 goals to 3.
The 1926 grandstand prior to Lakeside Stadium redevelopment
Aerial view of Lakeside Stadium prior to 2011 redevelopment
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 census.
South Melbourne Town Hall
South Melbourne (2017)
"Canvas Town", South Melbourne in the 1850s, during the gold rush
St Vincent Gardens in 1878, Rochester Terrace in the background