City of Darebin Heritage Study Volume 1 Draft Thematic

City of Darebin Heritage Study Volume 1 Draft Thematic City of Darebin Heritage Study Volume 1 Draft Thematic

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DAREBIN HERITAGE STUDY STAGE 1Heritage 32Living as Australia’s earliest inhabitants, Making contact and Maintainingtraditional life after European settlement 32Migrating to seek opportunity 32Promoting settlement 32Housing assistance schemes in the twentieth century 323 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 33Introduction 33History 333.1 Establishing road routes 33Developing main roads 33Accommodating travellers 343.2 Travelling by train 35Establishing the railway network 35Twentieth century improvements 363.3 Travelling by tram and bus 36Horse drawn trams 36Cable trams 36Electric trams 37Buses 383.4 Developing bridge technology 393.5 Providing postal and telecommunication services 40Heritage 41Establishing road routes 41Travelling by train 41Travelling by tram and bus 41Developing bridge technology 41Providing postal and telecommunication services 414 DEVELOPING DAREBIN’S ECONOMIES 42Introduction 42History 424.1 Utilising natural resources 42Farming and grazing 42Dairying 44Market and flower gardens 45Aboriginal associations with rural industry 46Brickmaking 46Potteries 47Quarrying 484.2 Noxious industries 49Bacon curing 49Tanning 504.3 Other manufacturing industries 51iv

VOLUME 1: THEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY4.4 Melbourne’s water supply 524.5 Altering the environment 53Grazing 53Timber clearing/harvesting 54Quarrying 54Pollution of waterways 54Hunting and eradication 554.6 Retailing 55High Street 55Preston 57Northland 57Providing local shopping and services 584.7 Hospitality and entertainment 58Hotels 58Cinemas 60Café’s and restaurants 61Heritage 61Utilising natural resources 61Noxious industries 62Other manufacturing industries 62Melbourne’s water supply 62Altering the environment 62Retailing 62Hospitality and entertainment 625 BUILDING SUBURBAN DAREBIN 64Introduction 64History 645.1 Patterns of settlement 64Northcote 64Preston 655.2 Creating early village settlements 66Alphington 66Lower Northcote (Westgarth) 67Upper Northcote (Northcote) 68Irishtown/Preston 685.3 Developing the suburban ideal 69Nineteenth century ‘boom time’ 69Twentieth century recovery 71Suburban expansion in the post-war era 75Rediscovery, new beginnings and gentrification 785.4 Supplying urban services 78Local water supplies 78Gas and electricity 79v

VOLUME 1: THEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY4.4 Melbourne’s water supply 524.5 Altering the environment 53Grazing 53Timber clearing/harvesting 54Quarrying 54Pollution <strong>of</strong> waterways 54Hunting and eradication 554.6 Retailing 55High Street 55Preston 57Northland 57Providing local shopping and services 584.7 Hospitality and entertainment 58Hotels 58Cinemas 60Café’s and restaurants 61<strong>Heritage</strong> 61Utilising natural resources 61Noxious industries 62Other manufacturing industries 62Melbourne’s water supply 62Altering the environment 62Retailing 62Hospitality and entertainment 625 BUILDING SUBURBAN DAREBIN 64Introduction 64History 645.1 Patterns <strong>of</strong> settlement 64Northcote 64Preston 655.2 Creating early village settlements 66Alphington 66Lower Northcote (Westgarth) 67Upper Northcote (Northcote) 68Irishtown/Preston 685.3 Developing the suburban ideal 69Nineteenth century ‘boom time’ 69Twentieth century recovery 71Suburban expansion in the post-war era 75Rediscovery, new beginnings and gentrification 785.4 Supplying urban services 78Local water supplies 78Gas and electricity 79v

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