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Good news to report from Parkville Gardens
The season has officially come and gone but there are still bright splashes of autumn colour here and there in Parkville Gardens. They make a cheerful complement to the evergreens that predominate.
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Read MoreNorth and West Melbourne from above: July 1938
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