Revitalising the Glenferrie Oval precinct

We're revitalising the Michael Tuck Stand and Glenferrie Oval to create a new home for sport, culture and community. 

Project budget: $31 million

Status update

We’ve completed the early works to prepare the inside of the Michael Tuck Stand for refurbishment. 

We’re preparing for construction, with the contract expected to be awarded and works to start in late 2026.

Refurbishing the Michael Tuck Stand

The spaces inside the Michael Tuck Stand have been designed to be functional and adaptable for a range of community uses, while respecting the historical significance of the building.

Key works

Ground level

• female-friendly and inclusive changerooms, umpires’ rooms and supporting sporting amenities - a unique offering for local girls' and women's AFL and cricket training and games
• shared multipurpose room for community, sports clubs, event and local band rehearsal use
• new kiosk for match days and landscaped forecourt area in front of the Tuck Stand.

Promenade (level 1)

• main promenade area to support community wellbeing, recreation, cultural and arts activities, and events 
• two community rooms for programs, small group activities and meetings

Grandstand (level 2)

• combination of new and refurbished spectator seating, with accessible seating areas.

Grandstand (level 3)

• new enclosed multipurpose community space for community, club and event use.

Area	Artist impression (subject to change)
Michael Tuck Stand from Glenferrie Oval
Linda Crescent entrance
Entry foyer
Community room for programs, small group activities and meetings
Change room
Promenade
Shared multipurpose room for community, sports clubs, event and local band rehearsal use
Multipurpose community space for community, club and event use

Timeline

Upgrading the Glenferrie Oval  

We are proving a high-quality sports ground for the community. 

Key works include:  

• improved playing surface, including a new cricket wicket
• sportsground lighting
• coaches' boxes
• improved drainage
• fencing
• repairs to the irrigation system.

Melbourne Water Hawthorn East Main Drain works

Melbourne Water is upgrading sections of the Hawthorn East Main Drain (HEMD) near Glenferrie Oval. The HEMD needs an upgrade to renew the sections of pipe which have experienced brick loss and brick separation. The upgrade will reduce flood risk and improve stormwater resilience for the Hawthorn community.

Melbourne Water will be in touch with the community to provide further information about timelines as they become available.
For more information or to contact Melbourne Water directly, visit their Hawthorn East Main Drain webpage.

Demolishing the Ferguson Stand and creating new open space – complete

The old stand was demolished, as it was no longer useable and starting to deteriorate. In its place, we have created 500 square metres of landscaped open space for the community to enjoy.  

Key features include:  

• a grassy area overlooking Glenferrie Oval
• kids play equipment
• picnic table and benches
• an accessible pathway with solar lighting
• new native plants and trees
• bicycle parking
• salvaged steel beams from the Ferguson Stand, as a reference to the past.

View the landscape design that was shaped by community feedback. 

This space was officially opened to the community on Saturday 20 July 2024. 

Timeline

Community garden

As part of the new open space landscaping works, the 7 Hawthorn Community Garden plots which fell within the works zone had to be removed. The plots were removed from this location to make way for the accessible pathway.

We are exploring options to replace these 7 plots on the opposite (western) end of the community garden, with any works subject to budget approvals. We will update the community once we have more detail.

Our vision

Our Vision and Design Brief is guiding the refurbishment.

It’s helping us deliver a precinct that: 

• supports health and fitness, arts and culture, and sport and recreation 
• brings people together and supports all ages
• celebrates the heritage-listed Michael Tuck Stand
• provides high-quality, safe and functional facilities
• improves connections to nearby parkland and trails.

Key community benefits include:

• support for junior Australian Rules football (including Auskick), senior women’s Australian Rules football and junior cricket
• creating more opportunities for girls’ and women’s sport
• help meet demand for sportsgrounds in Boroondara
• keeping Glenferrie Oval available for recreation and leisure
• providing shared spaces for community groups
• delivering an accessible, sustainable design.

The vision achieves key priorities of our:  

• Glenferrie Oval, Grace Park and L.E. Bray Reserve Concept Master Plan
• Boroondara Community Plan.  

Community consultation

We’ve completed 3 stages of community consultation to help shape the revitalisation. 

Stage 1: We asked for feedback on the draft landscape plan for the new open space where the Ferguson Stand once stood. 

Stage 2: We asked for feedback on the draft Vision and Design Brief. 

Stage 3: We asked for feedback on the draft designs for the Michael Tuck Stand and the proposed renewal of the sportsground lighting for Glenferrie Oval. 

You can read about the outcome of these consultations on the Michael Tuck Stand and Glenferrie Oval revitalisation page on Your Say Boroondara.  

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