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Looking at Docklands through a “maritime heritage lens”
Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network (MMHN) notes that despite the publicity “hype” currently surrounding the state government’s “BIG BUILD” it is worth remembering one thing about Docklands …
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Brighter days ahead for Docklands
The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network (MMHN) is optimistic about the Docklands Precinct in 2023.
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Time for action in Docklands
More wind and rain in Docklands – but hopefully less “hot air and more action” from Development Victoria (DV) and City of Melbourne (CoM) in their consultations with the community about how to revitalise the Docklands precinct.
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Victoria is awash
Flood water is causing havoc, breaking riverbanks – and hearts – on its way to the ocean via our rivers.
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Flying the flag for maritime at the Docklands Summit
Great to see Docklands residents and businesses represented in numbers at the recent City of Melbourne Docklands Summit at Marvel Stadium – and particularly heartening to hear such widespread alignment between resident views about the future of their precinct with those views advocated by the Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network (MMHN).
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Maritime garden for Docklands?
Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network (MMHN) proposes that Development Victoria and the City of Melbourne activate the languishing Docklands precinct with a maritime garden – a unique public open space designed to attract and engage the public, and in particular engage young people, with the maritime technological wonders which enabled centuries of exploration and trade across the vast oceans.
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Docklands – a port precinct?
Beyond the Bolte Bridge, the commercial Port of Melbourne (PoM) operations define the unique status of the Docklands precinct. While Docklands may not actually identify itself as functioning “port” precinct at all, perhaps it should do so.
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Pollution in our waterways
Melbourne’s 19th century waterways, including Docklands, were regarded as efficient industrial waste disposal systems.
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Heritage really matters to Docklands and Australia
Docklands residents and businesses know only too well that heritage asset protection is non-existent in Docklands. For example: Central Pier.
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So far away from us – yet inextricably connected by the sea
Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network (MMHN) acknowledges with sorrow the desperate plight the citizens and seafarers of Ukraine.
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Networking lunch takes to the water
Rates to rise as cap doubles, but “modest” increase frustrates
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