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March 13th, 2024 - Brendan Rees

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North Melbourne’s The Roundtable named as a finalist in Premier’s Design Awards

March 13th, 2024 - Gemma Grant

A public installation initially conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic has been shortlisted for one of Victoria’s most prestigious design awards.

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Kensington’s streets come alive in local art

March 13th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

Local artist Sarah Gleeson has captivated the community with her beautiful illustrations of the Kensington neighbourhood.

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Parkville job boost after animal health company buys former CSL site

March 6th, 2024 - Brendan Rees

Global animal health company Zoetis Australia has bought a major portion of the former CSL site in Parkville’s biomedical precinct.

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West Melbourne welcomes its first build-to-rent development with the arrival of The Briscoe by Kinleaf

February 15th, 2024 - Jack Hayes

In what City of Melbourne Acting Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece described as a “red letter day” for West Melbourne comes the launch of The Briscoe by Kinleaf, a $150 million build-to-rent (BTR) development from Sentinel Fund Manager Australia (Sentinel Australia).

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Metro Tunnel brings world-class art to the daily commute

February 14th, 2024 - Metro Tunnel

The major public artworks that will feature at Melbourne’s five new underground train stations will create a world-class art trail when the Metro Tunnel opens in 2025.

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Kensington Association at a crossroad

February 14th, 2024 - Simon Harvey

The Kensington Association (KA) was formed in 1997 … 26 years ago. In the first edition of North West City News (NWCN) in February 2021, as chairperson of the association, I penned a brief history of the KA, in which I documented some of its achievements.

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John Buncle

February 14th, 2024 - Felicity Jack

The Hotham History Project is interested in getting together an inventory of the lanes and alleyways of North and West Melbourne and the stories they tell.

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Events season in Parkville Gardens

February 14th, 2024 - Tom Knowles

Good for gardens, lawns, and parks, but not so good for holidaymakers, summer this year has been cool and wet.  Perhaps we’ll get our warmest weather now that schools are back.

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Our house, in the middle of our street

February 14th, 2024 - Rebecca Smith

Do you know who “owns” Kensington Neighbourhood House? Out of curiosity, we asked this question in our recent participant survey.

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