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Hidden in a corner of Port Melbourne, Garden City is a fascinating neighbourhood. Highly innovative at the time, much of Victoria's public housing and modern suburban design can be traced back to this place, built over many years between the 1920s and 40s.
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MORE INFORMATION
City of Port Phillip heritage report (page 40 onwards): https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/media/fdnnxqvn/vol-1-section-6-part-1.pdf'
Port Places' article: portplaces.com/housing-innovation
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
OpenStreetMap Contributors (c) 2024
Bing Maps, Microsoft Corporation. 2024. bing.com/maps
Roberts, Tom, 'The Big Picture. 1903. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opening_of_the_first_parliament.jpg
Howard, Ebenezer. 'Garden City Concept'. Wikimedia Commons. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Garden_City_Concept_by_Howard.jpg'Ebenezer Howard'. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebenezer_Howard.jpg
Frazer, E. J.,'Street scene showing trams including one reading "North Carlton, South Melbourne", crowd watching from footpath'. ca. 1902. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/15559
Godfrey, J, 'Sandridge, Victoria'. ca.1874-1876. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/80926
Garden City Estate Guidelines. City of Port Phillip. May 1997. https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/media/fttg00sc/chapter_2_-_garden_city_guidelines.pdf
Explorbia, 'Welwyn Garden City|Walking tour Dec 2023| United Kingdom'. CC-BY. youtube.com/watch?v=HH_3vHaSNB4
'Flag, Melbourne Harbor Trust'. Mission to Seafarers. Victorian Collections. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/642e32784776da475271199b
State Savings Bank of Victoria, ' Cheque - State Savings Bank of Victoria, Melbourne, Jun 1948'. Museums Victoria. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2098598
State Savings Bank of Victoria, ' Annual Report - The State Savings Bank of Victoria, 30 Jun 1939'. Museums Victoria. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1485828
State Savings Bank of Victoria, ' State Savings Bank of Victoria Designs for Homes'. Public Records Office of Victoria. VPRS 13554 / P0021, Unit 4, Item 5.
Baldwin, Herbert Frederick, Malins, Geoffrey & Wilkins, George Hubert, 'Bapaume to Bullecourt'. March - April 1917. Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C188263
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SECRET SUBURB (1924, May 30). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 17. Retrieved January 30, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article274268944
WORKERS' HOMES. (1926, April 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 26. Retrieved January 30, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3745233
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
Hidden in a corner of Port Melbourne, Garden City is a fascinating neighbourhood. Highly innovative at the time, much of Victoria's public housing and modern suburban design can be traced back to this place, built over many years between the 1920s and 40s.
-------------
MORE INFORMATION
City of Port Phillip heritage report (page 40 onwards): https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/media/fdnnxqvn/vol-1-section-6-part-1.pdf'
Port Places' article: portplaces.com/housing-innovation
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
OpenStreetMap Contributors (c) 2024
Bing Maps, Microsoft Corporation. 2024. bing.com/maps
Roberts, Tom, 'The Big Picture. 1903. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opening_of_the_first_parliament.jpg
Howard, Ebenezer. 'Garden City Concept'. Wikimedia Commons. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Garden_City_Concept_by_Howard.jpg'Ebenezer Howard'. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebenezer_Howard.jpg
Frazer, E. J.,'Street scene showing trams including one reading "North Carlton, South Melbourne", crowd watching from footpath'. ca. 1902. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/15559
Godfrey, J, 'Sandridge, Victoria'. ca.1874-1876. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/80926
Garden City Estate Guidelines. City of Port Phillip. May 1997. https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/media/fttg00sc/chapter_2_-_garden_city_guidelines.pdf
Explorbia, 'Welwyn Garden City|Walking tour Dec 2023| United Kingdom'. CC-BY. youtube.com/watch?v=HH_3vHaSNB4
'Flag, Melbourne Harbor Trust'. Mission to Seafarers. Victorian Collections. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/642e32784776da475271199b
State Savings Bank of Victoria, ' Cheque - State Savings Bank of Victoria, Melbourne, Jun 1948'. Museums Victoria. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2098598
State Savings Bank of Victoria, ' Annual Report - The State Savings Bank of Victoria, 30 Jun 1939'. Museums Victoria. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1485828
State Savings Bank of Victoria, ' State Savings Bank of Victoria Designs for Homes'. Public Records Office of Victoria. VPRS 13554 / P0021, Unit 4, Item 5.
Baldwin, Herbert Frederick, Malins, Geoffrey & Wilkins, George Hubert, 'Bapaume to Bullecourt'. March - April 1917. Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C188263
Robb, Steven, 'Housing the Heroes: The 1919 Housing Act'. Historic Environment Scotland. 19 August 2019. https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2019/08/1919-housing-act/
'The History of Council Housing 3 Homes for Heroes'. University of the West of England. 2008. fet.uwe.ac.uk/conweb/house_ages/council_housing/section3.htm
Pratt, Charles Daniel, 'Ship being towed into Port of Melbourne'. 20 January 1929. State Library of Victoria.
SECRET SUBURB (1924, May 30). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 17. Retrieved January 30, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article274268944
WORKERS' HOMES. (1926, April 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 26. Retrieved January 30, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3745233
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
