City of Port Phillip votes YES for heritage at Fishermans Bend
Last night City of Port Phillip Councillors voted in favour of a recommendation by Council officers to initiate heritage protection for a number of…
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Solar panels: yay or nay?
Two recent but unrelated articles about solar panels on heritage buildings in inner Melbourne highlight the vexed and confusing approach of heritag…
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Tarran Valley rezoning
This subdivision on the southern approach to Maldon is once again under consideration, having been first mooted in 2006. (more…)
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Planning Panel considers Heritage Overlay for “Ngara”
Last week the Trust was represented at two day hearing by Planning Panels Victoria appointed to consider Boroondara Planning Amendment C208. While …
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Punt Road Project
We recently stumbled across a cool website which is documenting people’s stories about Punt Road.
It’s a wonderful example of how to draw out soci…
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MOREJackson’s Creek 1925-2015
1925 & 2015 views from the railway line, west towards the Rupertswood farm outbuildings with Sunbury in the distance.
Not much has changed in the …
W Class Trams #saveouricons
Together with Adam Dunning and community groups on Facebook, the Trust is alarmed that fully functional W Class trams are being sold off or giv…
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Fisherman’s Bend: former Rootes car factory, and…tank research depot
The former Rootes car factory is set to be demolished. As the Age reported in June, the site will be redeveloped for townhouses. There is currently…
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Bird’s eye view
Video from unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly referred to as drones) is allowing armchair travellers to visit heritage gardens around Victoria. (…
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