In the pink dawn of Sunday, September 1st, the finishing touches were applied to an installation of 150,000 tulips that had been in preparation for several months. A carpet of tulips across Seafarers Bridge led Melburnians to a field of tulips on the wharf apron outside Goods Shed No 5 on North …
History & Heritage
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 …
Records
Heritage listed Goods Shed No 5 is on the cusp of renewal. It will soon be incorporated into Seafarers - a Riverlee development designed by Fender Katsalidis. About time, say some. restoration work on the Malcolm Moore crane at North Wharf is now complete But there's something about that …
Princes Pier to Bonegilla
Anticipating Refugee Week 2019, 16 to 22 June HMAS Kanimbla tied up at Princes Pier on 7 December 1947. On board were 839 people from displaced persons camps in Europe: 727 men and 112 women. All of them had all been carefully chosen, hand picked, for their youth, vigour …
More than meets the eye
a brief investigation finds there is more to a former car showroom than meets the eye The former Carlins buildings are being demolished to make way for the first tower of Fifteeen85 in Montague, South Melbourne. Carlins signature red, only louder, has been taken up by Sydney Tools down the road …
Another anniversary
Cars, planes and now ships: heading towards the Port Some anniversaries are so significant because of their unfolding ramifications they are worth recording even though the date has passed. In March 1969, Melbourne's first container dock was completed, in time for the arrival of the first …