Civic Events
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Once upon a time the highlight of Northcote’s social calendar was the Mayoral Ball hosted annually by the...
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Mr F. P. Bird was the electrical engineer appointed by Preston Shire Council on June 17 1913. He surpervised...
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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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(1888-1956)
John Albert Thomson spent the whole of his career (51 years) working for the City of Northcote,...
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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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Built on the prime land known as James’s paddock and later subdivided as the Bellevue Park Estate, Northcote...
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On 14 July 1926 Preston was proclaimed as a City and a special archway was erected at the southern entrance...
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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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In 1947, a crew of seven volunteers from the City of Northcote travelled all the way to Darwin’s disposal...
