Melbourne’s Quirky Laneway Names
Melbourne is a city of laneways. And many of these have exotic, unusual, and obscure names. Here are a selection of favourites. FORGOTTEN PLACES THE LOCAL FILES AC/DC LANE Perhaps …
Before Melbourne Central
Melbourne Central is one of Melbourne’s most well known landmarks. It’s hard to imagine the inner city without it. But it was only built in 1991, and so is only …
Melbourne’s Wonderful Lost Buildings
Melbourne was founded in 1835. Like most modern cities it has been rebuilt, and re-designed, and reconfigured, in an endless cycle, ever since. FORGOTTEN PLACES THE LOCAL FILES And while …
The Paris End of Melbourne
Have you ever wondered why the east end of Collins Street is called, ‘The Paris End’? The answer, can be traced to a long demolished cafe. FORGOTTEN PLACES THE LOCAL …
The Forgotten History of The Forum Theatre
It has Moorish turrets, a Greco-Roman interior, and a fake sky. It was a theatre, then a cinema, then… a church? This is Melbourne’s Forum Theatre. FORGOTTEN PLACES THE LOCAL …
The Cremorne Pleasure Gardens
Victoria’s first amusement park was an elaborate ‘Pleasure Garden’ on the banks of the Yarra, the lifelong dream of an obsessive English confectioner. FORGOTTEN PLACES THE LOCAL FILES James Ellis …
Coles Book Arcade
Melbourne was once the home of the world’s biggest bookstore; a sprawling space that also featured toys, art, a fernery, a menagerie, and curios from around the globe. Welcome to …
The Point Nepean Quarantine Station
At the tip of Point Nepean, south of Melbourne, is a sprawling reminder of a less advanced era; the city’s former Quarantine Station, where many thousands of sick people were …
Wendy’s Secret Garden
Wendy Whiteley was a complex woman, most famous as Brett Whiteley’s wife. Among many achievements in an eventful life, is a remarkable secret garden that she created out of an …
8 Major Cities That Changed Their Names
The world’s major cities seem as unchanging as the continents. But many of them have turbulent histories, and have changed hands, and names several times. FORGOTTEN PLACES <br /><br /> …