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SPOTSWOOD’S PIONEER OF MODERN TEXTILE DESIGN

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Frances Burke was Australia’s leading textile designer of the 20th century.
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FOOTSCRAY’S HIDDEN HELLENISM TO BE REMEMBERED IN MURAL

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We are projecting ourselves onto the images and symbols that don’t exist anywhere else but here in Australia.
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A RARE CHANCE TO VIEW WILLIAMSTOWN’S SPOOKY PAST, AND MORE!

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Open House Melbourne is once again opening the doors to buildings across the city and they’ve included a few gems of the west.
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COMMUNITY ENVISAGES A FUTURE FOR THE FOOTSCRAY HOSPITAL SITE

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Footscray residents have a vision for the old Footscray Hospital site. Whatta you reckon?
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MEET FOOTSCRAY’S ELON MUSK AND HIS INTREPID, PRESENT DAY CHRONICLER

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Each day his email inbox contains an enquiry, response or new lead about the Buckingham.
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HIDDEN SEDDON EXHIBITION & WALKING TOURS

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Footscray Historical Society will be exhibiting historical photos of Seddon and local suburbs.
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ROGUES GALLERY – CAREFUL, THEY MIGHT HEAR YOU

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Walter and Ruth Biskov arrived here in the mid-1970s from Loskia
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ALL IN GOOD HUMOUR

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Let’s take a look at the ground-breaking theory of the four humours.

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