Many people are aware of the Chinese who came to Victoria in search of gold from 1851 to the late 1860s. What happened to this large migrant community when the quantity of gold diminished? Many Chinese stayed to take on other occupations that contributed to the local economy and wider society. These jobs included laundrymen, […]
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 Joe Garita who worked his market garden beside the Merri Creek in Harding Street Coburg for many years. Also contributing is […]
Arthur Yong discovered the Chinese Market Garden in September 1998 whilst planning his first book on Chinese history in the City of Whittlesea. In the course of his research, he stumbled upon a picture of the market garden, dated around 1910. It depicted a waterwheel used to irrigate the garden. This led him to contact local residents, to investigate […]
Construction on the Preston Market began in October 1969 when Preston Mayor W. K. Larkins drove home the first stake in the site of the former Broadhurst Tannery. The original investment in the site was $2 million. The market opened in 1970 and by 1976 the market had grown to include 46 green grocers, 15 […]
Mernda Stock Market and trash and treasure operated from Bridge Inn Hotel Cnr Bridge Inn Road and Plenty Road, Mernda every Monday. In July 2012 the Mernda Market relocated to Whittlesea Showgrounds
The market is a plastic bag free zone. It is held at Fergusons Paddock Reserve, Arthurs Creek Road, Hurstbridge on the First Monday of the month February to December 8.30 am to 1 pm. A $2 donation to enter the market goes directly to the local CFA brigade to assist them to upgrade their facilities […]
The first Chinese market gardens appeared in Northcote in 1887. The Chinese had arrived in Victoria in large numbers during the 1850s gold rushes and many stayed after the rushes ended. German settlers had been operating market gardens in Northcote since at least the early 1860s but in 1887 they sold their holdings to the […]
From: The Argus, 6 December, 1884 “This suburb, which is on the Heidelberg road and in the Heidelberg shire, is in reality a continuation of Clifton Hill and is four or five miles from the General Post Office. Indeed, if Alphington begins at the Merri Creek, as it is to be presumed it does, a portion […]
SNAP SHOT OF LIFE IN ROSANNA 1920s Yvonne Banfield There were only about 20 houses spread around in acres and acres of open paddocks. The roads were unnamed and unmade, some were just dirt tracks. The main roads were just formed and covered with blue metal broken up with a big sledge-hammer by a little […]
In 2019, early 2020, Heidelberg Historical Society held their very successful exhibition on Heidelberg’s Busy Bee Signature Quilt. Constructed in 1895-6 by members of Heidelberg’s Scots Church as a fundraising project, contributors came from far and wide to participate in the project. 213 hand-embroidered squares record almost 140 legible signatures as well as dozens of […]