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, …
Fishermans Bend & Montague
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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 …
P.M. Port Melbourne
P.M. Port Melbourne from Prohasky St, July 2019 The planning permit for 320 Plummer St dates back to 2014. Not supported by the then Metropolitan Planning Authority, it was later approved by the Minister for Planning on 12 August 2015 (MPA 14/0005). Not long afterwards, the applicant, Port …
Moving parts
Some drivers waiting for the 109 tram to pass were intrigued by the scrap metal spilling from the backyard of a house in Ingles St, Port Melbourne. The house was sold. The business moved about 1km down the road to a site at 199 - 201 Normanby Road. Frugal Ann M, who kept her depression learned …
Murphys
Murphy's is how locals know J. L. Murphy Reserve in Port Melbourne. The Reserve was created in 1948 out of Fishermans Bend land that had been used by the American army during the war as a storage base for tanks, planes and other military equipment. City of Port Phillip collection J.L. …
Post Jane’s Walk
Some thoughts arising from a Jane's Walk through the Wirraway and Employment precincts of Fishermans Bend Diversity, detail, intricacy, intimacy - these words which recur in Jane Jacobs' writing about cities we love - sustained an autumn afternoon walk through Fishermans Bend. To know a place, …