Jane's Walks: Behind the Façades walking tour
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Go behind Albert Park's elegant terraces and shops to find the hidden infrastructure that tells stories of early working-class life such as chimneys, drains, thunderboxes, bluestone pitchers, cast-iron, dairies, lanes, pipes, woodyards and mixed businesses. Travel the labyrinth of tiny lanes between the cottages in the footsteps of the working people and the horse and carts that delivered ice, briquettes, dunny cans, wood, groceries, milk and bread to the families of gas workers, dockers and factory hands.
What's On
Behind the Façades will offer walkers a view of the hidden infrastructure of early working-class life via the cobble stone laneways of South Melbourne. The tour will be led by historian Meyer Eidelson, member of the Port Phillip Guided Walks team.
Images: (1) David Wood, Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, South Melbourne, 1888, Port Phillip City Collection. (2) Albert Park laneway detail. Photo: Courtesy Meyer Eidelson. (3) Grocery shop at 19 Barrett Street Albert Park, 1880s, Port Phillip City Collection. (4) Bridport Street, Albert Park, 1900s, Port Phillip City Collection.
Important Details
Tour/event summary information
Saturday 26 July
Tours run 10am + 2pm
Running for 2 hours in groups of 30
Bookings
Bookings required—$7 booking fee applies
First release tickets: 12pm Wednesday 2 July
Second release tickets: 10am Saturday 5 July
Meeting Point
Meet Meyer at St Vincent Gardens playground, corner Merton Street and St Vincent Place South, Albert Park. This walk will take place along Albert Park’s footpaths and laneways there may some uneven surfaces along the way.
Accessibility
Partially wheelchair accessible, Accessible parking nearby
The walking tours will be conducted through the streets and laneways of South Melbourne. The terrain may not be suitable for wheelchairs in some spots. Bluestone laneways may not be accessible for some.
