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  • Agnes Glew - Bootmaker and early settler (1819-1911)

    Agnes Glew and her husband George arrived in the colony of Victoria 1852. They immediately began a family....
  • Alberto Sanguinetti

    Alberto Sanguinetti arrived in Northcote in 1889 and established his paint and decorating store at 320 High...
  • Allchin's General store

    Born in South Australia on 12 June 1852, Edmund Allchin arrived in Preston in 1890 with his wife Amelia and...
  • Bastings' General Store

    Horace and Edwin Bastings arrived in Victoria in 1849 and after a period on the goldfields, established...
  • Carl Oldenberg - Saddler, Northcote

    German born Carl Oldenberg started his saddlery in High Street, South Preston in the early 1890s. Around...
  • Catherine Oliver - Butcher

    Catherine Oliver arrived in Northcote about 1850, establishing the townships first butchers shop. By the...
  • Doidge Bakery

    Doidge Bakery was located at 279 High Street, Northcote and later at 285 High Street Northcote (after street...
  • Fern Confectionary Palace

    Fern Confectionary Palace was opened in 1914 at 222 High Street Northcote. It was run by Mrs West and was...
  • Frederick Pike

    Fred Pike (1872-1933) arrived in Preston around 1889, and established a business in a small wooden building,...
  • High Street Newsagency

    Although originally constructed as a grocers shop in 1906 by John Howie, since about 1920 it has operated as...
  • J. M. Howard - Bootmaker

    J. M. Howard established his small boot making business on the west side of Plenty Road in 1912. Near the...
  • Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 2

    The following comprises an account of the sensational trial of murdered Northcote pawnbroker and watchmaker...
  • John Howse - Butcher

    John Howse established his butchers shop at 181 Plenty Road in 1893. Within a couple of years he was trading...
  • Looking for local history pictures? Search the Darebin Archives Collection today

    Ever wondered what your house looked like forty years ago? With the assistance of a grant from the Public...
  • Mark Sharp - Bootmaker

    Mark Sharp established a business as a bootmaker at 394 (later renumbered 422) High Street Northcote in 1896....
  • Mr. Turner - Chemist

    The first chemist in Northcote was established on the corner of High Street and Separation Street Northcote...
  • Neelands Timber Merchants

    William C. Neeland arrived in Northcote, aged only 18, from Euroa. He got a job working at Alfred Tharrat's...
  • Northland Shopping Centre

    Northland was originally built and owned by the Myer Emporium. When it opened for business on Tuesday 4th of...
  • Reservoir Libraries

    In the 1950s there was strong interest in a library for Reservoir. In 1958 Miss Hilda Jane Harris opened a...
  • Saddlers - Thornbury

    Thomas White established his saddlery at in a timber building at 759 High Street, Thornbury in 1887. In...
  • Samuel Angior - Chemist

    The first Chemist store in Northcote was established by a Mr. Turner who operated his business from a timber...
  • Samuel White - Bootmaker

    Samuel White set up his boot making business in a small weatherboard building on the east side of High...
  • Sargent's Cakes

    Sargent’s Cakes at 40 Edwardes Street Reservoir was established in 1952 by James Percy G. Sargent and his son...
  • 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...
  • The College of Art Needlework (1912-1920)

    The imposingly titled College of Art Needlecraft came into being in 1912 under the supervision of Mrs E. and...
  • Thomas King - Butcher

    In around 1863 Thomas King owned a bluestone building at 756-8 Heidelberg Road, Alphington. It was one of the...
  • Thomas White - Saddlers, South Preston

    Sands and McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory 1864- 1974. [Microfiche]. (1974). Melbourne,...
  • Thrapeous' Oyster Saloon

    In 1889 Mrs B. Thrapeous opened an oyster saloon in High Street Northcote. It was the height of the oyster...
  • Twomey’s Garage break in

    On the morning of 5th January 1940 there was a break it at Twomey’s Garage at the back of 411 High Street...
  • Wales Street

    The Wales Street shopping strip is typical of the small suburban strips that popped up all over Darebin...
  • Wallis Buildings

    The Wallis Buildings were constructed by Northcote Councillor William Wallis in 1886. In total there are...
  • Walter Shade

    With his younger brother William, Walter was one of Northcote’s earliest shopkeepers. He established a...
  • Weaver's Grocery Store

    Richard Weaver operated a grocery store in High Street, Northcote in the 1860s. It was located on the east...
  • William Shade - Ironmonger

    When William Shade arrived in Northcote in 1848 the town was little more than a few scattered huts with High...
  • William T. Clapham - Butcher

    Ward, Andrew (2001). Darebin Heritage Review 2000. Burwood, Vic: City Of Darebin.
  • Wood Family's General Store

    The Wood family was one of Preston’s pioneer families, arriving in the district in 1850 as part of a large...
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