Streets
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19 Prospect Grove was built in 1887 by William John Carne. Named Pisgah it is a typical late Victorian...
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Bastings Street came into existence in 1853 when the Union Bank sub divided land it had seized from William...
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In its last days, the old cottage at 1-3 Abbott was little more than a dilapidated collection of rooms...
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At the back of the shops on High Street Northcote near Separation Street was a laneway. It was referred to as...
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Bastings Street owes its name to Edwin Bastings who, as an early Northcote pioneer, established a general...
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The Beaumont housing estate in Northcote covered an area facing onto Bastings Street, Ilma Grove and Mitchell...
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Bennett Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Jim Bennett,...
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The Broadhurst estate was named after Thomas Broadhurst, founder of Broadhurst’s Tannery.
Tanneries were...
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Broadway first appears in the directories in 1927. Already a few scattered houses were there, with several...
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The Broomfield Estate comprised of allotments for sale in Broomfield Avenue which were first put on the...
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During the early 1850s Arthurton Road in Northcote had a reputation as being the haunt of bushrangers and...
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The late 1880s saw a land boom in Preston and generally throughout Melbourne with numerous land companies...
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The Chandler Highway links Alphington to Kew across the old Outer Circle Bridge.
This short stretch of road...
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1862 – 1936
Charles Showers grew up in Fitzroy into a family of early settlers. His father, Robert was an...
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In July 1856 the City of Melbourne Suburban and Agricultural Freehold Home Society sold the first plot of...
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The first resident of Edwardes Street, Reservoir was Miss Heather Dumas who was listed as living there in...
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Eunson Avenue in Northcote was named after James Eunson in 1889. The land in that area, west of St. Georges...
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The first ever tram to run in Victoria was in Station Street, Fairfield. Looking at it today this is quite a...
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On the 1 April 1920 the first electric tram lines were opened simultaneously in Preston, Northcote and...
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Gibson’s Paddock was the name given to an area of real estate in Northcote which was advertised for sale...
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In 1853 William Gilbert purchased a plot of land along the north west corner of Jika Jika subdivision 147....
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Gladstone Avenue was once part of the estate of Francis Beaver - a member of the Victorian Legislative...
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Heidelberg Road has the distinction of being Victoria’s first road outside the confines of the Melbourne...
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The south side of Rucker’s Hill formed a formidable challenge to travellers in the 1840s and 50s. Land...
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From Separation or Dennis Streets to Dundas Street was formally known as Plenty Road.
High Street, along...
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I'm now talking with Joan Clinnick of Reservoir. Joan has lived all of her life in Reservoir and in fact...
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Keith Street, Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Keith Smith, who...
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The Knockando farm was located on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Chandler Highway on what is currently the...
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The Sumner Estate had its beginnings in 1915 when the Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston Tramway Trust purchased...
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The first Tramway Estate sales began as early as 1913 and were still going in 1925. The extent of the...
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The original houses in Langwells Parade owe they existence to the brickworks at the eastern end of this small...
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During the late 1880s Melbourne experienced a land boom with numerous developers and speculators offering...
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In the early 1860s Mitchell Street was known as Fitch Street, a name influenced by an early resident in the...
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In the 1880s Melbourne was experiencing a boom time with a great many land sales and housing estates...
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Mount View Estate consisted of land blocks fronting onto Victoria Road, Wakanui, Hakatere and Oamaru Streets...
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The late 1880s saw a land boom generally in Melbourne and also in Preston with numerous land companies being...
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A selling point of the Oakbell Estate was the proximity to Bell Street railway station which was planned to...
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Oamaru Street was developed as part of the Mount View Estate development, probably during the 1920s. The...
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Michael Pender was an original purchaser of Crown Land in the Northcote part of Jika Jika parish in 1839 and...
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Plant's Paddock was located on the east side of High Street Northcote at the base of Rucker's Hill. Owned...
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The design of The Plaza Theatre was modelled on the streamline Art Deco style of the Depression era. It was...
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The Post Office Paddock Estate offered allotments of land between Murray Road and Wood Street from the late...
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In the late 1880s with the promise of a railway line in the Preston area, speculators and developers were...
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The Prospect Hill Estate land sale took place on 22 October 1881.
The land sale poster shows its...
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Stott & Bastings Real Estate Agents advertised an auction for blocks of land for sale in Clara Street and...
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During the late 1880s Melbourne experienced a land boom with numerous developers and speculators offering...
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Rona Street and the Rona Estate was named after a Dairy Farm situated on Spring Street, Preston.
In April...
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During the late 1880s Melbourne experienced a land boom with numerous developers and speculators offering...
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Ross Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Ross Smith , who...
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The first sighting of Rucker’s Hill by a white man was probably surveyor Joseph Gellibrand in 1836. After...
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Separation Street, Northcote came into existence in July 1851 when property owner Peter Macarthur sold a few...
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Shier Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Wally Shiers, who...
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The first known shop in Northcote was an ironmongers operating from a tent and started by William Shade in...
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The first store in Preston was probably Woods general store on the corner of High Street and Wood Street. It...
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Smith Street Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1926. It was named after the Smith...
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Carroll, Brian & Rule, Ian (1985). Preston: an Illustrated History. Preston: City of Preston.
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Known as Pipe Track because of water pipes beneath centre. Hence trams cannot go down the centre. From 1850s...
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Adams Street, Preston - previous name James Street.
Agnes Street, Northcote - previous name Derby Avenue....
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The original Government Township of Northcote was laid out between 1853-1855 in what is now Westgarth. The...
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At the time of this land sale in 1888 a land boom was taking place with numerous companies being formed along...
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Lemon, Andrew. (1983).The Northcote Side of the River. North Melbourne: Hargreen.
Age (Melbourne, Vic: 1854...
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The first toll gate in Victoria was established on Heidelberg Road just over the Merri Creek Bridge from...
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The late 1880s saw a land boom throughout Melbourne with numerous developers and speculators offering land...
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The Wales Street shopping strip is typical of the small suburban strips that popped up all over Darebin...
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Whitehead’s Paddock estate was named after Joseph Whitehead who is listed as a resident in South Preston up...
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Wood Street is named after the Wood family who owned the general store on the corner of Wood and High...
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The land that comprised Yann’s Reserve was owned by a local blacksmith and wheelwright, Frederick Yann, who...
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In 1908, two houses and a substantial area of land were offered for sale in Alphington by Stott and Bastings...
