Sport & Leisure
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Albert Hartkopf was one of the great all round sportsmen of his day. Born to German migrants in 1889,...
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Alex (Alec) Gray was one of Northcote’s most notable citizens during his lifetime. He was adept in many...
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At a meeting of delegates on Wednesday 22nd March 1911 it was decided to establish a new Football Association...
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The Alphington Ladies Bowls Club was founded in 1928 and has been Darebin’s most successful club, having won...
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Alphington swimming pool – situated at the south end of Alphington Park by the Yarra River - was a popular...
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The focus of track and feld activity in Preston and Reservoir has long been Edwardes Lake Park. An athletic...
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The first known references to the Belmont Hotel were in February 1857 when the Argus ran an articles calling...
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Bert Deacon was born in Northcote in 1922 before moving to Preston in 1927. With his father a notable...
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Captain Standish was the judge at several of the early race meetings held at the Red House, a hotel located...
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In the history of the Reservoir Football Club, one family name resonates like no other, that of the Chandler...
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Charlie Stewart was a stalwart of Preston Football Club, as a player, coach and supporter. He played 94 games...
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A race meeting on December 28, 1872 at the Croxton Park Racing Club was the source of a controversy that was...
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The Croxton Park Hotel began life on 27 April 1844 when Robert Duff was granted a license for a hotel on...
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The Red House had shown enough promise as a sporting venue to prompt a syndicate of four...
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Croxton Youth Club was formed in the late 1950s by six young people who lived in the area. The club...
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The Darebin City Bowls Club is the result of an amalgamation between two clubs from the city of Darebin: the...
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The Darebin Women’s Sports Club has Australian football, soccer, cricket, eight ball and Gaelic...
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Born Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch in St Kilda in 1904, Freda was the first child of Carl August Adolph and his...
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Ernest Charles Yeomans was always known as “Son” and it is quite probable that few who knew him...
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A combination of the names of two neighbouring suburbs, Northcote and Fairfield, curiously the Faircote...
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The Fairfield Bowling Club started its life on the 21st of January 1913 as the Fairfield Bowling, Croquet and...
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The Fairfield Canoe Club was formed in 1919. Its first home was the Fairfield Boat Shed but friction with...
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A photograph of The Fairfield Football Club, Premiers of Victoria sub-District League taken in 1947.
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Fairfield Boathouse was established in 1908 by John St Clair as a picnic, camping and refreshment room area....
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The Fairfield Swimming Pool was constructed by the City of Heidelberg in 1925 at the height of the Yarra...
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The First Preston Scouts Football Team were premiers in their league in 1930 & 1931.
Back row 4th from...
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In 1891 W. Byrne and P. Callaghan purchased 30 acres of land on the west side of St. Georges Road to...
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Australian Rules Football was first played in Melbourne in 1858 and its popularity quickly spread throughout...
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Frank Leslie Lugton (1893-1916) was a promising young cricketer with the Northcote Cricket Club, a member of...
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While Frank Seymour (1907-1987) never made his mark in the VFL, that competition’s loss was Northcote...
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Frank Thorn (1912-1942) was one of four Victorian first-class cricketers who are known to have lost their...
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Gary Cosier, born in 1953, was an aggressive middle order batsman and useful medium pace bowler who debuted...
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George Watson was the starter for most of the race meetings at the Red House, the hotel and sporting venue in...
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The earliest record of an organised cricket club in Northcote originates from 1874. There is evidence of an...
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A photograph of Ivanhoe Imperial Football Club, Runners-Up 1954.
Back Row (l to r): A.Mahon (trainer),...
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J. Woods was a footballer for the Northcote Football Club during the 1930s. He was described as having a...
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Coburg born Jack Potter was a versatile sportsman, representing Australia at both cricket and baseball. In...
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Most land titles in Melbourne’s northern suburbs still cite Jika Jika as the parish in which they are...
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Jim (J.J.) Morris was on of the great sportsmen of Northcote’s early days. In particular he was a superb all...
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Jack Ryder played most of his long and distinguished career for the Collingwood Cricket Club but, in the...
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John Harry was born in Northcote in 1857, living his entire life in Westgarth, whilst working as a saddler in...
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Johnny Chester grew up and went to school in Preston (Tyler Street, Bell Primary and Preston Technical...
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Josiah Goyder bought the Pilgrim Inn in High Street, Northcote in 1865 and renamed it the Red House, having...
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The club was formed in 1978 under the guidance of the R.V.B.A. It was local councillor Jack Slate, a member...
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On the Kings Birthday holiday, Monday 12 June 1944, Doug Nicholls led a team of NSW Aboriginal footballers...
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Leonard Weir, like Margaret Nisbett, was a Preston born singer who founded a career from their singing. At...
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Malcolm Gray was born in Preston in May 1940, the son of Alex (Alec) Gray, a prominent city real estate agent...
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At 18 years old, Preston born Margaret Nisbett was selected to play the role of Gilda in the opera...
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James Marriott opened his boathouse at the end of Alphington Street, Alphington in 1891. It flourished...
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Norman John Rowe was born on the 1st of February 1947 to Albert (Albie) and Constance (Connie) Rowe. He grew...
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The Northcote Park Football Club was formed in 1952. The Club had been previously known as the Prince of...
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Cycling had played an active role in Northcote’s sporting life well before the Northcote Amateur Cycling Club...
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The Northcote Amphitheatre in Fairfield Park began life in 1983 as a temporary scaffolding arena seating 500....
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1907
Although not a member of either A or B Grade baseball Northcote did play a practice match against...
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The idea of a bowling club in Northcote was first mooted in 1903, when a group of prominent local businessmen...
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The Northcote Choral Society formed in February 1930 with conductor, James G. Neilson, who remained the...
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The Northcote Cricket Club was founded in the mid 1870s. The club was briefly known as the Northcote Star...
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Australian Football became the number one pastime in Melbourne,...
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Swimming has always been a popular activity in Northcote and in the early days much of this took place in...
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Oliver Gilpin was a well known chain store proprietor in the early 1900s. Experienced in the drapers...
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Through the late 1950s and 1960s Pam Kilburn provided Preston with an international class hurdles champion....
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Northcote born and bred, Percy Ogden was one of the area’s first football stars. He joined Northcote...
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Plant's Paddock was located on the east side of High Street Northcote at the base of Rucker's Hill. Owned...
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Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company was formed in the mid 1880s in Launceston by James Joseph Pollard and...
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A bowling club in Preston had first been mooted as early as 1890, when a committee was assembled to discuss...
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The Preston Cricket Club can trace its history directly to a 1901 meeting at the Preston Shire Hall. At that...
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Preston Professional Cycling Club
It is unclear when the Preston Cycling Club began but it is likely to...
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This club was formed in 1905 and was originally known as the Preston Presbyterian Football Club. The club...
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The Preston Football Club, now known as the Northern Bullants, started life in 1882. In its long history it...
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In the early 20th century All Saint’s Anglican Church fielded a cricket club that was considered to be...
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A roller skating rink opened on the corner of Plenty Road and Seymour Street, South Preston in 1888 much to...
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During the 1st World War large numbers of people volunteered to enlist in the armed forces to defend ‘King...
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In 1927 Preston Council secured a subsidy of £1,000 to start work on excavating land in St Georges Rd to form...
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In 1949 it was decided to establish a symphony orchestra in Preston. By July of that year 35 musicians had...
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The sporting traditions of Darebin owe something to Josiah Goyder, who purchased the Pilgrim Inn in 1865, had...
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The Reservoir Bowling Club was formed at a meeting at the Preston Town Hall on November 6th 1958. The site...
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Reservoir Football Club first participated in local Melbourne football in 1923. The Club played in the...
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Dick Telford (b.1945) was educated at Northcote High School while establishing a reputation as an outstanding...
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Rodney Hogg was born in Richmond in 1951 and would go on to a controversial career that started at Northcote...
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Ron Bowtell, a wicket-keeper and opening batsman, played 205 consecutive games in Northcote’s first XI...
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In the late 1880s the first incarnation of a club called the ‘Rose of Northcote’ started playing...
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At the April 1854 session of the Annual Licensing Meeting for the District of Bourke, ex convict Charles...
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Roy Cazaly was a highly successful football player, with a career stretching from 1911 to 1941.In 1909 he...
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The Rudder Grange Boathouse was located on the Yarra River at the end of Alphington Street, Alphington. Built...
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MacPherson Robertson’s legacy is felt all over Melbourne and his legendary philanthropy touched Darebin...
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Stokes swimming hole was located on the Yarra River near Yarraford Avenue, Alphington. Due to changes in the...
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As the name suggests, swimming has long been a popular past time in Reservoir, although never in the area’s...
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It's 21st June, 1982 and Arthur and I are going to Strathallan to visit Miss Sylvie Cook, and we're taking an...
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The Northcote Dramatic Society was formed in 1945, just after World War Two, by librarian and artistic patron...
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The Sansonetti family came to Australia from Raiano, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo in Italy in 1959. The...
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The history of the Thornbury Bowls Club starts with Oliver Gilpin’s purchase of an acre of the...
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Born Patricia Lamond Lawman on 29 March 1932 in Sydney, Toni became a veteran cabaret singer and entertainer....
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Walter Lee was one of the great early footballers in Melbourne. Walter played 17 consecutive years of VFL...
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The mid to late 1880’s were a boom time for land speculators in Northcote, with large blocks being sold off...
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The West Preston Cricket Club began in 1916 as the West Preston Methodist Church Cricket Club. It's initial...
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The West Preston Lakeside Roosters, also known as the Lakies, is the result of a merger between two of...
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William (Bill) Morris Lawry was born in Thornbury on 11 February 1937, the youngest of three children by 14...
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William “Bluey” Summers was only 160 cm tall and weighed just 65 kg, but was described by former...
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The first known sighting by early settlers of the Yarra River was by surveyor Charles Grimes in 1803. Grimes...
