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Errol St’s Town Hall Hotel

June 17th, 2021 - Felicity Jack

The Town Hall Hotel was ordered to close its doors in 1904 because of a Liquor Licensing Board assessment of all the pubs in North Melbourne. Somehow, and there is no record of how this occurred, the pub survived and today it is one of the area’s most popular drinking spots.

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Humanities and tech collides in new production

June 17th, 2021 - Arts House

Humanity and technology collide in new Arts House production Melbourne theatre company Chamber Made is readying to perform their new production SYSTEM_ERROR at the Arts House in the North Melbourne Town Hall.

Digging done for Metro Tunnel mega machines

June 17th, 2021 - Metro Tunnel

Four huge tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have finished 20 months of digging under Melbourne to create two nine-kilometre-long rail tunnels for the Metro Tunnel Project.

Penni stays in her lane

June 17th, 2021 - John Tadigiri

North West City News caught up with Lucy and her pet Jack Russell, Penni, in Kensington.

VANISH – who we are

June 17th, 2021 - Vanish

In a quiet office nestled among cafes and apartments in North Melbourne, a small, dedicated family tracing team help people find relatives they have either never met or have not seen for decades.

Laurie Shipp – a childhood in North Melbourne in the depression years

June 17th, 2021 - Felicity Jack

The following article is based on memoirs that Laurie Shipp completed in 2011. He died in April 2020.

Healthy habits, happy animals

June 17th, 2021 - Melbourne Zoo

How do you get a giant tortoise to step on to scales to be weighed? How does an elephant learn to lift its feet for a nail trim? How can we teach a gorilla to present their shoulder for an injection?