Life on the Bend
Life on the Bend: A Social History of Fishermans Bend has been released by the Fishermans Bend Taskforce.
Note the emphasis on A Social History. It is fully acknowledged that there are many histories to tell and many layers to uncover. The concise history is “like a sketch of possibilities that might be explored by others in the future.
The social history is not chronological. Rather it explores eight themes, each designed to illuminate an aspect of the interwoven stories that meld people, place and time together.
Fishermans Bend is a place of stories, of remarkable people and communities, of resilience and self-determination.”
It is intended that this short but rich history, will assist in “future place making and interpretative initiatives”.1
1Fishermans Bend Taskforce, July 2017
