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75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

Posted 15 August, 202014 August, 2020 PhilipLeave a commentPosted in History

15 August 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Japan in Australia. This is considered the end of the Second World War and is referred to here as […]

The tank that Australia built

Posted 6 August, 20206 August, 2020 PhilipLeave a commentPosted in History

The story of Australia’s first locally-designed and manufactured tank is a fascinating one. I think that it’s an overlooked part of our history that deserves more recognition than it currently […]

Which is the oldest roundabout in Melbourne?

Posted 21 May, 202021 May, 2020 Philip2 CommentsPosted in History

Finding out which roundabout was the first to be built in Melbourne may be one of the most vexxed and complicated local history topics possible. There are so many contradictory […]

Tram roundabouts of Melbourne

Posted 19 December, 201919 December, 2019 Philip5 CommentsPosted in History, Transport

With 85 percent of Melbourne’s tram network mixed with general traffic, it is inevitable that they will have to pass through some interesting intersections. In Melbourne, there are 19 roundabouts […]

Are more people living in apartments now than in 1954?

Posted 28 November, 201927 November, 2019 PhilipLeave a commentPosted in History, Planning

65 years ago the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) released the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. This formed the foundations for our current planning system. Some aspects, like car […]

What happened to the closed schools of the 1990s? Part 2

Posted 4 October, 20193 October, 2019 PhilipLeave a commentPosted in History

Read Part 1 here. Keysborough Primary School The original school in this area was opened in 1869 and moved to this cosy country school building in 1874. Not to be […]

The shopping strips of Reservoir

Posted 19 September, 201919 September, 2019 Philip2 CommentsPosted in History

Just before the prominence of private cars engrained itself into Melbourne’s urban planning after the Second World War, Reservoir went through a major housing expansion. Although there was some European […]

Victoria’s rocket playgrounds

Posted 5 September, 20192 September, 2019 Philip4 CommentsPosted in History

Googie architecture (1950s, 60s and 70s) has not been preserved as well as other periods in Melbourne and Victoria. Many of the examples of this brief but fascinating time in […]

What happened to the closed schools of the 1990s? Part 1

Posted 8 August, 20197 August, 2019 Philip3 CommentsPosted in History

While doing some research for BoroondaraWiki on the closed Greythorn High School, I stumbled across a whole host of other resources related to schools that are no longer around. Greythorn […]

Visit to the Army Tank Museum, Puckapunyal

Posted 14 March, 20191 August, 2020 Philip2 CommentsPosted in History

One of the many things on my ever-expanding list of places to see in Victoria was the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) Army Tank Museum in Puckapuynal. As the Museum […]

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