Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
It might seem unthinkable today but there were very real plans to move Australian football away from its spiritual home at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and out into the distant suburb of Mulgrave.
Called 'VFL Park', 'Waverley Park' or colloquially as 'Arctic Park', this mammoth building was never fully completed and only lasted a few decades.And with a lack of high-quality public transport, the stadium demonstrated the chaos when a stadium of this size tries to rely almost entirely on cars.
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MORE INFORMATION
YouTube channel on this topic in more detail: youtube.com/@historyofwaverleyvflpark8517
Lots of terrific old footage from Gezza1967 on VFL Park and many other things. Make sure you check out their channel here: youtube.com/@Gezza1967
One of the many forum threads with people's memories: bigfooty.com/forum/threads/waverly-park-what-are-peoples-memories.496383
More photos and videos here: bigfooty.com/forum/threads/waverly-park.967850/page-6
My website: philipmallis.com
Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560452
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/waverleypark
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung
people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
It might seem unthinkable today but there were very real plans to move Australian football away from its spiritual home at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and out into the distant suburb of Mulgrave.
Called 'VFL Park', 'Waverley Park' or colloquially as 'Arctic Park', this mammoth building was never fully completed and only lasted a few decades.And with a lack of high-quality public transport, the stadium demonstrated the chaos when a stadium of this size tries to rely almost entirely on cars.
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MORE INFORMATION
YouTube channel on this topic in more detail: youtube.com/@historyofwaverleyvflpark8517
Lots of terrific old footage from Gezza1967 on VFL Park and many other things. Make sure you check out their channel here: youtube.com/@Gezza1967
One of the many forum threads with people's memories: bigfooty.com/forum/threads/waverly-park-what-are-peoples-memories.496383
More photos and videos here: bigfooty.com/forum/threads/waverly-park.967850/page-6
My website: philipmallis.com
Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560452
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SOURCES
philam.github.io/videonotes/waverleypark
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung
people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
