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Melboune Planning Scheme Heritage Amendment C198 “City North”
This is the latest heritage amendment to be put forward by the City of Melbourne to plug some gaps in its planning scheme. It follows C186 (“the CB…
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Members’ Stand at Flemington Racecourse
The social significance of one of the world’s great horse races as run by the Racing Club of Victoria on the first Tuesday in November is manifest,…
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Corangamite Shire Heritage Amendment C36
The Corangamite Heritage Study Stage 2 was commenced in April, 2011 and followed the completion of the stage 1 study in 2009. The Study area was th…
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Total House, 180 Russell Street, Melbourne
On 28 February we appeared with expert evidence from architectural historian Simon Reeves and with submissions presented by Susan Brennan SC, to th…
MORE30 years of research absent from Victoria’s draft forest policy
Click above to see the YouTube clip recorded by Prof. David Lindenmayer last week.
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Schools, heritage overlays and “entitlement” funding
Portland North Primary School has been told that it must demolish an 1870s former School Master’s Residence if it wants more facilities. The Educat…
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Festival puts Great Forest NP front and centre
The National Trust made a cameo at the Sustainable Living Festival at Federation Square & Birrarung Marr last weekend, to invite the crowd to a spe…
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100-year-old trees lopped in Daylesford
We were contacted last week by the Hepburn Advocate regarding the demolition of heritage trees at 37 Raglan St in Daylesford.
The property at 37…
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Former Hoyts Cinema Building, 140 Bourke Street, Melbourne
In November 2013, we nominated the former Hoyts Cinema Complex in Bourke Street for the Victorian Heritage Register. Designed by Sydney architect P…
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Mt Buffalo Chalet
The National Trust supports the Department’s proposed actions for future development at the Mount Buffalo Chalet in part, however in general we wri…
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