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    History

    26-30 MURRAY STREET

    These buildings date way back to 1880s.

    SPOTSWOOD’S PIONEER OF MODERN TEXTILE DESIGN

    Frances Burke was Australia’s leading textile designer of the 20th century.

    FOOTSCRAY’S HIDDEN HELLENISM TO BE REMEMBERED IN MURAL

    We are projecting ourselves onto the images and symbols that don’t exist anywhere else but here in Australia.

    A RARE CHANCE TO VIEW WILLIAMSTOWN’S SPOOKY PAST, AND MORE!

    Open House Melbourne is once again opening the doors to buildings across the city and they’ve included a few gems of the west.

    COMMUNITY ENVISAGES A FUTURE FOR THE FOOTSCRAY HOSPITAL SITE

    Footscray residents have a vision for the old Footscray Hospital site. Whatta you reckon?

    MEET FOOTSCRAY’S ELON MUSK AND HIS INTREPID, PRESENT DAY CHRONICLER

    Each day his email inbox contains an enquiry, response or new lead about the Buckingham.

    HIDDEN SEDDON EXHIBITION & WALKING TOURS

    Footscray Historical Society will be exhibiting historical photos of Seddon and local suburbs.

    ROGUES GALLERY – CAREFUL, THEY MIGHT HEAR YOU

    Walter and Ruth Biskov arrived here in the mid-1970s from Loskia

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