Staying at home, the pile of library books is calling. They must be read before we are released from isolation, though that uncertain time undermines my determination to read them all. an array of titles Top of the pile? Sir Laurence Hartnett's Big Wheels and Little Wheels. I retrieve this …
Fishermans Bend & Montague
Murphy’s
The $4.3m upgrade of the Murphy Reserve Pavilion has been completed. It was to have been opened on Sunday 22nd March. The plaque announcing its opening has been removed - awaiting an uncertain future time when people are free to gather again. The purpose of the upgrade was to facilitate the …
Making it
Malcolm Moore Engineering Works started manufacturing in Port Melbourne in 1927. The factory covered 2.5 hectares and operated over several sites, the largest of which was on Williamstown Rd. Malcolm Moore made massive machinery - cranes, locomotives, and mechanical handling equipment for the mining …
Nature in the City
In April 1949, fifteen year old Len Robinson and some friends caught the bus from Flinders St to Garden City and walked towards the Yarra River where Westgate Park is today looking for birds. It was on that excursion that Len spotted two little green parrots he hadn't seen before sitting on a …
Narrative of progress 2
On Monday 17 February, GM announced the end of the Holden. Six hundred people will lose their jobs by June. The promises made of ongoing commitment to the brand when manufacturing ceased in Australia did not materialise, and were never likely to. Holden and the Australian story are deeply …
Year in Review 2019
This week Australia is painted red with extreme andd prolonged heat. Victoria anticipates its hottest December day ever. Bushfires have raged and ravaged drought stricken New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. Climate Emergency was chosen by Oxford Languages as the word of the year. …