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. …
Fishermans Bend & Montague
Focus on Montague
Montague: A community lost and found is a respectful tribute exhibition to the former residents of this small pocket of South Melbourne. It is also an important record of a period and a place which has not been documented before. The exhibition is in several parts: streetscapes, themes, family …
A site in transition in Fishermans Bend
These closed gates stood for many years on the edge of a weedy paddock on Lorimer St in Fishermans Bend, a remnant of General Motors Holden once extensive operation. In the background are some of the GMH workshops. Gates to a vacant site on Lorimer St in 2013 Since 2013, the land has been …
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Wool
I heard on the radio that the price of wool has fallen - partly because of drought in NSW and Queensland but also in response to President Trump's announcement of tariffs on wool imports from China. Laconia Woollen Mills, Normanby Rd, 2015 Wool and wool by-products were the stock in trade of …
Soap
Passing down the Yarra Yarra, we saw thousands of bullocks' and sheep's heads lying at the edge of the river a little way from the slaughtering house, rotting in a heap, 1 so wrote Louise Timewell of her first impressions of Melbourne at the time of the gold rush. By the late 1880s, slaughtermen, …
The Third Quarter
Observations from walking and riding through Fishermans Bend between April and August 2019 From the elevation of the City Road tram stop there's a great view over South Melbourne Primary School and Kirrip Park. It was recess. The school forecourt was alive with children and the sound of their …