Description

North Melbourne, also known during the nineteenth century as Hotham, developed quickly as a predominantly residential suburb from the 1850s. Historically, it has been a place with a strong sense of itself, a place connected by proximity to the city and the surrounding inner suburbs, but also separate, with its own identity and character formed by decades of municipal separation that lasted from 1859-1905.

What's On

Join a historian and heritage landscape specialist from Lovell Chen to engage with places that mark twentieth century change in this predominantly nineteenth century suburb. Drawing on work undertaken for the North Melbourne Heritage Review for the City of Melbourne, the tour will consider models for social housing, landscape and urban change, the influence of post-war migration and the expression of religion.

This tour will take attendees away from the commercial centre of North Melbourne to its suburban heart, providing an opportunity for discovery of a diverse range of places. Attendees will be introduced to alternative approaches to streetscapes, housing developments and churches established during a period characterised by slum clearance and demographic changes in the inner suburb.

Brought to you with the generous support of our friends and partners, our Summer Fun(draisers) offer new and special opportunities as well as returning crowd favourites. These intimate, limited capacity talks + tours will take you up close and behind-the-scenes with design experts, all the while making a valued contribution to Open House Melbourne.

In Collaboration With:

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  Michael Cook—Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

  Michael Cook is a Registered Landscape Architect with Lovell Chen. Michael works to understand gardens, landscapes, trees and infrastructure of heritage significance, as well as a variety of other 19th- and 20th-century heritage places.

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  Libby Blamey—Senior Associate, Lovell Chen

  Lovell Chen Senior Historian Libby Blamey brings a background in social history to her work. She has considerable experience in relation to the built heritage of Victoria, particularly the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Her interests include the study of places connected with popular culture and social change, and in 20th century history and politics.