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John Jones 1836-1909: West Melbourne builder
David Evans is a long-time member of the Hotham History Project.
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Parkville Gardens host women’s safety workshop
It was a beautiful autumn evening in Parkville Gardens on Thursday, March 5; perfect for the first session of the Women’s Safety Workshop hosted by the Parkville Gardens Residents’ Association (PGRA) and funded by the City of Melbourne.
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We need a secondary school in Arden
The North and West Melbourne Association continues to strongly advocate for a secondary school in Arden.
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Vale Simon Harvey: a generous voice for Kensington
Kensington has lost one of its most thoughtful and generous advocates.
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Soil works complete at Abbotsford St site, but future development remains unclear
Residents living near the long-vacant Abbotsford St site in North Melbourne have been advised that recent site works have now wrapped up, though uncertainty remains about when the final stage of the project will proceed.
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New chapter for North Melbourne Language and Learning as it doubles in size
Cliff Rundle is more than a general manager. Over the past nine years, he has guided North Melbourne Language and Learning (NMLL) through one of the most significant transformations in its history, including a major relocation that has reshaped the organisation’s future.
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Planning shock as Minister sidelines Macaulay panel for state-led committee
The state government has stunned councillors and residents by scrapping a long-awaited independent planning panel for Macaulay and instead appointing a state-led advisory committee to rewrite the precinct’s future planning controls.
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Police briefs North West City - February 2026
A North Melbourne man has been charged with multiple counts of possessing an imitation weapon after Victoria Police searched a property in Melrose St and found two 3D-printed handguns, 3D ammunition, an imitation revolver and an imitation long-armed rifle.
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Lunar New Year casts glow at Arts House
The first installation to be shown in a new downstairs exhibition space at Arts House is an atmospheric meditation on chance and life that has been programmed with “a nod to the Lunar New Year”.
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Impasse over Royal Park’s eighth tee sparks calls for urgent fix
A long-running dispute over the eighth hole at Royal Park Golf Course has come to a head, with club representatives calling for urgent action to restore what they describe as the course’s “signature hole” to its former glory.
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Plenty coming up in Parkville Gardens
Minister greenlights Miami Hotel
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