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Streets

  • 19 Prospect Grove Northcote

    19 Prospect Grove was built in 1887 by William John Carne. Named Pisgah it is a typical late Victorian...
  • 201-203 Bastings Street, Northcote

    Bastings Street came into existence in 1853 when the Union Bank sub divided land it had seized from William...
  • Abbott Street Toll House, Fairfield

    In its last days, the old cottage at 1-3 Abbott was little more than a dilapidated collection of rooms...
  • Balgonie Place, Northcote

    At the back of the shops on High Street Northcote near Separation Street was a laneway. It was referred to as...
  • Bastings Street, Northcote

    Bastings Street owes its name to Edwin Bastings who, as an early Northcote pioneer, established a general...
  • Beaumont Estate Northcote

    The Beaumont housing estate in Northcote covered an area facing onto Bastings Street, Ilma Grove and Mitchell...
  • Bennett Street, Alphington

    Bennett Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Jim Bennett,...
  • Broadhurst Estate, Preston

    The Broadhurst estate was named after Thomas Broadhurst, founder of Broadhurst’s Tannery. Tanneries were...
  • Broadway, Reservoir

    Broadway first appears in the directories in 1927. Already a few scattered houses were there, with several...
  • Broomfield Estate, Fairfield

    The Broomfield Estate comprised of allotments for sale in Broomfield Avenue which were first put on the...
  • Bushrangers

    During the early 1850s Arthurton Road in Northcote had a reputation as being the haunt of bushrangers and...
  • Central Preston Reserve Estate

    The late 1880s saw a land boom in Preston and generally throughout Melbourne with numerous land companies...
  • Chandler Highway, Alphington

    The Chandler Highway links Alphington to Kew across the old Outer Circle Bridge. This short stretch of road...
  • Charles Showers

    1862 – 1936 Charles Showers grew up in Fitzroy into a family of early settlers. His father, Robert was an...
  • Cheddar Road, Reservoir

  • Darebin-on-Creek Estate

    In July 1856 the City of Melbourne Suburban and Agricultural Freehold Home Society sold the first plot of...
  • Edwardes Street Reservoir

    The first resident of Edwardes Street, Reservoir was Miss Heather Dumas who was listed as living there in...
  • Eunson Avenue, Northcote

    Eunson Avenue in Northcote was named after James Eunson in 1889. The land in that area, west of St. Georges...
  • Fairfield Horse Tram

    The first ever tram to run in Victoria was in Station Street, Fairfield. Looking at it today this is quite a...
  • First Trams in Preston, Northcote and Fitzroy

    On the 1 April 1920 the first electric tram lines were opened simultaneously in Preston, Northcote and...
  • Gibson's Paddock Land Sale

    Gibson’s Paddock was the name given to an area of real estate in Northcote which was advertised for sale...
  • Gilbert Road, Preston

    In 1853 William Gilbert purchased a plot of land along the north west corner of Jika Jika subdivision 147....
  • Gladstone Avenue, Northcote

    Gladstone Avenue was once part of the estate of Francis Beaver - a member of the Victorian Legislative...
  • Grange Road, Fairfield

  • Heidelberg Road

    Heidelberg Road has the distinction of being Victoria’s first road outside the confines of the Melbourne...
  • High Street embankment

    The south side of Rucker’s Hill formed a formidable challenge to travellers in the 1840s and 50s. Land...
  • High Street, Northcote

    From Separation or Dennis Streets to Dundas Street was formally known as Plenty Road. High Street, along...
  • High Street, Preston

  • High Street, Thornbury

  • High Street, Westgarth

  • Joan Clinnick

    I'm now talking with Joan Clinnick of Reservoir. Joan has lived all of her life in Reservoir and in fact...
  • Keith Street, Aplhington

    Keith Street, Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Keith Smith, who...
  • Knockando farm

    The Knockando farm was located on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Chandler Highway on what is currently the...
  • Land Sales - Sumner Estate

    The Sumner Estate had its beginnings in 1915 when the Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston Tramway Trust purchased...
  • Land Sales - Tramway Estate

    The first Tramway Estate sales began as early as 1913 and were still going in 1925. The extent of the...
  • Langwells Parade, Northcote

    The original houses in Langwells Parade owe they existence to the brickworks at the eastern end of this small...
  • Mendip Hills Estate, North Preston (Reservoir)

    During the late 1880s Melbourne experienced a land boom with numerous developers and speculators offering...
  • Mitchell Street, Northcote

    In the early 1860s Mitchell Street was known as Fitch Street, a name influenced by an early resident in the...
  • Mount Grand View Estate Preston

    In the 1880s Melbourne was experiencing a boom time with a great many land sales and housing estates...
  • Mount View Estate Northcote

    Mount View Estate consisted of land blocks fronting onto Victoria Road, Wakanui, Hakatere and Oamaru Streets...
  • Mt Bischoff Estate, Preston

    The late 1880s saw a land boom generally in Melbourne and also in Preston with numerous land companies being...
  • Oakbell Estate, Preston

    A selling point of the Oakbell Estate was the proximity to Bell Street railway station which was planned to...
  • Oamaru Street, Northcote

    Oamaru Street was developed as part of the Mount View Estate development, probably during the 1920s. The...
  • Pender's Grove Estate, Northcote

    Michael Pender was an original purchaser of Crown Land in the Northcote part of Jika Jika parish in 1839 and...
  • Plant's Paddock

    Plant's Paddock was located on the east side of High Street Northcote at the base of Rucker's Hill. Owned...
  • Plaza Theatre

    The design of The Plaza Theatre was modelled on the streamline Art Deco style of the Depression era. It was...
  • Plenty Road, Preston

  • Post Office Paddock Estate, Preston

    The Post Office Paddock Estate offered allotments of land between Murray Road and Wood Street from the late...
  • Preston Heights Estate

    In the late 1880s with the promise of a railway line in the Preston area, speculators and developers were...
  • Prospect Hill Estate, Preston

    The Prospect Hill Estate land sale took place on 22 October 1881. The land sale poster shows its...
  • Regent & Clara Street, Preston Land Sale

    Stott & Bastings Real Estate Agents advertised an auction for blocks of land for sale in Clara Street and...
  • Regents Park Estate

    During the late 1880s Melbourne experienced a land boom with numerous developers and speculators offering...
  • Road Construction

  • Rona Estate

    Rona Street and the Rona Estate was named after a Dairy Farm situated on Spring Street, Preston. In April...
  • Roslyn Estate Preston

    During the late 1880s Melbourne experienced a land boom with numerous developers and speculators offering...
  • Ross Street, Alphington

    Ross Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Ross Smith , who...
  • Ruckers Hill

    The first sighting of Rucker’s Hill by a white man was probably surveyor Joseph Gellibrand in 1836. After...
  • Separation Street, Northcote

    Separation Street, Northcote came into existence in July 1851 when property owner Peter Macarthur sold a few...
  • Shier Street, Alphington

    Shier Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Wally Shiers, who...
  • Shops and businesses of Northcote

    The first known shop in Northcote was an ironmongers operating from a tent and started by William Shade in...
  • Shops and businesses of Preston

    The first store in Preston was probably Woods general store on the corner of High Street and Wood Street. It...
  • Smith Street, Alphington

    Smith Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1926. It was named after the Smith...
  • Spring Street, Preston

    Carroll, Brian & Rule, Ian (1985). Preston: an Illustrated History. Preston: City of Preston.
  • St Georges Road - Northcote/Preston

    Known as Pipe Track because of water pipes beneath centre. Hence trams cannot go down the centre. From 1850s...
  • Station Street, Fairfield

  • Street name changes

    Adams Street, Preston - previous name James Street. Agnes Street, Northcote - previous name Derby Avenue....
  • Street Names of Westgarth

    The original Government Township of Northcote was laid out between 1853-1855 in what is now Westgarth. The...
  • The key of South Preston

    At the time of this land sale in 1888 a land boom was taking place with numerous companies being formed along...
  • Thornbury Park Estate

    Lemon, Andrew. (1983).The Northcote Side of the River. North Melbourne: Hargreen. Age (Melbourne, Vic: 1854...
  • Toll gates

    The first toll gate in Victoria was established on Heidelberg Road just over the Merri Creek Bridge from...
  • Town Hall Estate, Preston

    The late 1880s saw a land boom throughout Melbourne with numerous developers and speculators offering land...
  • Urquart Street, Northcote

  • Victoria Road, Northcote

  • Wales Street

    The Wales Street shopping strip is typical of the small suburban strips that popped up all over Darebin...
  • Whitehead’s Paddock Estate (The Pivot)

    Whitehead’s Paddock estate was named after Joseph Whitehead who is listed as a resident in South Preston up...
  • Wood Street, Preston

    Wood Street is named after the Wood family who owned the general store on the corner of Wood and High...
  • Yann's Reserve

    The land that comprised Yann’s Reserve was owned by a local blacksmith and wheelwright, Frederick Yann, who...
  • Yarraford Estate, Alphington

    In 1908, two houses and a substantial area of land were offered for sale in Alphington by Stott and Bastings...
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