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Carlton Conversations features a look back to World War Two
The Carlton Community History Group’s president and historian Jeff Atkinson will speak about Carlton during the Second World War on May 26 from 6pm to 8pm.
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Memorial drinking fountains
In earlier times, it was possible for a Melbourne City councillor to erect monuments to himself and members of his family in public places.
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Double-decker buses in Melbourne
For 14 years, from 1940 to 1954, the streets of Melbourne and its inner northern suburbs had double-decker buses operating along them.
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The historical treasures of Drummond St
The southern end of Drummond St in Carlton contains some of the earliest extant buildings in Melbourne and many that are of historic or architectural importance. But they may be under threat from developers.
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The Olympic Games in Princes Park?
In the 1950s, as Melbourne was preparing to host the 1956 Olympic Games there were discussions and negotiations over where the main stadium for the Games would be.
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The anti-conscription campaign during WWI
Conscription, the compulsory enlistment of men for military service overseas, was a contentious issue in Australia during the First World War, and Carlton was at the centre of the controversy in Melbourne.
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Victorian Police Strike of 1923
In 1923 constables in the Victorian Police force went on strike, and for several days the streets of Melbourne and nearby suburbs descended into lawlessness and looting.
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The “brown-out” murders
On the morning of May 18, 1942, the body of a woman was found in a muddy air-raid trench on the edge of Royal Park at Gatehouse St, Parkville.
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Larrikin gangs in Carlton
From the 1860s through to the early decades of the 20th century, the streets of Melbourne and its inner suburbs were plagued by gangs of young men known as “larrikins”.
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An art school in Trades Hall
When it was first established in the 1850s, the Trades Hall in Lygon St, Carlton, was regarded as an institution that would not only help advance the material conditions of the working class, but also its educational and artistic needs
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Victorian Police Strike of 1923
“Squizzy” Taylor shot in Carlton
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