Suburbs
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the area later to be known as Thornbury and High Street was established as...
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the lands surrounding Melbourne dividing them into parishes. Land sales were...
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During the 1850a an aviary was established near the old Toll House on the south west corner of High Street...
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One of the enduring mysteries of Northcote's early history was the location of the signing of the treaty...
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the present day Preston area and its surrounds forming the Jika Jika parish....
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In the early 1860s Northcote was separated into two distinct areas. Lower Northcote was the area around High...
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The Coat of Arms for the City of Northcote was established when the city was established in 1883.
The...
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Darebin is the Aboriginal word for swallows (birds). An alternative spelling is darabin.
Thomas Mitchell,...
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the lands surrounding Melbourne dividing them into parishes. Land sales were...
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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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West operated in Preston in the 1880s as a builder and contractor. Very successful, West owned several...
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Famous actor, director, producer and writer. Spent early childhood years on a farm in Reservoir. Attended...
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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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Job Smith bought a large parcel of land just north of the Pilgrim Inn Hotel in 1854. It stretched from the...
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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 first land sales in Darebin occurred on the 12 September 1838, the sales being conducted in Sydney. The...
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the area later to be known as Northcote and High Street is established as part...
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Northcote has been through much change from its early beginnings as a township in 1854, to its current status...
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On May 25th, 1883 the township of Northcote had been created. In celebration the City of Northcote had ten...
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By 1914 the town of Northcote’s population had risen dramatically to over 21,000 people living in 4801...
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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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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the parish of Jika Jika, the suburb later to be known as Preston. The entirety...
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The dams on either side of High Street in Reservoir were built in 1864 to help filter water pumped from the...
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Preston Land Beginnings – 1838
Land in Preston was originally surveyed in 1837 and in the following years...
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the present day Preston area and its surrounds forming the Jika Jika parish....
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Created by Velislav Georgiev and Victoria Roxburgh from Zabelski Han in 2004.
The horse in this piece...
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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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Andrew Clarke was one of Northcote’s most prominent residents. Son of a West Australian Governor,...
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Sir Stafford Northcote was believed to be a friend of the Surveyor-General at the time, Andrew Clarke, and it...
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The first glimmers of local government started almost as soon as Northcote and Preston began to be settled....
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Thomas William Bransgrove was one of Preston’s early settlers. Born in Tasmania and arrived in Preston...
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The Shepherd family can lay claim to one of Preston’s earliest settlers. In 1840 a parcel of land, bounded by...
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The mid to late 1880’s were a boom time for land speculators in Northcote, with large blocks being sold off...
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Westbourne Grove was created with the subdivision of William Rucker's estate on Rucker's Hill. The Union...
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Letter from Myrtle Waddell, from 1982.
Article published with information from above letter.
