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Trams in Southbank
Southbank is fortunate to be served by several tram lines, running along St Kilda Rd, Sturt St, Kings Way and Clarendon St. But it wasn’t always like that.
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Television – Southbank leads the way
The month of November 1956 was an exciting one for Melbourne.
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ASBESTOS!!
Asbestos is a word that conjures up images of dreadful effects on the lungs of many people working with products containing it, such as Fibrolite (known as “fibro”).
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Southbank was radio-active!
Radios in the home became extremely popular in Australia following the massive take-up of electricity in the 1920s. Early radios were large and bulky but were soon supplemented in many households by small portables, such as the Astor Mickey.
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Police Stables - Mounted Branch
For over 100 years, the streets of City South, which later became Southbank, echoed with the clip-clop of police horses.
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In memory of Prince Henry’s
The 1930s saw a revolution in hospital design in Melbourne, with a series of new hospitals constructed in the inner east, such as the Freemasons, the Mercy, St Vincent’s and the Epworth.
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Military health in Southbank
The former Repatriation Commission clinic on the corner of St Kilda Rd and Coventry St, beautifully placed opposite the Botanic Gardens, has played a remarkable role in the health of war veterans in Victoria.
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Barracking began in Southbank
Football has always been important in South Melbourne. In 1873, the South Melbourne club merged with the Albert Park club and became immensely powerful in the 1880s, regularly drawing phenomenal crowds of over 30,000 to the Lake Oval.
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The Young Men’s Christian Association
It stood prominently on the corner of City Rd and Sturt St, at the gateway to South Melbourne.
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Snowden Gardens
When you cross the Yarra to Southgate, the first building you encounter is Hamer Hall.
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Sacred Sites
Wirth’s Park, 4.5 hectares (approx.), was on the site now occupied by the Melbourne Arts Centre.
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Sacred Sites
The Jones Bond Store was a large complex of store buildings in the heart of Southbank.
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Street Smarts
Alexander Moore was left a managing share in the printing firm Ferguson and Moore when his father died in 1880.
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This location was purchased in 1874 and the two and a half acres was used to build State School 2686.
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Sacred sites
Queensbridge St is home to the famous Queensbridge Hotel and QBH nightclub.
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Sacred sites
The heritage-listed police stables date back to World War 1 when the old barracks was handed over to the Commonwealth Defence Department and the current depot was built in its place.
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It’s not often that a nightclub is heritage-listed, but we like breaking down conventional thinking here in Southbank.
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Southbank Residents’ Group
Surge in crime
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