John Lack, the historian of Footscray, bemoans the quality of today's local papers.1 He wonders where future local historians will find the detail of the debates in councils that were covered in local papers of yore. The audio recordings of Council meetings are an excellent source. While they may …
Docklands
The last weekend in July
The last weekend in July is Open House Melbourne and National Tree Day - a clash or a convergence of the built and the natural environment? A convergence for me at the Banksia apartments in Docklands where tours were being offered. There were queues and time was limited so I exploreed around the …
Port places
North Wharf, Docklands All is upheaval and keep out fences as work begins on the restoration of North Wharf between the Charles Grimes and the Seafarers Bridge - a condition of the approval of a new development on the sliver of land next to the Mission to Seafarers on Flinders St. When the …
Banksia at NewQuay
In 1995, Michael and Andrew Buxton created MAB Corporation and kickstarted waterfront development in Port Melbourne when they created the Anchorage from the former Swallow and Ariell biscuit factory. Two years later MAB entered into a development agreement with the then Docklands Authority for …
From Nature
22 November 2017 There must be something about this spot! Big Dog by Jhess Knight and Jess Davie won the people's choice award for their work which took full advantage of the same location. 28 October 2017 Artists are setting up for Gasworks From Nature organic sculpture exhibition in the …
Memorial
On Sunday 15 October I went to the 47th annual memorial of the West Gate Bridge collapse. What makes that memorial so moving? It was a reunion, though a sombre one, of the extended network of people impacted by that fateful day on 15 October 1970 - survivors, families of the victims, and …