Tag: History

MAJOR MILESTONES REACHED IN 2023

We’re looking back on all that was achieved across 2023.

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. 

THE NEWPORT COFFEE PALACE

In the 1880s Melbourne's temperance movement spawned grand coffee palaces, alcohol-free alternatives to hotels.

THE STRAND HOTEL

Toward the end of the hotel’s life it hosted the ‘Happy Half Hour’ every Friday

TROCADERO THEATRE

The Trocadero Theatre witnessed almost a century of transformations in the inner-west suburb.

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.

DRINK CINZANO VERMOUTH

The Cinzano sign was most likely painted in the late 1950s, when Mr. E. S. Jean ran the grocery.

ALTONA’S SEASIDE LANDMARK REIMAGINED

Through each iteration of the suburb of Altona, the grand old pier has been central.

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