(1) Before the tall apartment building was built. the corner of Dundas St & Plenty Rd had been the site of a significant small goods business since 1862. This and the Huttons ham factory (nearby in Oakover Rd) and with the various tanning businesses further along led to Preston being dubbed the ‘Porkopolis’ of Melbourne. […]
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Former Otto Wurth Smallgoods Factory, Preston Junction – Part 1
Before the tall apartment building was built, the corner of Dundas St & Plenty Rd had been the site of a significant small goods business. This and the Huttons ham factory (nearby in Oakover Rd) and with the various tanning businesses further along led to Preston being dubbed the ‘Porkopolis’ of Melbourne. William Watson & […]
South Preston State School : A History
South Preston School 824 is believed to be the oldest continuously functioning State School in Victoria. Originally established as Gowerville State School in 1865 in a small wooden building on land lent by a local farmer near the corner of Albert and Raglan streets, the school moved to its permanent location in Hotham Street in […]
South Preston State School : Memories
Updated : 1 July, 2015 The old school building, parts of which possibly dating back to 1878 was sadly almost totally destroyed by fire in 2008, but like the proverbial Phoenix from the Ashes has risen again. Regardless of the survival of bricks and mortar, one thing that cannot be erased except by a final […]