During , Harry Norris reconstructed the lobby, upper levels and the Town Hall chamber, which was built two years later. Elements of the interior style are derived from Art Deco and the Jazz-Moderne styles that were at the height of popularity at the time. Usage diminished in more recent years and the need for urgent repairs and maintenance became apparent.
In Darebin City Council resolved to identify and secure increased uses for the Town Hall complex. The restoration and revitalisation of Northcote Town Hall into an Art, Community and Culture Venue that was completed in was seen as central to the development of the precinct of Northcote.
Swift, William George The history of Northcote: From its first settlement to a city. Northcote, Vic: Leader Publishing. Sources Darebin Libraries. Lemon, Andrew Northcote high school was opened in The football club won its first premiership in the Victorian Football Association in , with its star Aboriginal player Douglas Nichols. The Victorian municipal directory described Northcote's mixture of industrial, commercial and residential activity:.
Within a decade Northcote was in the midst of profound change. Italian migrants settled in Northcote 9. In people's minds Northcote was becoming joined with neighbouring Collingwood as an inner suburb.
Verandah posts, trees and old buildings became a nuisance to progress. The Anglican church, which had been built on the site of Ruckers mansion in , was sold to the Eastern Orthodox church in Besides having overseas-born residents, Northcote's school-age population began to fall in the s. A further sign of change was when the New Northcote Brick Co sold its quarry to the council for a tip.
The Northcote Plaza was opened on the unquarried land in and expanded when the tip was filled. With an area of 14, sq metres Kmart and 41 shops , it drew passing trade from the once dominant High Street which succumbed to non-retail uses and vacancies. All Nations Park adjoins the shopping area and a Catholic girls' college By the s the spread of gentrification crossed the Merri Creek from Fitzroy North. The local brickworks had bestowed a solid terra cotta building stock. Many houses are double-fronted, or weatherboard California bungalows.
There are also row houses and flats, amounting to The Northcote municipality contained Croxton, Dennis, Merri and Thornbury, and, after 1 October , when part of Heidelberg city was annexed, Alphington and Fairfield. On 22 June , most of Northcote city was united with Preston city and a small part of Coburg city to form Darebin city.
A fascinating collection of photographs by David Wadelton, taken when he was an art student in , depict migrants and workers in an industrial Northcote in the s. Swift, The history of Northcote from its first settlement to a city , Northcote, Laura Donati, Northcote pottery: a story of survival and porpserity over years , Thomastown, c You are here Home Northcote Northcote is a residential and industrial suburb 8 km north-east of Melbourne.
In the Australian handbook described Northcote: By then High Street had a substantial commercial strip with 70 business premises between the town hall and the Carters Arms hotel and Separation Street next to the brickworks.
Northcote was described in in the Australian handbook : In an argumentative fruit picker for the Goulburn Valley began hawking fruit and rabbits in Northcote, and opened a fruit shop in High Street in Northcote was described in the Australian blue book : The Victorian municipal directory described Northcote's mixture of industrial, commercial and residential activity: Within a decade Northcote was in the midst of profound change.
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