St James & Police Station c1920s - courtesy Darebin Heritage Collection
DAREBIN U3A CLASS NOTES 2017
Focusing on Northcote
Bibliography & Timeline
PDF notes here: Time Line here and Presentation Here.
(Note: some links from 2017 are no longer available - esp Ozsportshistory. )
Early Times
Land subdivisions here.
Grand Junction Railway Plans are here: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
(Apologies for split PDF's.)
The Waterways
Colour picture of Tom Roberts 'Quiet Day on Darebin Ck' courtesy SLV here.
(For much of recent history Merri Ck was subject to frequent flooding. Dealing with this and road crossings are important.)
PDF notes here.
Bicycle History Ride: Fairfield Park / Yarra Bend / CERES
(Ride your bike for History!)
PDF notes are here.
High St Village Life
Map of Northcote Activities pre WWII here.
Oral Histories PDF of Entertainment, School, High St & Home Life are here.
Excerpts from 'Voices from the Archives: Northcote People Talking'. Green & Michell, 1998. NHCS.
Walking Tour - Northcote Hill / High St East
PDF walk handouts here.
E&OE
Darebin U3A Link here
page updated 27 Oct 2023