Local places
DEEP WEST: The RAAF Museum, Point Cook
Did you know there is a museum at the Point Cook RAAF base that is open to the public, is fascinating, of astounding quality, and even free?
Arts
Altona Pier Revue exhibition
The Altona Pier Revue exhibition at Louis Joel Gallery in Altona is the culmination of an expressed desire by locals, former residents and longtime visitors to acknowledge and capture in a lasting way the life of the 1888 pier, its demise, and the shiny new one that’s replaced it.
Businesses
MAJOR MILESTONES REACHED IN 2023
We’re looking back on all that was achieved across 2023.
History
MEET THE LOCAL ELDERS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM WHO ENVISIONED A GREENER, CLEANER INNER WEST
In Harris’ compelling autobiography The unwanted Aussie, the reader returns to a bygone Australia and the making of a politician willing to go to extraordinary lengths to promote his anti-pollution cause.
History
THE NEWPORT COFFEE PALACE
In the 1880s Melbourne's temperance movement spawned grand coffee palaces, alcohol-free alternatives to hotels.
History
THE STRAND HOTEL
Toward the end of the hotel’s life it hosted the ‘Happy Half Hour’ every Friday
History
TROCADERO THEATRE
The Trocadero Theatre witnessed almost a century of transformations in the inner-west suburb.
History
HOW A SHOPPER’S PARADISE HELPED FOOTSCRAY OVERCOME A STINKY REPUTATION
Trips to Footscray shopping centre were part of the fabric of living out west.
