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Fishermans Bend Planning Review

Planning & PreservationJune 30, 2018
10 August 2018 Today the Andrews government announced the appointment of a Fishermans Bend Development Board to guide the implementation of the Fishermans Bend Framework. The Board will work closely with the Port Phillip Council and surrounding communities. Members of the Board are Meredith Sussex AM (chair), Gary Liddle, Cheryl Batagol, Martin Myer AO, Susan Oliver and Janet Bolitho. June 2018 The Fishermans Bend…

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Fishermans Bend framework released

Planning & PreservationOctober 23, 2017
The Fishermans Bend draft Framework was released on Saturday 21st October by the Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne and local member Martin Foley. A programme of consultation and events associated with the release will be announced soon. Further comment will be provided when the Society has had the opportunity to review the document thoroughly. Submissions are due by 5pm on Friday 15 December.      

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Life on the Bend

News and NoticesOctober 5, 2017
Life on the Bend: A Social History of Fishermans Bend has been released by the Fishermans Bend Taskforce. source: Map Collection, University of Melbourne 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…

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Meeting – Mon 26 June 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 24, 2017
Speedway John Peck will take a brief look at the origins of sport, specifically trotting, at Fishermans Bend followed by a comprehensive history of the Speedway from its inauguration in 1918 to its zenith in the early 1930's when three Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame members trained their horses at the Speedway, to its ultimate demise due to World War…

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Rootes/ Chrysler site

Planning & PreservationJanuary 12, 2017
January 2017 former Rootes Factory At its final meeting for 2016, the Port Phillip Council considered the recommendations of a Panel on Planning Amendment C117 (Fishermans Bend Heritage Controls) that covered this large site. The Panel recommended,  and Council agreed, that "The heritage listing of the Rootes/Chrylser factory complex should be refined to buildings of primary and secondary significance in the block bounded…

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Meeting – Mon 22 February 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 29, 2016
Westgate Park. Source: Friends of Westgate Park (www.westgate.org) Come along in February to hear wetlands enthusiast, Rod Giblett, speak on Fishermens Bend and Westgate Park in his talk Wasteland and Wetland. Rod Giblett lived by Forrestdale Lake in Perth, was involved in its conservation, wrote about both and taught at a number of universities for over twenty-five years. He has published many articles and books…

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Ibis

Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 23, 2015
Geoff Deed, who grew up at 41 Nott Street, offers this story from his boyhood in the fifties: 'There was a family called Fletcher that lived in Rouse St - just the mother and the son. His name was Jeffrey - with a 'J'. There was no father. (Maybe he was killed in the war?) Through the window of their place you could…

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Rootes in Salmon St

Planning & PreservationJuly 3, 2015
On June 26, the Age reported that a development application is under consideration for the former Rootes factory at 11-19 Salmon Street. image David Thompson Rootes was an English car company. It was started by William Rootes from a small cycle shop in Kent. A motor dealership was added. His sons William and Reginald expanded the firm in the 1930s by acquiring several 'marques'…

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.