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  • 19 Prospect Grove Northcote

    19 Prospect Grove was built in 1887 by William John Carne. Named Pisgah it is a typical late Victorian...
  • Abbott Street Toll House, Fairfield

    In its last days, the old cottage at 1-3 Abbott was little more than a dilapidated collection of rooms...
  • Alan Gillies

    Alan Douglas Gillies was born in Northcote in 1911. He was a teacher for 12 years. During the Second World...
  • Albert Theo Cochrane

    Albert Theo Cochrane was born in Abbotsford in 1922. His father, John Andrews Cochrane was a colourful...
  • Alexander Marshall

    Alexander Marshall arrived in Victoria in 1853, making his living both as a carpenter and on the diggings....
  • Alfred Bean

    Alfred Bean was a prominent local citizen in Preston, whose activities included:· Honorary Secretary,...
  • Alfred Cecil Rowlandson

    Alfred Rowlandson – educated at Northcote High School - was a book publisher in the early 1900s....
  • Alfred Hurlston - Miller

    Alfred Hurlston came from a milling family. His father Peter had managed a mill in Janefield. In 1856...
  • Architects in Darebin

    Bastow, Harry - Chief Architect, Public Works Department • Northcote Police Station • Residence, James...
  • Batman plaque/ treaty

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

    Benjamin Johnson arrived in Preston in 1932 to take over the joint role of Town Clerk and City Engineer. He...
  • Bundoora

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

    Charles Broadhurst was born in Vauxhall Road Northcote in 1856 and worked for over thirty six years with...
  • Charles McCarthy

    Charles McCarthy was born in Ireland in 1814 and educated at the Christian Brothers School in Dublin. In...
  • Christopher Wats Ross

    Christopher Ross was the son of the Station Master at Preston Railway Station and a strong contributor to the...
  • Church of Christ, Reservoir

    The Church of Christ at 925 High Street Reservoir was build in 1938 by volunteers of the Men's Christian...
  • Cornelius Reginald Penrose

    Cornelius Penrose was born in Maryborough in 1889, moving to Preston in 1926 and beginning work at the...
  • David Ross

    David Ross arrived in the district in 1902 and was the Station Master at Preston railway station for many...
  • Dinnie Hayes

    Dinnie Hayes was one of the characters of Northcote during the 1870s. Son of popular publican Denis Hayes of...
  • Dora E. Yann

    Dora E. Devers was the daughter of Christian Devers, who owned a bacon curing and small goods factory in...
  • Dr. Henry A. Jenkins

    Dr. Jenkins (born 1925) commenced his career as a general practitioner at Northcote before moving to Preston...
  • Dr. Joseph Brown AO, OBE

    In May 2004 Joseph Brown (1918 - 2009) donated the major part of his collection of Australian art to the...
  • Edmund Manning

  • Ernest Fleetwood Gardiner (1874-1949)

    Ernest Fleetwood Gardiner came from a well-to-do family. His father was Samuel Gardiner owned a small goods...
  • F. P. Bird

    Mr F. P. Bird was the electrical engineer appointed by Preston Shire Council on June 17 1913. He surpervised...
  • Fred Page

    Article about Fred Page (ex Preston Tech), Brian Harris and John Miller and their adventures in showing films...
  • George Arthur Keartland

    George Keartland was a noted naturalist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His work,...
  • George Gibson

    George Gibson was a local property owner in Northcote. Born in Scotland he arrived in Melbourne, via Sydney...
  • George Urquhart

    George Urquhart was an early land speculator who purchased 106 acres of land along Westgarth Street for...
  • Gold Mining in Darebin

    During the Depression in 1893 desperate local Northcote residents sunk a mine shaft in Rucker’s Hill in a...
  • Harry Melbourne

    Harry Melbourne worked for the chocolate maker MacPherson Robertson of Melbourne. As a chocolate moulder in...
  • Hartley Rowland Walker

    Hartley Rowland Walker (1895-1972) was born to accountant Ernest Australia and Margaret Walker, residents of...
  • Henry J. R. Lewis - Undertaker

    Henry J. R. Lewis was an undertaker and embalmer operating from 247 High Street Northcote, next to the...
  • Jacob Brache

    Brache was one of a number of Victorian civil servants who selected Northcote as their home in the 1850s and...
  • James Owen Hughes

    Councilor of Northcote 1928/9 - 1937/8.Curate of Church of Epiphany. Also St Aidans Church Thornbury.Gained...
  • Jane Daley

    Jan Daley was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia and moved to Melbourne in 1909. She came from a strong...
  • Jim (J.J.) Morris

    Jim (J.J.) Morris was on of the great sportsmen of Northcote’s early days. In particular he was a superb all...
  • Joan Clinnick

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

    After obtaining a release from the Prussian military establishment in April 1857, Johann Christian Kupsch and...
  • John Albert Thomson

    (1888-1956) John Albert Thomson spent the whole of his career (51 years) working for the City of Northcote,...
  • John McLaren

    John McLaren, author, was born in Fitzroy in 1884. McLaren travelled the world extensively before settling...
  • John Seccull

    John Seccull designed and built the Westgarth Theatre, and was a member of the family who lived in the house...
  • Joseph Verso

    Joseph Verso was the father of Charles Verso who was a prominent Councillor and Mayor of Northcote. He was a...
  • Keith Street, Aplhington

    Keith Street, Alphington first appears in the street directories in 1925. It was named after Keith Smith, who...
  • Kerryl Pottery

    Kerryl Pottery was established at 53 Banbury Road, Reservoir after Premier Pottery Presrton closed its doors...
  • Knockando farm

    The Knockando farm was located on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Chandler Highway on what is currently the...
  • Lawrence George Hatton Marshall

    Laurie Marshall was an early aviation pioneer in Victoria. As the early aviators in North America and Europe...
  • Leslie Kennedy

    Former stationmaster at Preston Railway station, Kennedy was the first the foundation President of the...
  • Marjorie Oke

    This Ministry of Housing rooming house at 43 Station Street, Fairfield – established in January 1990 -...
  • Myrtle Fletcher

    Myrtle Fletcher was born in 1899. She was involved in the Workers’ Education Association which had a library...
  • Northcote and Preston Scottish Society

  • Northcote Council staff picnic, 1894

  • Northcote Horticultural Society

  • Northcote Methodist Girls Guild

  • Northcote Patriotic Society

  • Northcote South Ratepayers Association

  • Orlando Walker

    Orlando Walker was born in Richmond but spent most of his life in Preston where he was an active member of...
  • Penders Grove Estate Progress Association

  • Percival Humphrey Brewster

    In late October 1912 Percival Brewster aged 7 years, drowned at the Northcote Brickworks. The water's...
  • Philip Gough

    Philip Gough was born in Ireland and arrived in Victoria in 1854. He found work as a farm hand. He prospered...
  • Phillip Collier

    Robert Collier was a founding member of the Northcote Labor Party, having arrived in Northcote in the 1890s....
  • Preston Junior Angling Club

  • Preston Ladies Benevolent Society

    The Preston Ladies' Benevolent society was formed in 1888 with the aim of relieving 'distress among...
  • Preston Municipal Band

  • Raymond Basil Bramham

    Ray Bramham was the City Engineer for Preston, having previously worked for the Shire of Violet Town and...
  • Richard Owens - accidental hero

    In June, 1912 - a young boy, Eustace Price aged 8 years, accidentally fell 30m into the Northcote Brickworks...
  • Riches Family

    James and Amelia Jetter Riches (nee Sims) were married in1853 and living in the small town of...
  • Robert Richardson

    A stonemason by trade, Robert Richardson worked on many prominent buildings including the Exhibition Building...
  • Robert Savage

    Irish born Robert Savage arrived in Melbourne in the 1850s, having previously worked as Clerk of Petty...
  • Rodney Breavington

    Howard, Arthur. Northcote’s bravest son : the story of Cpl. Rodney Breavington executed by the Japanese 2nd...
  • Sir Andrew Clarke

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

    MacPherson Robertson’s legacy is felt all over Melbourne and his legendary philanthropy touched Darebin...
  • Sir Stafford Northcote

    Sir Stafford Northcote was believed to be a friend of the Surveyor-General at the time, Andrew Clarke, and it...
  • Star of Northcote, International Order of the Rechabites

    Below is an article published for the Star of Northcote I.O.R. (International Order of the Rechabites)...
  • Stokes swimming hole - Yarra River

    Stokes swimming hole was located on the Yarra River near Yarraford Avenue, Alphington. Due to changes in the...
  • Sylvia Cooke

    It's 21st June, 1982 and Arthur and I are going to Strathallan to visit Miss Sylvie Cook, and we're taking an...
  • Thomas Smith

    Thomas Smith was a prominent trade unionist and at the forefront of the campaign for the eight hour day. Born...
  • Thomas Stokes

    Photograph of Thomas Stokes and his wife, taken c1880s. Mr Stokes was a die sinker and electroplater whose...
  • Thomas William Bransgrove

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

    Thomas Mason was a well known figure in the manufacturing trade between 1854 until his retirement in the late...
  • Vivian Bullwinkel

    Vivian Bullwinkel was born in Kapunda, South Australia on 18 December 1915. After training as a nurse she...
  • W. (Les) McDonald

    A veteran of the First World War, Les McDonald was a building contractor in Preston during the 1920s. As...
  • W.B (William Beckwith) McInnes

    W.B McInnes was an important artist who was born in St. Kilda on the 18th May 1889. His parents were Malcolm...
  • William Cleland Wilkinson

    William Cleland Wilkinson was born in Blackrock, Ireland in 1855. He arrived in Preston in 1882, after...
  • William George Coates

    William Coates was born in Ballarat in 1899. Despite being self taught, Coates became a schoolteacher,...
  • William S. May

    William S. May formed the Preston Municipal (Brass) Band from three local bands in 1934 and was its musical...
  • William Swift

    William Swift was probably one of the most significant men in Northcote’s history from the 1890s through to...
  • William Waddell

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