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  • A brief history of Thornbury

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the area later to be known as Thornbury and High Street was established as...
  • Alphington

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the lands surrounding Melbourne dividing them into parishes. Land sales were...
  • Alphington Memorial Carnival 1921

  • Aviaries - Early Westgarth

    During the 1850a an aviary was established near the old Toll House on the south west corner of High Street...
  • Batman plaque/ treaty

    One of the enduring mysteries of Northcote's early history was the location of the signing of the treaty...
  • Bundoora

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the present day Preston area and its surrounds forming the Jika Jika parish....
  • Cawdor town

    In the early 1860s Northcote was separated into two distinct areas. Lower Northcote was the area around High...
  • City of Northcote Coat of Arms

    The Coat of Arms for the City of Northcote was established when the city was established in 1883. The...
  • Darebin

    Darebin is the Aboriginal word for swallows (birds). An alternative spelling is darabin. Thomas Mitchell,...
  • Fairfield

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the lands surrounding Melbourne dividing them into parishes. Land sales were...
  • First Trams in Preston, Northcote and Fitzroy

    On the 1 April 1920 the first electric tram lines were opened simultaneously in Preston, Northcote and...
  • George West

    West operated in Preston in the 1880s as a builder and contractor. Very successful, West owned several...
  • Graeme Blundell

    Famous actor, director, producer and writer. Spent early childhood years on a farm in Reservoir. Attended...
  • Joan Clinnick

    I'm now talking with Joan Clinnick of Reservoir. Joan has lived all of her life in Reservoir and in fact...
  • Job Smith

    Job Smith bought a large parcel of land just north of the Pilgrim Inn Hotel in 1854. It stretched from the...
  • 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...
  • Land sales in Darebin - an overview

    The first land sales in Darebin occurred on the 12 September 1838, the sales being conducted in Sydney. The...
  • Northcote - history of the suburb

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the area later to be known as Northcote and High Street is established as part...
  • Northcote a City for 100 Years!

    Northcote has been through much change from its early beginnings as a township in 1854, to its current status...
  • Northcote Jubilee Celebrations

    On May 25th, 1883 the township of Northcote had been created. In celebration the City of Northcote had ten...
  • Northcote Proclamation as a city

    By 1914 the town of Northcote’s population had risen dramatically to over 21,000 people living in 4801...
  • Plant's Paddock

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

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the parish of Jika Jika, the suburb later to be known as Preston. The entirety...
  • Preston Reservoir

    The dams on either side of High Street in Reservoir were built in 1864 to help filter water pumped from the...
  • Preston Technical School and College (NMIT)

    Preston Land Beginnings – 1838 Land in Preston was originally surveyed in 1837 and in the following years...
  • Reservoir

    In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the present day Preston area and its surrounds forming the Jika Jika parish....
  • Sculpture- Well Place (2004), Preston Library

    Created by Velislav Georgiev and Victoria Roxburgh from Zabelski Han in 2004. The horse in this piece...
  • 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...
  • Sir Andrew Clarke

    Andrew Clarke was one of Northcote’s most prominent residents. Son of a West Australian Governor,...
  • Sir Stafford Northcote

    Sir Stafford Northcote was believed to be a friend of the Surveyor-General at the time, Andrew Clarke, and it...
  • Station Street, Fairfield

  • The Beginnings of Preston and Northcote Councils

    The first glimmers of local government started almost as soon as Northcote and Preston began to be settled....
  • Thomas William Bransgrove

    Thomas William Bransgrove was one of Preston’s early settlers. Born in Tasmania and arrived in Preston...
  • Timothy Shepherd

    The Shepherd family can lay claim to one of Preston’s earliest settlers. In 1840 a parcel of land, bounded by...
  • Walter S. Stott

    The mid to late 1880’s were a boom time for land speculators in Northcote, with large blocks being sold off...
  • Westbourne Grove

    Westbourne Grove was created with the subdivision of William Rucker's estate on Rucker's Hill. The Union...
  • William Waddell

    Letter from Myrtle Waddell, from 1982. Article published with information from above letter.
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