Planning Permit Application Building and Works St. Johns College Churchill Avenue Braybrook Planning Permit Application Extension to factory Corner of Sunshine Road and Olympia Street Tottenham Planning Permit Application Proposed storage building Fletcher Chemicals Somerville Road Footscray West Planning Permit Application Indoor Cricket Centre Lots 282 and 283 Ayton Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory extensions Lot 7 Holmwood Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Alterations to dwelling Chifley Drive Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Extension to existing building ICI Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Retirement Village Lots 7 to 16 Trinacria Court Deer Park Planning Permit Application Factory and office alterations Corner of Frederick Street and Justin Road Brooklyn Location of Building Lot 116 Ford Avenue Sunshine North Location of Building 2 Delamre Drive St. Albans Location of Building 290 Wright Street Sunshine West Location of Building 29 Hampshire Road Sunshine Building on Land Liable to Flooding Lot 16 The Esplanade Maribyrnongst. johns college, churchill avenue, braybrook, sunshine road, olympia street, tottenham, fletcher chemicals, somerville road, footscray west, ayton street, sunshine north, holmwood road, brooklyn, chifley drive, the esplanade, maribyrnong, ici, ballarat road, trinacria court, deer park, frederick street, justin road, ford avenue, delamre drive, st. albans, wright street, sunshine west, hampshire road, sunshine

Planning Permit Application Building and Works St. Johns College Churchill Avenue Braybrook Planning Permit Application Extension to factory Corner of Sunshine Road and Olympia Street Tottenham Planning Permit Application Proposed storage building Fletcher Chemicals Somerville Road Footscray West Planning Permit Application Indoor Cricket Centre Lots 282 and 283 Ayton Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory extensions Lot 7 Holmwood Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Alterations to dwelling Chifley Drive Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Extension to existing building ICI Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Retirement Village Lots 7 to 16 Trinacria Court Deer Park Planning Permit Application Factory and office alterations Corner of Frederick Street and Justin Road Brooklyn Location of Building Lot 116 Ford Avenue Sunshine North Location of Building 2 Delamre Drive St. Albans Location of Building 290 Wright Street Sunshine West Location of Building 29 Hampshire Road Sunshine Building on Land Liable to Flooding Lot 16 The Esplanade Maribyrnongst. johns college, churchill avenue, braybrook, sunshine road, olympia street, tottenham, fletcher chemicals, somerville road, footscray west, ayton street, sunshine north, holmwood road, brooklyn, chifley drive, the esplanade, maribyrnong, ici, ballarat road, trinacria court, deer park, frederick street, justin road, ford avenue, delamre drive, st. albans, wright street, sunshine west, hampshire road, sunshine

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 14th November 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Name of Proposed Railway Station between Albion and St. Albans. The name Furlong has been Gazetted Land Transfer Ainsworth Reserve Land Transfer Discontinued Right of Way between Marsh Street and Emu Road Maintenance of Buildings Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Albion North Kindergarten Thomas Hall Furlong Road Victorian Youth Employment Committee Outreach Project Y.M.C.A. Braybrook Report of the Chief Health Inspector Brooklyn infant Welfare Centre Use by Pre-School Centre as an All-Day Child Minding Centre in 1979 Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health Act Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Health (Hearing Conservation) Regulations 1978 Application for Installation of gas fired Dry septic Tank Units H. W. Greenham & Sons Pty Ltd Abattoirs Lots 7 & 8 Doherty's Road Removal of Habitable Building Granny Flat 38 Robyn Avenue Albanvale to 32 Queens Avenue Doncaster Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Proposed Limited Parking Corio Street Prohibited Parking Lurg Avenue Sunshine North Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Use of Robert Barrett Reserve by the George Cross Soccer Club Sassella Park Use of Reserve and Buildings Removal of Fence which was erected around the Proposed Swimming Pool, Layout of the Running Track used by Deer Park Little Athletics Centre and making provision for the area inside the tracks for the Sunshine Hockey Club. The Sundowers Marching Girl Group, the Deer Park Unemployment Group & Deer Park Play Group also use the ground and buildings Land Committee Report Howard Kingham Lodge Moving of the Fence Line and Offer of Sale of Chaplin Reserve To Council by the Railways Department Report of the City Engineer Land Conservation Council Recommendations Melbourne Study Area Town Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Uniform Building Regulations Proposed Extension to Sunshine Shopping Centre Planning Permit Application 64 Bed Nursing Home Killara Street & Mernda Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Office and Warehouses Lot 1 Sunshine Road South East Corner of Olympia Street Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Sunshine Wesleyan Methodist Church 139 - 143 Devonshire Road Planning Permit Application Detached House within 60M of the Maribyrnong River Lot 88 Chifley Drive Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms Dental Surgery Lot 173 Fairbairn Road Proposed Public Open Space Along the Maribyrnong River South Side between Duke Street and Evans Street Proposed Amendment Planning Permit Application 2 Lot Subdivision Lot 5 Justin Street Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 307 Hawthorn Avenue Planning Permit Application 4 Villa Units Lots 23 & 25 Madden Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application 40 Bed Nursing Home and Matrons Residence Lot 4 Devonshire Road Planning Permit Application Flats 15 Bardsley Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Highpoint Shopping Centre Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and Part 12 Rosamond Road Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms Lot 7 Devonshire Road Consolidation of Title 2, 4 & 6 Killara Street Plan of Transfer and Consolidation S.C.I. Meats & Paper Pty Ltd & Ready Mix Concrete Somerville Road Plan of Subdivision Melissa Nook Deer Park Subdivision Camperdown Avenue and Sandford Avenue Damaged to Road, Kerb & channel, Etc Justin Road, Frederick Street and Amanda Road Flow Gauging Instrument Tottenham Branch Sewer Purchase of Ranger's Vehicle Outdoor Staff Christmas Break Up Half Cost Kerb & Channel Neale Road between Oakwood Road and Opie Road Elimination of Level Crossing Ashley Street Tottenham Farnsworth Avenue Deviation Footscray for New Bridge Over the Maribyrnong River and Extension to Footscray Institute of Technology Municipal Association of Victoria Mines Bill Amendment Report of the Building Surveyor Application to Build Over Easement 16 Tania Street Sunshine North Application to Build Over Easement Lot 19 McIntyre Road Sunshine Application to Install Underground Tanks Lot 2 Ballarat Road Corner of Hampshire Road Sunshine Application to Install Underground Tank Lot 1 Geelong Road Brooklyn Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Request by Sunshine Cricket Club for Dempster Park Alteration of Fences Around Oval Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 25th October 1978 Proposal to Construct Dickson Street (Part) Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, marsh street, maidstone, ainsworth rerserve, vernon street, sunshine west, furlong railway station, st. albans, emu road, albion north kindergarten, thomas hall, furlong road, sunshine north, brooklyn infant welfare centre, cypress avenue, h. w. greenham & sons, doherty's road, brooklyn, robyn avenue, albanvale, lurg avenue, corio street, sunshine, robert barrett reserve, rosamond road, maribyrnong, george cross soccer club, sassella park, station road, deer park, deer park little athletics centre, sunshine hockey club, sundowers marching girl group, deer park unemployment group, deer park play group, howard kingham lodge, darnley street, braybrook, chaplin reserve, anderson road, killara street, mernda street, sunshine road, olympia street, tottenham, sunshine wesleyan methodist church, devonshire road, maribyrnong river, chifley drive, fairbairn road, duke street, evans street, justin street, hawthorn avenue, madden street, bardsley street, highpoint shopping centre, s.c.i. meats & paper pty ltd, somerville road, melissa nook, camperdown avenue, sandford avenue, frederick street, amanda road, ashley street, farnsworth avenue, tania street, mcintyre road, ballarat road, hampshire road, geelong road, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine cricket club, dickson street

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 14th November 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Name of Proposed Railway Station between Albion and St. Albans. The name Furlong has been Gazetted Land Transfer Ainsworth Reserve Land Transfer Discontinued Right of Way between Marsh Street and Emu Road Maintenance of Buildings Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Albion North Kindergarten Thomas Hall Furlong Road Victorian Youth Employment Committee Outreach Project Y.M.C.A. Braybrook Report of the Chief Health Inspector Brooklyn infant Welfare Centre Use by Pre-School Centre as an All-Day Child Minding Centre in 1979 Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health Act Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Health (Hearing Conservation) Regulations 1978 Application for Installation of gas fired Dry septic Tank Units H. W. Greenham & Sons Pty Ltd Abattoirs Lots 7 & 8 Doherty's Road Removal of Habitable Building Granny Flat 38 Robyn Avenue Albanvale to 32 Queens Avenue Doncaster Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Proposed Limited Parking Corio Street Prohibited Parking Lurg Avenue Sunshine North Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Use of Robert Barrett Reserve by the George Cross Soccer Club Sassella Park Use of Reserve and Buildings Removal of Fence which was erected around the Proposed Swimming Pool, Layout of the Running Track used by Deer Park Little Athletics Centre and making provision for the area inside the tracks for the Sunshine Hockey Club. The Sundowers Marching Girl Group, the Deer Park Unemployment Group & Deer Park Play Group also use the ground and buildings Land Committee Report Howard Kingham Lodge Moving of the Fence Line and Offer of Sale of Chaplin Reserve To Council by the Railways Department Report of the City Engineer Land Conservation Council Recommendations Melbourne Study Area Town Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Uniform Building Regulations Proposed Extension to Sunshine Shopping Centre Planning Permit Application 64 Bed Nursing Home Killara Street & Mernda Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Office and Warehouses Lot 1 Sunshine Road South East Corner of Olympia Street Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Sunshine Wesleyan Methodist Church 139 - 143 Devonshire Road Planning Permit Application Detached House within 60M of the Maribyrnong River Lot 88 Chifley Drive Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms Dental Surgery Lot 173 Fairbairn Road Proposed Public Open Space Along the Maribyrnong River South Side between Duke Street and Evans Street Proposed Amendment Planning Permit Application 2 Lot Subdivision Lot 5 Justin Street Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 307 Hawthorn Avenue Planning Permit Application 4 Villa Units Lots 23 & 25 Madden Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application 40 Bed Nursing Home and Matrons Residence Lot 4 Devonshire Road Planning Permit Application Flats 15 Bardsley Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Highpoint Shopping Centre Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and Part 12 Rosamond Road Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms Lot 7 Devonshire Road Consolidation of Title 2, 4 & 6 Killara Street Plan of Transfer and Consolidation S.C.I. Meats & Paper Pty Ltd & Ready Mix Concrete Somerville Road Plan of Subdivision Melissa Nook Deer Park Subdivision Camperdown Avenue and Sandford Avenue Damaged to Road, Kerb & channel, Etc Justin Road, Frederick Street and Amanda Road Flow Gauging Instrument Tottenham Branch Sewer Purchase of Ranger's Vehicle Outdoor Staff Christmas Break Up Half Cost Kerb & Channel Neale Road between Oakwood Road and Opie Road Elimination of Level Crossing Ashley Street Tottenham Farnsworth Avenue Deviation Footscray for New Bridge Over the Maribyrnong River and Extension to Footscray Institute of Technology Municipal Association of Victoria Mines Bill Amendment Report of the Building Surveyor Application to Build Over Easement 16 Tania Street Sunshine North Application to Build Over Easement Lot 19 McIntyre Road Sunshine Application to Install Underground Tanks Lot 2 Ballarat Road Corner of Hampshire Road Sunshine Application to Install Underground Tank Lot 1 Geelong Road Brooklyn Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Request by Sunshine Cricket Club for Dempster Park Alteration of Fences Around Oval Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 25th October 1978 Proposal to Construct Dickson Street (Part) Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 Extraordinary Business Report of the City Engineer Proposed New Road Connection Main Road East to Buckley Street Country Road Board Planning Permit Application 40 Bed Nursing Home and Matrons Residence Lot 4 Devonshire Road Report of the Building Surveyor 28 - 30 Ridley Street Albion 41 Wright Street Sunshine city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, marsh street, maidstone, ainsworth reserve, vernon street, sunshine west, emu road, furlong railway station, st. albans, albion north kindergarten, thomas hall, furlong road, sunshine north, brooklyn infant welfare centre, cypress avenue, brooklyn, h. w. greenham & sons pty ltd, doherty's road, robyn avenue, albanvale, lurg avenue, robert barrett reserve, rosamond road, maribyrnong, george cross soccer club, sassella park, station road, deer park, deer park little athletics centre, sunshine hockey club, sundowers marching girl group, deer park unemployment group, deer park play grou, kingham lodge, darnley street, chaplin reserve, anderson road, sunshine, killara street, mernda street, sunshine road, olympia street, tottenham, sunshine wesleyan methodist church, devonshire road, maribyrnong river, chifley drive, fairbairn road, duke street, evans street, justin street, hawthorn avenue, madden street, bardsley street, consolidation s.c.i. meats, melissa nook, camperdown avenue, sandford avenue, frederick street, amanda road, neale road, oakwood road, opie road, ashley street, tania street, mcintyre road, ballarat road, hampshire road, geelong road, sunshine cricket club, dempster park, phoenix street, dickson street, main road east, buckley street, ridley street, albion, wright street

These stick pins were souvenirs of the Olympic Torch Relay in 2000. The summer Olympic Games were held in Sydney in 2000 and the Olympic Torch was brought from Olympia in Greece to Australia via Oceania. There were 13,400 torchbearers with 11,000 of these being in Australia. The Olympic Torch was carried on Day 43 (July 20th 2000) through the streets of Warrnambool. These stick pins are of minor interest as souvenirs of the Sydney Olympics 2000 Torch Relay, an event connected to Warrnambool’s history. .1 A metal stick pin attached to a card. The card has a blue background with coloured writing and background images. The pin is gold-coloured and designed in the shape of the State of Victoria with an image of a runner, a boomerang and ocean waves on the front and a metal clip at the back .2 as above Celebrate the Torch Relay with your Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay Free Vic Pin Presenting Partner AMP Herald Sun Not for sale TM C SOCOG 1998 sydney olympics 2000, olympic torch relay 2000 warrnambool, history of warrnambool

Description: The 16th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention was held at Wirth's Olympia in Melbourne between 6 and 13 October 1926. The B&W photograph shows the assembled delegates with the banner "Thy will be done." Studios Ltd, Victoria Street, Melbourne.

Louise Blake purchased this for our collection because of the connection of this area with the filming location.Framed and under glass reproduction of the original poster of the film 'The Story of the Kelly Gang' (by biograph) at Anderson's Olympia Theatre cnr Cambell & Elizabeth Streets, opposite Central Railway Station (Sydney) commencing Saturday, Nov 26. Specially taken by Messrs Johnson & Gibson, Melbourne. An entirely new and exquisite pictorial representation of the Thrilling Story of the Kelleys'. Seven photos: captioned 1. Ned Kelly, 2. Glenrowan Hotel the Kelly's at bay, 3. The notorious Kelly Gang, 4. Police locked up at Jerilderie at their own , 5. Don Kelly & Steve Hart shoot each other, 6. The bank robbery at Euroa and 7. Dan Kelly shoots Sherrit the spy. Popular prices. JJ Miller Print Co off Post Office Place, Melbourne 21 11 10.illustrations, reproductions

Black and white photograph taken from St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne, looking south over Princes Bridge, early 1950's. Has nine trams in the view, mainly W2's, but one W3 and many motor vehicles, trucks etc. Shows the gardens in the now Southbank area, the junction just past the bridge of South Melbourne tram line, Wirth Bros Circus and other buildings, Prince Henry's Hospital. In particular is an Olympic pool direction sign hanging below the Batman Ave tram sign. This would have been the pool in Batman Ave, nearer to Flinders St, within the Flinders St yard complex, not the 1956 pool. Directly below is a female pedestrian dress in the classic 1950's "Dior" look. Over the bridge on the west side is "The Trocadero" formerly The Green Mill Dance Hall opened on 07/09/1926. West of that again is "Olympia" run by Wirth's . In the distance is Prince Henry's Hospital, the tall section was built in 1942, since demolished. Rod Atkins noted that the Olympia burnt down in the early fifties about the same the Trocadia closed, so pre 1953. Note the centre pole is still place at the Sturt Street intersection. In Batman Ave we have two W2's 401 and earlier one. In St Kilda Road we have four W2's in foreground in then W3 - No. 667 then a W4 then a SW6 in the distance. Outbound on route 4D is 578, behind it is 340 on route 5. A safety zone is between 578 and 340.Stamped on rear "Australian Official Photograph / Department of Information" and the number "L3121" in pencil.trams, tramways, swanston st, princes bridge, melbourne, south melbourne, tram 401, tram 667, tram 578

Princes Bridge Centenary pylons under construction Possibly taken from Young and Jacksons Hotel (formerly Princes Bridge Hotel) on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets, Flinders Street Station’s clocks and main entrance dominate, along with its distinctive copper dome and decorative façade. The time on the main clock is 1.40pm, and the sign underneath, reflecting Melbourne’s upcoming Centenary reads, “We must accommodate our Centenary visitors! Citizens! Do your share by taking paying guests.” At left is the original Princes Bridge Station, today the site of Federation Square. The riverside tram terminus advertises a Café/Tobacconist/Refreshment Room selling cigars & cigarettes, fountain drinks & confectionery, and in smaller text: “Leave your boot repairs here”. Nearly everyone is dressed in dark suits, coats and hats. The footpaths are wide and there are no traffic lights. The roadway stretches towards the Shrine of Remembrance, not yet dedicated but very dominant on the skyline. Government House is clearly visible across the wide parkland that would come to be known as Kings Domain and that is an area of deep importance to the people of the Eastern Kulin. Originally, Birrarung was part of a network of swamps and lagoons linked to the course of the river. From 1896, Public Works Department engineer Carlo Catani, oversaw a new channel to straighten the river and the swamps and lagoons were filled with spoil from the channel works. From the same vantage point today, only the top of the tower of Government House would be visible. The photo captures the pylons along Princes Bridge, mid-construction and being installed to mark Melbourne’s Centenary. The pylons were not without controversy. Both The Argus and The Age bemoaned them for being “made almost entirely of imported softwood timber”, denying work to native hardwood timber workers and sawmillers, and leading visitors to think Australia did not have its own exceptional native hardwoods. The pylons were also variously described in their incomplete state, as unimaginative and resembling an oilfield. Published: The Age 5 September 1934 Featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer, Louise McKenzie Photographer notations on slide: "Pylons + St Kilda Rd C57" Published: Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wednesday 5 September 1934, page 11 Published title: DECORATIONS -- THEN AND NOW. Published caption: "Although not completed yet, some impression of the effect of the decorations on Princes-bridge may be obtained from the first picture which shows the majestic sweep of St Kilda road with the Shrine of Remembrance and Government House dominating the horizon. The area to the left of St. Kilda-road and in front of Government House is portion of the area which it is proposed to call the King's Domain, which extends to Domain-road and Anderson-street..." Description: East-facing, elevated view of Flinders Street Station and Princes Bridge, featuring partially completed pylons erected for Melbourne's Centenary celebrations. The Shrine of Remembrance and Government House can be seen in the distance. In the foreground are trams, cars and trucks, pedestrians, Batman Avenue tram terminus and refreshment rooms. Signage on Flinders Street Station encourages citizens to accommodate Centenary visitors. The Melbourne Centenary was held 1934-35 in celebration John Batman's proclamation that Melbourne "the place for a village". Centenary events included a visit by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. A Centenary Cake measuring 50 feet in height and ten tons in weight was cut into 250,000 pieces and sold at 1 shilling per piece for charity. Spectacular floodlighting of city landmarks, the creation of the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden, and the MacRobertson Air Race from London, were other notable activities. Research by project volunteer, Louise McKenzie: The photo in The Age collage of 5 September 1934 has a slightly cropped foreground. The original photo has been taken from an elevated vantage point, most probably the roof of the Nicholas Building on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets. The right foreground is dominated by the main “clocks” entrance to Flinders Street Station, showing its distinctive copper dome and decorative façade. The time on the main clock is 1.40 pm. The main sign on the front of the Station reads, "We Must Accommodate our Centenary Visitors! Citizens! Do your share by taking paying guests. Write to The Official Centenary Accommodation Bureau, 436 Collins St. City. Tel M 4671”. Another sign at eye level at the main entrance says: “Cheap Trips on Sundays”. The sign on the end of the roof along the eastern side of the station reads, “The Babies Need Your Help! Support Broadmeadows Foundling Hospital Appeal. July and August”. Run by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, St Joseph’s Foundling Hospital was a purpose built infants’ home for up to 300 babies, plus accommodation for expectant mothers, mainly single women. In the early 1930s, the department (Victorian Children’s Welfare Department) contracted St Joseph’s Foundling Hospital to care for an additional 60 infant state wards, and up to 175 non wards at any given time. In 1931 it also operated a mothercraft training school. The centre foreground shows the commencement of Princes Bridge. Beneath the left side of the bridge was the site of the original Princes Bridge Station, by this time incorporated into Flinders Street Station, and today the area is the site of Federation Square. It was linked to Flinders Street station by the railway tracks that ran underneath the northern approach to the bridge. This photo shows a tram terminus which has a Café/Tobacconist/Refreshment Room, selling cigars & cigarettes, fountain drinks & confectionary, and a sign: Leave your boot repairs here. In the foreground is a wide roadway running south/north, comprising two vehicle lanes each heading north/south, and a central section containing two sets of tram tracks. There are cars, buses and delivery vans on the roadway. The trams visible are Glen Iris (Route No. 6; tram no. 448), Toorak (Route No. 8, tram no. 333), ? (No. 7), ? (No. 1), and ? (No. 2A). The footpaths are extremely wide. There is a square newspaper/magazine stand on the eastern side footpath. And also a “Ferry” sign. There are no traffic lights, but a policeman is visible on the roadway. There are pedestrians – men, women, children, a porter with trolley, women with prams. Clothing comprises dark suits, coats and hats for nearly everyone. There are double headed “Collins Street” lights along the side of the roadway, and along the northern riverbank. The roadway in the foreground is an extension of Swanston Street, which becomes Princes Bridge, then St Kilda Road, stretching towards the Shrine of Remembrance, and diverting past it. The Shrine had not yet been officially dedicated, and looks very white and dominant on the skyline. On the LHS of St Kilda Road, Government House is clearly visible across the wide parkland to be known as Kings Domain. The Kings Domain area is important to the people of the Eastern Kulin nation, and also has historical importance for its association with the early settlement of Melbourne and the foundation of British colonial administration in Victoria. On the southern side of the Yarra River (Birrarung) an historic rowing boathouse is visible, located adjacent to the Alexandra Gardens. Originally Birrarung was part of a network of swamps and lagoons linked to the course of the river. From 1896, under the guidance of engineer Carlo Catani* a new channel to straighten the river was created and the swamps and lagoons were filled with spoil from the channel works. The gardens were then created and completed in time for a Royal visit by the Duke of York in May 1901. The gardens are named after Alexandra of Denmark, the wife of King Edward VII. Both these areas, plus the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Shrine of Remembrance Reserve, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Government House, and the Queen Victoria Gardens together form the Domain Parklands. The extent of the subsequent plantings is evident today, where from the same vantage point only the top of the tower of Government House would be visible. *Catani was born in Florence in 1852, but after arriving in Melbourne worked as a civil engineer for the Victorian Government. His last major project was the reclamation of the foreshore of St Kilda, envisaged in the style of a European resort, complete with a split level esplanade, bathing pavilions, dance halls, amusements and a French-Italian style of landscape complete with palms. The gardens at the end of Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, now bear his name. The historic boathouse visible across the Yarra is another glimpse into Melbourne’s past. “Boathouse Row” comprises 7 amateur rowing clubs, the first established in 1859 (Melbourne University Boat Club). Other Clubs were Richmond, Melbourne, Banks, Melbourne Grammar School, Yarra Yarra and Mercantile. South of the river and west of the bridge is an area today developed into the Melbourne arts precinct of Hamer Hall and the Arts Centre. But at this time it was the home of Wirths Olympia Circus, which comprised Wirths Pleasure Park (an amusement park), a 5,000 seat auditorium – Hippodrome, a roller skating rink, a glaciarium, a cinema, and the Green Mill Dance Hall. Dog shows were also held at Olympia. The Green Mill Dance Hall closed in 1950, and the remainder of the Wirth buildings on site were destroyed by fire in December 1953. The feature of the photo is the pylons erected along Princes Bridge to mark Melbourne’s Centenary in 1934. The sixteen plastered pylons were designed by Roy Prentice, the second person to qualify as an architect at The University of Melbourne’s Bachelor of Architecture degree, in 1933, aged 27. Simon Reeves in his article marking the 100th birthday of Roy Prentice on 20 June 2006 reports that the State Electricity Commission sponsored this work, and the Argus reported that “… the pylons were “illuminated from within to give the effect of soft radiance”. Australia Home Beautiful 1 Oct 1934 reports in a very detailed and comprehensive article: The 10 taller pylons, including flagpole, were 48 ft, with a base of 8 ft. Timber-framed and faced with fibrous plaster and galvanised sheet iron, each structure was securely bolted to a concrete foundation three feet in depth. Panels of glass let into the shaft of each pylon were indirectly lit by 40, 100 watt lamps, and the upper bank of internal lamps were dyed so as to flood the panels with a deep red light. The decorative painted shields and flagpoles/pennants were illuminated by three 200 watt projectors concealed in the roof of each pylon, and were part of an electric night light decoration scheme involving 28 miles of wire to supply more than 20,000 lights. An article in the Argus on 18 October 1934 provided minute detail of the lighting erected in Melbourne for the Centenary, converting it “… into a coloured fairyland by night.” The estimated cost of 10 pounds per hour the lights were on. The display included 800 standard light poles 30 feet high which were tiered with electric bulbs concealed in inverted cones, 138 specially designed “Venetian poles” draped in flags trophies and streamers. The streets included in the electric night light decoration scheme were Bourke Street from Spring to William, the entire length of Collins Street, Flinders Street from Elizabeth to Spring, Lonsdale Street from Elizabeth to Swanston, Swanston and Elizabeth Streets from Flinders to Lonsdale, and parts of Springs and Spencer Streets. Together with the Princes Bridge pylons, approximately 28 miles of wire was required to supply power to the more than 20,000 lights. And that is just in the city of Melbourne. It was estimated the same amount of lighting was duplicated among other local councils. The pylons were not without controversy. The Argus on 28 August 1934 in an article headed “Imported Timber in Pylons” reported that the Princes Bridge pylons are “made almost entirely of imported softwood timber”, and have therefore denied work to native hardwood timber workers and sawmillers. The same day the Melbourne Age ran a similar story, bemoaning the fact that foreign oregon had been used which may lead tourists to think Australia did not have its own exceptional native hardwoods. A Camberwell City Councillor described the pylons as unimaginative, and the Herald reported that skeletons of pylons for the Centenary decorations in their present form led the area to resemble an oilfield! The Yarra River and Princes Bridge have long been a focal point of Melbourne life. In the early days of European settlement in Melbourne a rope-hauled punt carried people across the Yarra River. A surge in population and increased shipping traffic created a need for a bridge. There was difficulty in agreeing on a suitable site for the bridge (options were crossing at Elizabeth, Swanston, Queen or Market Streets), but the NSW Government favoured Swanston Street and the Melbourne Town Council decided on a temporary bridge across the Yarra spanning from the foot of Swanston Street. This first bridge was a single span timber toll bridge designed by Scottish born bridge designer David Lennox, and completed in 1845. It was 120 feet long, had a roadway of 17 feet wide, and a footpath on one side of 4 feet. It was leased to the Melbourne Bridge Company in the name of Robert A Balbirnie. The tollhouse was on the north side of the river and the toll keeper, Patrick Doherty, was credited with saving nine lives during the four years he was in charge of the toll station. The second bridge was stone (completed 1850), and named Prince’s Bridge after the HRH Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. It was designed with an elliptical single arc and an exceedingly small rise in proportion to the span. However, this design created an obstacle for flood waters, and together with Melbourne’s increasing population it was quickly apparent that a new bridge was required. At its opening on 15 November 1850 coincided with the imminent declaration of Victoria as a separate colony, it provided a moment of great celebration for Melbournians and “The opening ceremony was described as the grandest processional display witnessed in the colony.” (ToMelbourne.com.au) Princes Bridge in its present form, as depicted in this photograph, was designed by Jenkins, D’Ebro and Grainger, and constructed in 1886-88 by David Munro. John Grainger (father of Australian composer Percy Grainger) did the majority of the design work for the bridge. The structure was to have three arches each 96 feet wide measured across the river, and the banks on both sides were raised to allow more space for floodwater to flow. St Kilda Road was originally many feet below the current level. The bridge is of architectural significance for its substantial size, giant half columns, extensive use of wrought and cast iron, decorative elements (cast-iron lamps) and the skilled stonemasonry in the construction of the abutments and piers. Its main design features are similar to those of Blackfriars Bridge in London (1870). The bluestones were quarried from Footscray, the Malmsbury stones were from quarries at Kyneton, and the granite from Harcourt. The cost was met by the State of Victoria, City of Melbourne, and six out of seven of its municipalities, and their coats of arms feature on the bridge. The building of the bridge reflected the boom period of Melbourne, including the Victorian gold rush 1851- late 1860s, and its contractor, David Munro, was also responsible for the construction of Queens Bridge and Sandridge Railway Bridge. The Centenary pylons are no longer in place, but today this intersection still plays a major part in Melbourne’s daily life: people still meet “under the clocks” at Flinders Street station, and the route in and out of the city along St Kilda Road is often a feature of parades such as Moomba, the Grand Final Parade, and of course the Anzac Day Parade which commences at the Princes Bridge intersection and finishes at the Shrine of Remembrance. There are many tram routes, which cross the Bridge, and it directs pedestrians towards the Arts Precinct, the various components of Domain Park, plus the Southbank restaurant and rowing precincts. Even though this is a street scene, it feels very intimate; the viewer is instantly immersed in the activity of a Melbourne afternoon, looking down St Kilda Road from a viewpoint near today’s Federation Square. References: DECORATIONS -- THEN AND NOW. (1934, September 5). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 11. 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