St James & Police Station c1920 - courtesy Darebin Heritage Collection
Welcome to Northcote's History
Northcote is a suburb of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia). This site covers Alphington, Fairfield, Thornbury & Westgarth.
Now part of the City of Darebin and surrounded by the following suburbs:
Post 1994 amalgamated cities are in brackets.
West - Brunswick (Moreland)
North - Preston (Darebin)
East - Heidelberg / Ivanhoe (Banyule)
South - Collingwood / Clifton Hill / North Fitzroy (Yarra)
Bounded on both east and west sides by the Merri Creek and Darebin Creek.
Checkout the following pages:
Sutherland's 1884 Northcote.
Swift's History of Northcote Index.
Bibliography & Resources.
Full Timeline.
Contact Details.
NOTE: Top line - About, Tours, etc. - single and double clicks will provide different info.
'Tours' includes a range of discovery walks / visits of Northcote. Including a number from the nineteenth century now reproduced together for the first time. Annotations will be added in due course.
Projects currently under review include - V J Bradley, Joe Fogg, Penders Grove.
U3A 2015 includes a number of talks.
For latest website updates checkout 'News'.
Pages are being added regularly.
page updated 11 Oct 2016
Welcome to Northcote's History
Northcote is a suburb of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia). This site covers Alphington, Fairfield, Thornbury & Westgarth.
Now part of the City of Darebin and surrounded by the following suburbs:
Post 1994 amalgamated cities are in brackets.
West - Brunswick (Moreland)
North - Preston (Darebin)
East - Heidelberg / Ivanhoe (Banyule)
South - Collingwood / Clifton Hill / North Fitzroy (Yarra)
Bounded on both east and west sides by the Merri Creek and Darebin Creek.
Checkout the following pages:
Sutherland's 1884 Northcote.
Swift's History of Northcote Index.
Bibliography & Resources.
Full Timeline.
Contact Details.
NOTE: Top line - About, Tours, etc. - single and double clicks will provide different info.
'Tours' includes a range of discovery walks / visits of Northcote. Including a number from the nineteenth century now reproduced together for the first time. Annotations will be added in due course.
Projects currently under review include - V J Bradley, Joe Fogg, Penders Grove.
U3A 2015 includes a number of talks.
For latest website updates checkout 'News'.
Pages are being added regularly.
page updated 11 Oct 2016