Collection: Local History Reference

Scope and content: [Application for Melbourne to host the 1996 Olympic Games, published in 9 volumes by the Olympics for Melbourne Committee in a custom box.].

Application for Melbourne to host the 1996 Olympic Games, originally published in 9 volumes by the Olympics for Melbourne Committee in a custom box.

This report has been prepared in support of obtaining planning approval for the proposed use and development of land at 210-232 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne.

Chris stayed awake for 24 hours, sunrise to sunrise, to take you on a spectacular photographic journey through Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs. He recounts over 70 personal stories from Humans he met along the way, as well as little know facts about Melbourne...

An entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September - from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order. For some strange reason, September has been ...

"This is a brief history of the Westgate Park and the story of how the Friends of Westgate Park successfully re-shaped and returned it to a more natural state and the biodiverse, environmental gem that it is today".

The theme of this year's Conference is Parking Investment and Management. Providing safe, convenient, economical parking is a vital and essential part of that support. It is an investment that will pay dividends for many years to come through the retention of existing businesses and as an incenti...

"PBS was conceived as a community, member-based radio station dedicated to music that wasn't heard on other radio stations; a radio station unimpeded by commercial interests and where the announcers were free to play what they wanted. Never straying from this vision is what has made PBS deeply be...