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 2Worker’s housing in Langwells Parade (HO98) and Robbs Parade (HO105), both inNorthcote, erected by the Patent Brick Co. The streets are named after directors of thecompany.Northcote Pottery, 85a Clyde Street, Thornbury (HO176)Dairies - Centenary Dairy, Heidelberg Road Alphington (HO35), S.G. Tompkins Pty LtdDairy and House, 40 Shaftesbury Parade, Thornbury (HO152), and the house and formerdairy, 71 Queen Street, PrestonNoxious industriesFormer bacon curing factory, cnr. Dundas Street and Plenty Road, Preston (HO30)Howe Leather Factory, 99-103 High Street, Preston (HO128)Site of tanning industry at Preston MarketOther manufacturing industriesMMTB workshops, St George’s Road, Preston (HO144)Former Joshua Pitt Pty Ltd, Gadd Street, NorthcoteEnsign (now Spotless) Drycleaning, 24 Leinster Grove, NorthcoteEast Preston (Bell Street) industrial precinct - Boc Gases, Pura Milk, Tuftmaster CarpetsOther factories including, Murray Road, Preston, Sutton Tools factory, Westgarth, the formerTip Top Bakery, cnr High & Regent Streets (further research required) and site of MMBWPipe Factory, Chifley Drive (further research required)Melbourne’s water supplyPreston Reservoir complex, High Street, ReservoirJunction Basin, and Maroondah Aqueduct, Cheddar RoadYan Yean pipetrack and valve houses, St George’s RoadAltering the environmentFilled quarries and old rubbish dumps, especially unofficial ones, which could providearchaeological opportunities in the futureEarly examples of sewerage/drainage infrastructureExamples of alterations to waterways, including filling, vegetation removal, rock removal,straightening, channels and pipingRetailingHigh Street shopping centres in Northcote, Thornbury, Preston and ReservoirThe nineteenth century shops in Plenty Road, South PrestonShopping strips in Gilbert Road and Plenty Road along tramway routesNeighbourhood shops and corner stores, former neighbourhood dairies such as 71 QueenStreet, Reservoir and Grandview Dairy, 16 Young Street, PrestonNorthland Shopping CentreHospitality and entertainmentHotels – Grandview Hotel (429 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield - HO36), Peacock Inn Hotel (210High Street), Croxton Park Hotel (607-17 High Street – HO133), Albion Family Hotel (2-1062

VOLUME 2: THEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORYCharles Street, Northcote – within HO100 precinct)and former Prince Alfred Hotel, 113High Street, Preston.Site of Croxton Park RacetrackCinemas - Northcote Cinema, Westgarth Cinema, Regent Theatre (Thornbury), PlanetTheatre (High Street, Preston), and Rivoli Theatre (71-5 Gilbert Road, Preston)63

VOLUME 2: THEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORYCharles Street, Northcote – within HO100 precinct)and former Prince Alfred Hotel, 113High Street, Preston.Site <strong>of</strong> Croxton Park RacetrackCinemas - Northcote Cinema, Westgarth Cinema, Regent Theatre (Thornbury), PlanetTheatre (High Street, Preston), and Rivoli Theatre (71-5 Gilbert Road, Preston)63

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