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The F2 was one of the most controversial proposals to come out of the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan. Although much of it was officially cancelled in the 1970s and 1990s, most of it was eventually built.
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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.
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My website: philipmallis.com
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MORE INFORMATION
Punt Road Stories: puntroadproject.com/stories/tag/1950s
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SOURCES
'Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Report', 1954. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/planning-for-melbourne/melbournes-strategic-planning-history/melbourne-metropolitan-planning-scheme-1954-report
'Roads At Work. Transport in Australia Ep 2', The Commonwealth Film Unit. 1966. Published: National Film and Sound Archive. youtube.com/watch?v=bEFNsZ4qynE
'VicPlan', Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. 2022. version 2.3.3. https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/
'Hoddle St. Collingwood', Hume, H. State Library of Victoria. 1886. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/46611
'Melbourne Transportation Plan', Melbourne Transportation Committee. 1969. State Government of Victoria.
'Plan for General Development', State Government of Victoria. 1929. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/planning-for-melbourne/melbournes-strategic-planning-history/plan-for-general-development-1929
'Horning in on Hamer', Warneke R. The Age. 19 September 1977.
'Premier Halves Freeway Projects', Holdsworth R. The Age. 29 March 1973.
'Laborers ban all freeways', Basile V. The Age. 6 November 1975.
'Freeway Land will be Sold', MacDonalds J. Preston Post-Times. 1 May 1989. https://heritage.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au/Assets/Files/05-MAY%5b10%5d%5b11%5d.pdf
'Hume Freeway Preliminary Layout Perspective of St Georges Road Interchange'. Country Roads Board, Plans & Surveys Division. 1 October 1975.
'2005-06 VicRoads Annual Report'. VicRoads. https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1291547
'Sydney Road Traffic New Route Proposed'. The Age. 29 May 1929.'C.R.B. to Build By-Pass Roads'. The Age. 22 May 1951. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209819391
'Melbourne Freeway - A Con'. Tribune. 2 June 1976. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25602146
'The Eastern Freeway deserves its place on the heritage register', Holden M. The Age. 19 December 2019. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-eastern-freeway-deserves-its-place-on-the-heritage-register-20191218-p53l5m.html
'1970s Anti-freeway protest'. Yarra Libraries. https://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/yarra_melbourne/Collingwood/9146.html
'The secret freeway threatens your home', Carlton Association. University of Melbourne Archives 1984.0092, Unit 5, files 4/5/4 and 4/5/5.
'Eastern (F19) Freeway protest with Bill Peterson, Mayor'. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/233698/0
‘Save Carlton Stop the CRB’ badges, University of Melbourne Archives, Carlton Association Collection, 1984.0092, Unit 13, File 14/6.
‘CRB stakes its claim to North Carlton’, Melbourne Times, 25 October 1972
'Sixty-Fourth Annual Report for Year Ended 30th June, 1977', Country Roads Board. https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1286202
'Intersection of Johnston and Hoddle Streets, Collingwood', Fowler, L. c.1949 State Library of Victoria. http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1fe7t3h/SLV_ROSETTAIE20721682
'Hoddle Street looking south', c.1897-1907. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/232783/0
'Mrs Tempany's shop'. c.1880. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/233120/0
'View of Collingwood looking north-west from the town hall', c.1887. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/232633/0
'Richmond Rallies Against Bitumen Invasion', Batties R. The Age. 18 June 1984.
'Cable-tram engine room under threat', Svendsen I. The Age. 30 October 1989.
'Melbourne city 1920s', ACMI. youtube.com/watch?v=YPa98x172gM
'Hume Freeway Craigieburn', User:Melburnian. February 2007. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hume_Freeway_Craigieburn_Bypass.jpg
Mapillary.com, 2018. mapillary.com
'Electricity Supply Poles, South Road, Moorabbin', Tompkins, S. February 1965.
Kew Historical Society. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/58ce17b3d0cddb09d8af4e9e'Market Gardens at Moorabbin', 1956.
Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. Victorian Places. https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/node/64348
The F2 was one of the most controversial proposals to come out of the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan. Although much of it was officially cancelled in the 1970s and 1990s, most of it was eventually built.
-------------
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.
-------------
My website: philipmallis.com
-------------
MORE INFORMATION
Punt Road Stories: puntroadproject.com/stories/tag/1950s
-------------
SOURCES
'Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Report', 1954. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/planning-for-melbourne/melbournes-strategic-planning-history/melbourne-metropolitan-planning-scheme-1954-report
'Roads At Work. Transport in Australia Ep 2', The Commonwealth Film Unit. 1966. Published: National Film and Sound Archive. youtube.com/watch?v=bEFNsZ4qynE
'VicPlan', Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. 2022. version 2.3.3. https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/
'Hoddle St. Collingwood', Hume, H. State Library of Victoria. 1886. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/46611
'Melbourne Transportation Plan', Melbourne Transportation Committee. 1969. State Government of Victoria.
'Plan for General Development', State Government of Victoria. 1929. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/planning-for-melbourne/melbournes-strategic-planning-history/plan-for-general-development-1929
'Horning in on Hamer', Warneke R. The Age. 19 September 1977.
'Premier Halves Freeway Projects', Holdsworth R. The Age. 29 March 1973.
'Laborers ban all freeways', Basile V. The Age. 6 November 1975.
'Freeway Land will be Sold', MacDonalds J. Preston Post-Times. 1 May 1989. https://heritage.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au/Assets/Files/05-MAY%5b10%5d%5b11%5d.pdf
'Hume Freeway Preliminary Layout Perspective of St Georges Road Interchange'. Country Roads Board, Plans & Surveys Division. 1 October 1975.
'2005-06 VicRoads Annual Report'. VicRoads. https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1291547
'Sydney Road Traffic New Route Proposed'. The Age. 29 May 1929.'C.R.B. to Build By-Pass Roads'. The Age. 22 May 1951. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209819391
'Melbourne Freeway - A Con'. Tribune. 2 June 1976. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25602146
'The Eastern Freeway deserves its place on the heritage register', Holden M. The Age. 19 December 2019. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-eastern-freeway-deserves-its-place-on-the-heritage-register-20191218-p53l5m.html
'1970s Anti-freeway protest'. Yarra Libraries. https://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/yarra_melbourne/Collingwood/9146.html
'The secret freeway threatens your home', Carlton Association. University of Melbourne Archives 1984.0092, Unit 5, files 4/5/4 and 4/5/5.
'Eastern (F19) Freeway protest with Bill Peterson, Mayor'. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/233698/0
‘Save Carlton Stop the CRB’ badges, University of Melbourne Archives, Carlton Association Collection, 1984.0092, Unit 13, File 14/6.
‘CRB stakes its claim to North Carlton’, Melbourne Times, 25 October 1972
'Sixty-Fourth Annual Report for Year Ended 30th June, 1977', Country Roads Board. https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1286202
'Intersection of Johnston and Hoddle Streets, Collingwood', Fowler, L. c.1949 State Library of Victoria. http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1fe7t3h/SLV_ROSETTAIE20721682
'Hoddle Street looking south', c.1897-1907. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/232783/0
'Mrs Tempany's shop'. c.1880. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/233120/0
'View of Collingwood looking north-west from the town hall', c.1887. Yarra Libraries. https://coyl.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/232633/0
'Richmond Rallies Against Bitumen Invasion', Batties R. The Age. 18 June 1984.
'Cable-tram engine room under threat', Svendsen I. The Age. 30 October 1989.
'Melbourne city 1920s', ACMI. youtube.com/watch?v=YPa98x172gM
'Hume Freeway Craigieburn', User:Melburnian. February 2007. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hume_Freeway_Craigieburn_Bypass.jpg
Mapillary.com, 2018. mapillary.com
'Electricity Supply Poles, South Road, Moorabbin', Tompkins, S. February 1965.
Kew Historical Society. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/58ce17b3d0cddb09d8af4e9e'Market Gardens at Moorabbin', 1956.
Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. Victorian Places. https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/node/64348
