Friends of Merri Creek have been conducting oral history interviews with residents who have lived on the Creek before 1970. The interviews form the Merri Creek Oral History Project. This is an interview with Giorgio De Nola , who lived near the Merri Creek in Anstey Avenue Reservoir in his youth. The interviewer is Ruth Shiel […]
Tag: Reservoir
Working at the Skyline Drive-In
As per the original article, the formatting with a number of images is difficult within the restrictions of WikiNorthia’s presentation tools, so we have also included the follow-up as a PDF document downloadable from the link below or the Related Media section … now read on …
The Preston Skyline Drive-In Theatre
The first was on the corner of Toorak and Elgar roads in Burwood. Because of WikiNorthia formatting restrictions, the bulk of the history of the Skyline is held in PDF format via the Relate Media link … … or just read on …
Crispe Park
(The author’s thanks are extended to Bob Harris and Bob Chandler (Reservoir Football Club) and Dick Norris (Preston Cricket Club) for some of the material supplied within this chapter). ORIGINS Preston Oval has been a spiritual home for thousands, of senior players over the years since it was acquired in 1875, but for practical purposes, Crispe Park has been the […]
Shadows On The Screen
—Bullant 17:59, 22 September 2011 (EST) The author did not identify himself by name but is easily identifiable as William McIntosh, the son of Andrew McIntosh, a long serving councillor and prominent baker in High Street. As the article reveals, William and his great friend James Morris were stalwarts of the cricket club and although […]
Darebin Libraries
Darebin Libraries was created in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Northcote and Preston library services. It has four library branches stretching from Fairfield in the south, to Northcote, Preston and Reservoir and serves an area of 153.4 km. History The Northcote Library was first established in 1891 and housed in a small office in […]
After the Deluge Project
Introduction In December 2003 the City of Darebin was hit by the “worst storm in 100 years”. While the whole of metropolitan Melbourne was affected, areas within Darebin were the worst hit with people’s homes, schools and businesses, severely damaged and even devastated by flooding. Residents described the Fairfield shopping strip in particular as […]
Rainbow Lorikeet
The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is found throughout eastern Australia, from Cape York to Tasmania and from Kangaroo Island to Eyre Peninsula. It has also been introduced into to Western Australia. The rainbow lorikeet is also found through New Guinea and South Eastern Pacific Islands. The rainbow lorikeet is common in Darebin and can be […]
My life in Reservoir
I left Italy by plane on the 21st of April 1962 and arrived in Melbourne Australia on the 23rd of April. I stayed with my aunty at 38 Campbell Street in East Coburg, for 5 months before I got married on the 22nd of September the same year. We had our honeymoon in Sydney for […]
Lost hotels in Darebin
The first hotel appeared in Darebin in 1844 when Robert Duff opened the Pilgrim Inn on High Street in Thornbury. Over the next two decades a number of new hotels opened their doors. Most proved successful and some are still operating to this day, however some have vanished from memory. These are their stories. The […]