Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Here we are with another five shopping centres around Melbourne that have kept their original designs from the past! This time we're looking at some from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s across the south-eastern, eastern and northern suburbs. In this video we'll be looking at five of my favourites, scattered across the suburbs.
Vermont South Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=rfWQi_eJDCo
Bulleen Plaza Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=tta4hr2GkCk
Union Square Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=q44Mo3GAqoc
Gladstone Park Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=fU_ukXxeKQE
Dandenong Hub Walkthrough: youtu.be/xWBDK3pvqDg
Vanity Court Arcade Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=Tyv7eTtll10
00:00 Intro
00:58 Vermont South Shopping Centre
02:56 Bulleen Plaza
04:10 Union Square
05:51 Gladstone Park
08:12 Dandenong Hub
12:07 Outro and bonus
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Check out my first retro shopping centres video here: youtube.com/watch?v=6m_40WDQPn4
Supporters Portal: members.philipmallis.com
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
Whitehorse Maps. Whitehorse City Council. https://map.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/index.html
'Vintage photos of Melbourne's old shops'. Whitehorse Leader. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/vintage-melbourne-darrell-lea-venture-waltons-old-photos/news-story/e9b3bbfc10877a6eeab49433e70c401e
'Burvale Shopping Town'. The Age. 19 June 1974. State Library of Victoria.
'Pools give beauty'. The Age. 14 March 1975. Page 15.
'Westfield Shoppingtown, Doncaster'. Victorian Places. John Young Collection. https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/node/70814
Fowler, Lyle, 'Tarax delivery trucks leaving loading bay, Taraxale Brewing Company, 190 Union Street, West Brunswick'. 22 March 1957. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/401934
'Home delivery: Melbourne soft drink brands we used to get delivered'. Adelaide Now. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/when-we-lived-on-homedelivered-soft-drinks-like-tarax-slades-and-loys/news-story/72001248712d4979abfd76c21304faf8
'Gladstone Park'. The Age. 9 September 1968. Page 10. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=INsQAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false
'Melbourne's storm hurls van over the fence - and out'. The Age. 16 November 1982.
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
Here we are with another five shopping centres around Melbourne that have kept their original designs from the past! This time we're looking at some from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s across the south-eastern, eastern and northern suburbs. In this video we'll be looking at five of my favourites, scattered across the suburbs.
Vermont South Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=rfWQi_eJDCo
Bulleen Plaza Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=tta4hr2GkCk
Union Square Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=q44Mo3GAqoc
Gladstone Park Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=fU_ukXxeKQE
Dandenong Hub Walkthrough: youtu.be/xWBDK3pvqDg
Vanity Court Arcade Walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=Tyv7eTtll10
00:00 Intro
00:58 Vermont South Shopping Centre
02:56 Bulleen Plaza
04:10 Union Square
05:51 Gladstone Park
08:12 Dandenong Hub
12:07 Outro and bonus
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Check out my first retro shopping centres video here: youtube.com/watch?v=6m_40WDQPn4
Supporters Portal: members.philipmallis.com
My website: philipmallis.com
-------------
SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
Whitehorse Maps. Whitehorse City Council. https://map.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/index.html
'Vintage photos of Melbourne's old shops'. Whitehorse Leader. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/vintage-melbourne-darrell-lea-venture-waltons-old-photos/news-story/e9b3bbfc10877a6eeab49433e70c401e
'Burvale Shopping Town'. The Age. 19 June 1974. State Library of Victoria.
'Pools give beauty'. The Age. 14 March 1975. Page 15.
'Westfield Shoppingtown, Doncaster'. Victorian Places. John Young Collection. https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/node/70814
Fowler, Lyle, 'Tarax delivery trucks leaving loading bay, Taraxale Brewing Company, 190 Union Street, West Brunswick'. 22 March 1957. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/401934
'Home delivery: Melbourne soft drink brands we used to get delivered'. Adelaide Now. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/when-we-lived-on-homedelivered-soft-drinks-like-tarax-slades-and-loys/news-story/72001248712d4979abfd76c21304faf8
'Gladstone Park'. The Age. 9 September 1968. Page 10. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=INsQAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false
'Melbourne's storm hurls van over the fence - and out'. The Age. 16 November 1982.
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
