Digital PDF Filenon-fictionThe Maribyrnong River is one of Melbourne’s most treasured and well-used waterways. Thousands of Melburnians spend time on or near the river every day – from its source above the Organ Pipes National Park through Keilor, Essendon, Footscray and Yarraville to where it meets the Yarra River near the West Gate Bridge. To protect this river, a coordinated planning is essential to protect and enhance the river valley’s natural and built environment for current and future generations. This report is based on an earlier report, Maribyrnong River Valley Vision and Design Guidelines (Consultant report to the Maribyrnong River Valley Project Steering Committee), April 2006.maribyrnong river, maribyrnong river valley, maribyrnong valley

Six photographs taken in December 1974 as part of a planning report by the Sunshine City Council.maribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river

Photocopy of Photograph Maribyrnong Munitions Factory 1938|Newspaper article Brimbank Messenger 29 October 2002 Our bond with the Maltese|Newspaper article The Herald Friday 24 February 1989 Yes Melbourne does have another river|Typed report History of Maribyrnong Steering Committee Reports|Typed notes of Steering Committee History of Maribyrnong Meeting held 7 June 1989|Typed notes 27 April 1989 History of Maribyrnong Steering Committtee Meeting|Typed notes of Steering Committee 5 April 1989|Typed notes of Steering Committee 1 March 1989|Typed notes of Steering Committee 11 January 1989|Typed notes 23 August 1988 Local History|Typed notes of Steering Committee 28 Febuary 1989|Typed report 17 November 1988 A History of Maribyrnong|Extract First Contacts I Primi Contenti|Extract Chapter 2 Maribyrnong on the map|Typed Report Migrant impact The early settlement of Maribyrnong|Photocopy of photographs Your family's photos are Maribyrnong's heritage|Typed report Maribyrnong A pictorial history|Typed report Maribyrnong History Outline|Typed report A History of Maribyrnong General Brief for the Author|Handwritten notes Research for Sunshine Council Project|Letter 18 August 1988 The History Institute|Typed report Copyright|Newspaper article Star 7 December 2004 Council moves to avert disaster|Newspaper article Brimbank Messenger 4 July 2000 Platypus potential|Newspaper article |Advocate 7 July 1993 New river bridge|Letter to Waterways and Parks division Metropolitan Parks 11 April 1985 Potential uses of Bluestone buildings|Typed Memorandum 21 January 1985 History of the Site of the Marie Hill Centre|Typed report The Ford Maribyrnong River|Typed letter from Legislative Council 6 January 1982 regarded rezoning|Extract of Poem The Haunted Castle at Maribyrnong by Martha Coxhead|Handwritten note Evan Crick Hotel dates|Brochure Historic Parkland Van Ness Avenue Sunshine|Typed notes Maribyrnong River Valley Braybrook February 1992|Typed letter 1 June 1983 Humes Site from Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works|Typed l etter 31 May 1982 from Historic Buildings Preservation Council re the fomer Melbourne Meat Preserving Company buildings and former Humes Pipes Site Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong|Flyer 3 February 1803 Charles Grimes 175th Anniversary 5 February 1978|Newspaper articles Melbourne must not forget its other river|Newspaper article Sunshine Advocatge 24 February 1982 Hearing on Humes rezoning|Newspaper article Public Meeting on Future Development Plans for the former Humes site|Huge Banner Development Plan for Maribyrnong River|Newspaper article Advocate 22 February 2000 Greedy developers|Newspaper article Advocate 17 April 1996 River estate plan set for amendment|Newspaper article Advocate 8 February 2000 Bridging concern|Newspaper article Western Times 1 March 2000 Developers plan riles river residents|Newspaper article Advocate 20 February 1974 Maribyrnong a paradise|Newspaper article Messenger 15 February 2000 Plan rushed residents|Newspaper article Advocate 1 June 1983 Get tough policy on Valley|Newspaper article The Herald 11 December 1981 A community is up in arms over a threat to Victoria's heritage The battle over the bluestone. The Melbourne Meat Preserving Works|Typed report Historic Workplace Humes Site Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong|Typed letter 1 December 1967 Explosives Factory Maribyrnong|Typed report Racing colours Rose and Black|Newspaper article The Age 28 April 1982 The western maze|Typed Minutes 4 July 1983 Meeting of the Lower Maribyrnong Conservation Group|Typed Constitution of the Lower Maribyrnong Valley Conservation Group|Typed Submission 29 April 1982 To City of Sunshine for Historic buildings preservation council classifications sub committee|Typed Minutes of Lower Maribyrnong Valley Conservation Group 26 August 1982|Typed Application for Membership form Lower Maribyrnong Valley Conservation Group|Typed Submission for a Financial Grant to the Charles Grimes 175th Anniversary Re enactment Committee|Typed Annual General Meeting 5 July 1984 Lower Maribyrnong Valley Conservation Group|Typed letter 30 July 1980 Humes Site|Typed Proposal Bluestone building|Typed Letter from University of Melbourne 11 December 1980 Meat Preserving companys works|Brochure Pipemakers Park|Typed notes Elizabeth McKinnon Mosaic mural artist|Newspaper article Sunshine Advocate 10 November 1993 Heritage site rediscovered|Newspaper article The Age 7 September 1996 Dreamtime in an industrial garden|Newspaper article The Western Times 6 December 1989 The peoples historiian|Typed report The Saltwater River Powder Magazine Jacks Magazine|Typed letter from Henry Laskowski Sunshine City Council Engineer / Planner to Gwen Goedecke Re: Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 157 Maribyrnong Valley 26th November 1981|Newspaper article The Advocate 13th September Council to buy vital river land|Newspaper article The Age 4th September 1978 Tight controls urged over Maribyrnong|Newspaper article The Age 27th April 1988 Metropolitan Region Planning Scheme Amendment RL11|Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works M.M.B.W. Concept plan for Maribyrnong River Development Media Release 25th January 1984|City of Sunshine The Maribyrnong River Ideas for the River Valley|Newspaper Article The Advocate 14 March 1979 River Valley Land Purchasemaribyrnong river, maribyrnong valley

City of Footscray Historical Society "Headwaters of the Maribyrnong River" Tour Sunday 25th November 1984maribyrnong river, maribyrnong valley, tour

Alan Dash (S&DHS Curator) arranged for the reprodction and framing of this imageConstruction of bridge over the Maribyrnong River Sept 1928|Rivets manufactured H. V. McKay used on Sydney Harbour and Quarter Mile Bridgesquarter mile bridge, testle bridge, bridge, sunshine north, maribyrnong river, maribyrnong valley

Tells the story of early Irish Pioneering Women who settled the Maribyrnong River Valley (formerly Salt Water River) and founded the first hotels, punts (river crossing barges) and farms in the region; and focuses on six particular women and their stories.Book now out of print. Funds from the sales of this book were used to build the monument "The Pioneer Womens Shelter" in Pipemakers Park.Book, soft card cover, 178 pagesISBN 0958808406 Book dedication "This book is dedicated to all women who made the voyage under sail"book, womens history, irish women, pioneers, maribyrnong river, salt water river

Typed Letter from Maribyrnong Valley Preservation Coalition Incorporated to Mr John thwaites Minister for Planning 17 October 2000|Typed Letter from Maribyrnong Valley Preservation Coalition Incorporated to River Valley Estates 22 September 2000|Flyer Whats been happening Lots 8 November 2000 Meditation Hall Quang Minh Temple|Extract Maribyrnong River dreaming 8 November 2000|Typed Flyer Developer undermines planning process|Handwritten Letter Enviro West letter to Marilyn Duncan CEO Brimbank Council Draft Section 173 Agreement|Typed Letter from Enviro West to Marilyn Duncan CEO Brimbank City Council 5 September 2000 Developers appealing against councils failure to make a decision|Typed Minutes 23 May 2000|Typed Notes Brimbank Planning Scheme|Minutes 16 August 2000|Brimbank Planning Scheme - River Valley Estate Building Design Guidelines|Letter 4 March 1974 Robert Fordham MP to Councillor J Tighe Developement of Maribyrnong River Valley including the Governments draft enviroment protection policy|Map of City of Sunshine|Typed Booklet Maribyrnong River and tributaries April 1973|Typed Submission by the City of Sunshine to the Committee of enquiry into the National Estate|Newspaper Article The Advocate 24 July 1991 Vision under threat|Newspaper Article Brimbank Messenger 7 November 1995 River Valley directors face charges|Newspaper Article The Advocate Plantings mark settlement day and Green promises for development|Newspaper Article The Advocate 17 June 2003 Uproar over river estate|Newspaper Article The Advocate 17 June 2003 River Valley walkout by gutless council and Face off cited as campaign option|Newspaper Article Mail 7 November 2000 Last efforts to halt a development fail|Newspaper Article Brimbank Messenger 7 November 2000 Piver plan rivals to fight on|Newspaper Article Brimbank Messenger 10 October 2000 Planning correction|Newspaper Article The Advocate 13 June Plans fight|Document Save Our River C/O Leo Prestia 49A Cumberland Street North Sunshinemaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river

Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving The Tin Shop|Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving The Works|Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving The Store Room|Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving The Kitchen|Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving The Preserving Room|Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving The Boning Room|Sketch Humes Site Maribyrnong The Processes of Meat Preserving|Photograph Humes Site Maribyrnong|Newspaper article The Advocate 14 June 1995 Cannery building highlight at park|Newspaper article Times 12 February 2002 Chemical free restoration|Extract ADI Footscray Site Redevelopment Site History Historical Overview|Brochure Discover the Maribyrnong|Newspaper article Essendon Gazette 3 March 2021 Long Distance Swim|Newspaper article Star 4 May 2004 Plan to save Cinderella river|Typed Report Memories of early Maribyrnong|Newspaper article The Herald 11 December 1981 The battle over the bluestone|Plans Kevin McManus Architect Possible Development Humes Site Maribyrnong|Photocopy painting of Humes Site Maribyrnong|Newspaper article The Sun 1 June 1979 A face lift for our Cinderella River|Newspaper article The Age 9 November 1982 Messsing about on the forgotten river|Extract Our Unique Victorian Timber Bridge Heritage article|Invitation to a Meeting Our River Heritage and its future|Typed Report February 1992 Maribyrnong River Valley Braybrook A time of Achievement of community Aspirations|Letter 14 February 1983 from Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works|Typed Notes Meeting to discuss the erection of a cairn at Solomons Ford|Letter 30 July 1980 from Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Former Melbourne Meat Preserving Company Maribyrnong|Letter 1 December 1981 to Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works from Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 157|Extract Maribyrnong Action in Tranquility by Olwen Ford and Pamela Lewis|Handwritten notes about Maribyrnong|Typed report 11 September 1976 Maribyrnong History|Newspaper article The Mail 10 February 1993 Maribyrnong turns back the clock|Newspaper article Advocate 29 September 1993 Misery of flood victims to continue Govt rejects river report|Newspaper article Sunshine Advocate 28M Arundel Dam plan scrapped|Flyer The Maribyrnong River Ideas for the River Valley|Newspaper article The Western Times 12 September 1984 Govt breathes new life into a forgotten river|Newspaper article The Western Times 8 February 1984 So where is the real Solomons Ford|Letter 28 April 1960 Maribyrnong|Newspaper article Melbourne must not forget its other river Olwen Ford|Flyer Ecomuseum Broadsheets 4 Maribyrnong River A River of Histoy|Flyer Pipemakers Park Maribyrnong|Typed report The Saltwater River Powder Magazine Jacks Magazine J W Moore|The Heritage Plan Maribyrnong City Council February 2002|Flyer Bicycling in Maribyrnong|Flyer Pipe Trail|Flyer Meat Trail|Flyer Origins of Industry|Flyer Pipemakers Park|Typed Report Racing Colours Rose and Black|Photographs Maribyrnong Valley December 1974|Newspaper article Herald Sun 12/2/1991 - How the live west is won Pipemakers Parkmaribyrnong river, meat works, the living museum of the west

The Maribyrnong Valley Preservation Coalition was a resident's group that opposed the 1000 home development on the former Duke Street quarry site.1676.01 - Maribyrnong Valley Preservation Coalition Video Of Baldwin Ave Grassland September 2000 April 2001 With 3CR Radio Interview 1676.02 - Maribyrnong Valley Preservation Coalition Newslettermaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, baldwin avenue, sunshine north, maribyrnong valley preservation coalition, duke street

File of information given to Friends of Maribynong Valley regarding the production of panels to be erected along the valley|Invitation to attend unveiling ceremony of the Maribyrnong River Heritage Trail Signs on 1 October 1993 at Essendon Canoe Club|Letter from Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley 22nd July 1993 Subject Maribyrnong River Heritage Trail|Photocopy of photograph lots of people in two boats|Photocopy of photograph Rail Bridge|Photocopy of photograph The Melbourne Meat Preserving Companys works at the Saltwater River|Photocopy of photograph Angling Match at Raleighs Punt Saltwater River|Photocopy of photograph Fishing Match 1866 Raleighs punt a spot well known to all anglers about Melbourne The earliest hotel Raleighs Punt Hotel a fine two storied building of bluestone became the home of David Syme founder and frst editor of the Age|Photocopy of photograph John alves Hotel the Jolly Anglers taken duuring the 1906 flood|Article The big Bridge|Vicroads Information bulletin No 1 August 1992 Western Ring Road Maribyrnong Section|Vicroads Information bulletin No 2 December 1992 Western ring road Maribyrnong Ardeer and Airport Sections|Bridge building in Excelsis from The Victorian Railways Magazine September 1927maribrynong river, maribyrnong vallet, friends of maribyrnong river

Maribyrnong Valley Land Use (Brimbank Park to Canning Street Bridge)maribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, canning street, bridge

Maribyrnong River Plan 1984maribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river

Typed Report Maribyrnong Valley Study Canning Street Bridge to Brimbank Park December 1990 for the Western Region Commissionmaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, canning street, bridge

Flyer The Maribyrnong River Ideas for the River Valleymaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, canning street, bridge

Maribyrnong Valley, A Report by the Planning Department Sunshine City Council 1974maribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river

Braybrook Escarpment Development A joint report by Sunshine City Council SCC and Ministry for Planning and Enviroment MPE Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works MMBW and Western Region Commission WRCmaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, braybrook

The photograph of Jackson Creek was taken near the waterfalls and weir which are downstream from Macedon Street.Jackson Creek is the major waterway in Sunbury and eventually joins with the Maribyrnong River downstream.A non-digital sepia photograph in postcard format of a creek with the water tumbling over rocks. The land in the distance rises above the surrounding valley.JACKSONS CREEK SUNBURYjacksons creek, sunbury

This is a photograph of the bridge in the Bulla township which spans the Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. It has been constructed from bluestone which is found across the volcanic western plains in Victoria. Kaolin was quarried from the cliff face in the background and was used in the making of bricks and pottery products manufactured at Northcote and Brunswick potteries.The bridge was built in 1869.This is one of the many notable bluestone bridges which were built in the district in the nineteenth century.A non-digital black and white photograph of a valley with a five arched bridge spanning a river. There are high cliffs in the background. Information about the bridge has been written on then back of the photograph. The image was published in then Weekly Times on 23rd December 1933.bulla township, deep creek, bridges

Local SceneImpressionistic view of valley with a creek running through it. Three horses in the foreground - AR0064Information about the artist on the back. "James Farrell is a member of the Victorian Artists Society" and "is represented at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra".keilor, maribyrnong, river, painting, impressionist, landscape

The settlement is Bulla township, which attracted Europeans in the 1840s. The bluestone building on the RHS was one of the early hotels in the town but was the Post Office and store until it was destroyed by fire in the 1980s. The school is visible behind a clump of trees in the valley. The road in the foreground is the former Bulla Road, which in the 1850s carried traffic to the Bendigo goldfields. The creek is the Deep Creek which flows into the Maribyrnong River further downstream. In the early days of European settlement, minerals were obtained in the valley at Bulla. Today Felspar and Quartz Streets bear evidence of this early industry in the town. A non-digital old black and white scanned photograph of a small country settlement, with 6 buildings in a valley. The surrounding hills are bare with very little tree growth. A road way is in the foreground and a small creek is in the middle distance.bulla bulla, bulla township, deep creek, minerals

The Maribyrnong River flows through the former Shire of Keilor, Shire of Braybrook and the City of Sunshine and now the City of Brimbank. The river has a long history of flooding including the following events; 1906 – The largest flood on record - Highest recorded flood level: 4.50 m at the Chifley Drive gauge. This remains the benchmark flood for the Maribyrnong catchment. This flood washed away the Arundel Road Keilor timber bridge during its construction. 1916 – Early 20th‑century flood - Less documented than 1906 but included in the official count of major events. Occurred during a period of widespread Victorian flooding. 1934 – The Great Melbourne Flood - Part of the catastrophic 1934 state‑wide floods. Maribyrnong catchment experienced severe riverine overflow. This event reshaped early flood‑mitigation thinking across Melbourne. 1974 – Widespread metropolitan flooding - Heavy rainfall across Melbourne caused significant rises in the Maribyrnong. Often referenced in Melbourne Water’s long‑term flood modelling. 1983 – Ash Wednesday period flooding - Occurred during the same climatic cycle as the Ash Wednesday bushfires. Intense rainfall caused rapid rises in the Maribyrnong River. 2011 – La Niña flood cycle - Part of the broader 2010–2011 La Niña flooding across Victoria. Maribyrnong experienced moderate–major riverine flooding. 2022 – The most significant modern flood - One of the worst urban floods in Melbourne in decades. Hundreds of homes inundated; major damage in Maribyrnong, Kensington, Ascot Vale. Triggered a parliamentary inquiry, major insurance issues, and debate over the Flemington Racecourse floodwall. Officially counted as the seventh major flood since 1906.The Maribyrnong River 2022 flood was one of the most significant urban flood events in Melbourne in decades. On 14 October 2022, after days of record‑breaking rain across Victoria, the Maribyrnong River breached its banks, inundating large parts of Keilor, Braybrook, Maribyrnong, Kensington, Ascot Vale, and surrounding suburbs. Many houses and streets in Maribyrnong were flooded by the river including the Angler’s Tavern, Anglers Way, Maribyrnong which was inundated up to the second floor. The flood also damaged many upstream locations including the flat lands of the Maribyrnong Valley, Brimbank Park and washing away part of the historical Arundel Road timber bridge in Keilor, the second time in its 116 year old history.maribyrnong river, flood, angler’s tavern, anglers way, maribyrnong, arundel road bridge, keilor