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I have lived in Melbourne for 9 years. The suburbs I have lived in are all Northern; Fairfield, Bellfield, West Heidelberg and Coburg. The neighbours were always good and I like the neighbourhoods. Lots of people from different cultures live in this area. A lot of change is happening now, with many new buildings going up all over the place. As soon as one shop closes down, it reopens under another name.

I love Highpoint Ten Pin Bowling alley. I go there on Wednesday nights to play in a team called the Wildcats. I would like a big sporting complex in my area with facilities for every sport that I like.

I am now studying in an Adult Community Education centre in Reservoir called PRACE, at Merrilands . I hope to move into my own place around here one day, but rents are so high in this area now, it’s hard to find a good place. Ben Bell. July 2009.

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During 2005 Nillumbik Shire Council and the Literary Reference Group invited members of the community to respond to these questions, to show us the history and flavour of your place - then and now - in a 500 word anecdote.

The original title of this article was: "The story of Worlingworth”

The property known as “Worlingworth” is a large barn of a house of sixty squares standing on a knoll above the River Yarra. The main house was built in the 1920’s by Commander Alan A Barlee (R.N.) but the old house of rose pink hand-made bricks and stone quarried on the property was incorporated in the newer house. The original French doors open onto a paved veranda overshadowed by an old oak tree that early owners brought from their acorn tree in England. A mud brick dairy, one of the oldest buildings in an area known for its mud brick and pise buildings stands with its whitewashed walls under the shadow of this tree.

Original Land Grant

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