Shops
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Agnes Glew and her husband George arrived in the colony of Victoria 1852. They immediately began a family....
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Alberto Sanguinetti arrived in Northcote in 1889 and established his paint and decorating store at 320 High...
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Born in South Australia on 12 June 1852, Edmund Allchin arrived in Preston in 1890 with his wife Amelia and...
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Horace and Edwin Bastings arrived in Victoria in 1849 and after a period on the goldfields, established...
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German born Carl Oldenberg started his saddlery in High Street, South Preston in the early 1890s.
Around...
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Catherine Oliver arrived in Northcote about 1850, establishing the townships first butchers shop. By the...
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Doidge Bakery was located at 279 High Street, Northcote and later at 285 High Street Northcote (after street...
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Fern Confectionary Palace was opened in 1914 at 222 High Street Northcote. It was run by Mrs West and was...
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Fred Pike (1872-1933) arrived in Preston around 1889, and established a business in a small wooden building,...
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Although originally constructed as a grocers shop in 1906 by John Howie, since about 1920 it has operated as...
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J. M. Howard established his small boot making business on the west side of Plenty Road in 1912. Near the...
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The following comprises an account of the sensational trial of murdered Northcote pawnbroker and watchmaker...
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John Howse established his butchers shop at 181 Plenty Road in 1893. Within a couple of years he was trading...
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Ever wondered what your house looked like forty years ago? With the assistance of a grant from the Public...
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Mark Sharp established a business as a bootmaker at 394 (later renumbered 422) High Street Northcote in 1896....
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The first chemist in Northcote was established on the corner of High Street and Separation Street Northcote...
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William C. Neeland arrived in Northcote, aged only 18, from Euroa. He got a job working at Alfred Tharrat's...
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Northland was originally built and owned by the Myer Emporium. When it opened for business on Tuesday 4th of...
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In the 1950s there was strong interest in a library for Reservoir. In 1958 Miss Hilda Jane Harris opened a...
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Thomas White established his saddlery at in a timber building at 759 High Street, Thornbury in 1887.
In...
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The first Chemist store in Northcote was established by a Mr. Turner who operated his business from a timber...
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Samuel White set up his boot making business in a small weatherboard building on the east side of High...
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Sargent’s Cakes at 40 Edwardes Street Reservoir was established in 1952 by James Percy G. Sargent and his son...
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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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The imposingly titled College of Art Needlecraft came into being in 1912 under the supervision of Mrs E. and...
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In around 1863 Thomas King owned a bluestone building at 756-8 Heidelberg Road, Alphington. It was one of the...
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Sands and McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory 1864- 1974. [Microfiche]. (1974). Melbourne,...
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In 1889 Mrs B. Thrapeous opened an oyster saloon in High Street Northcote. It was the height of the oyster...
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On the morning of 5th January 1940 there was a break it at Twomey’s Garage at the back of 411 High Street...
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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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The Wallis Buildings were constructed by Northcote Councillor William Wallis in 1886. In total there are...
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With his younger brother William, Walter was one of Northcote’s earliest shopkeepers. He established a...
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Richard Weaver operated a grocery store in High Street, Northcote in the 1860s. It was located on the east...
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When William Shade arrived in Northcote in 1848 the town was little more than a few scattered huts with High...
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Ward, Andrew (2001). Darebin Heritage Review 2000. Burwood, Vic: City Of Darebin.
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The Wood family was one of Preston’s pioneer families, arriving in the district in 1850 as part of a large...
