Latest articles by Rhonda Dredge
Comforting little constructions
Abstract painter Andrée van Schaik has sold five out of the seven paintings shown in this year’s Spring 1883 Art Fair.
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An extinction event in Siberia Lane
As artists struggle to deal with pandemic red tape, at least some have been clever enough to find ways of delivering their work to a public desperate for a sliver of imagination.
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Feeling good about her choices
Young female professionals are making great choices and moving into Hotham Gardens, an idealistic estate developed in the 1960s to encourage people to own their own homes.
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Praise for Flemington Tower
The Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre has praised the way the recent exposure site at the public housing tower on Racecourse Rd, Flemington was handled by the community.
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Walking to the cafe
Cafes have become the centre of pandemic life and they shine in the eyes of their customers.
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Looking sheepish in Leveson St
If you want to be popular in North Melbourne all you have to do is post a picture of your pet sheep on the couch to get a few likes.
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The struggles of a mum
The Golden Book is an adventurous novel by local writer Kate Ryan that has just been released and can be collected from North Melbourne Books.
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Help with COVID fines
Locals issued with COVID fines can get free legal advice by making an appointment at the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre on Bellair St.
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A pub with a resident artist
During the long days of winter last year, the Doutta Galla Hotel in Racecourse Rd encouraged its staff on JobKeeper to come up with creative ideas for the business.
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All eyes on Errol St
All eyes have been on Errol St during the latest lockdown because of an outbreak of COVID at the local primary school with 300 people now traced as contacts.
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Thank you to Paddy
Most kids in Victoria were celebrating the end of lockdown on Friday, June 11 by returning to school to see their mates. Not so Paddy Williams who, like many North Melbourne kids, has been through a bit of an ordeal.
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A hospo girl buys the bar
There are many ways of being a barfly and one involves buying the bar yourself and creating the kind of culture you crave.
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Getting back to business after COVID
There have been some pluses and minuses for the small community of local businesses in Kensington as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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North Melbourne is lucky to have among its residents a novelist and poet who has set three novels in the suburb.
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Between real and surreal
It’s difficult to make out where fiction and fact separate in the photographs of Kate Ballis on show at GallerySmith in Abbotsford St.
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What goes best with coffee?
Small Batch in Little Howard St is expanding and opening a place in the CBD following the successful launch of its pastries during the pandemic.
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Rat spotting on the Maribyrnong
A new favourite pastime for a group of friends living on the Kensington Saleyards estate is to pretend they’re camping by the Maribyrnong River.
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A brush with nature
There’s a great little park in West Melbourne that rises towards the city.
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Losing yourself in history
The streets of North and West Melbourne are a treasure trove of history if you go looking in the right places and keep an open mind.
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A platform for abstraction
On the corner of Adderley and Dudley streets is a large commercial development that is so new, businesses have yet to move in.
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