A blog for fragments of history, unusual facts and urban discovery in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. All Photographs by Tristan Davies, unless stated otherwise.Tumblr (3.0; @melbournefragments)http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52cef6dc171f983e7bc9165523fc1503/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2def0dd446d7cbe8e1889413e15eb83f/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d26b96d6c2395490bdf554b77e87dd14/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0fbef0c9398b9bdcc5f37390be4ecb1d/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e0d0374c3b845cd3da00180761203d4/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/846c87480b5ae622c22892efb0d76709/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f9387223b3e3f347bb1a87d20806cb58/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3007043642c6aff19f745faba3dc5c60/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b40775a309492b9324332dbcf560b75/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a5c411e2be269008140e7c58de05c8f0/tumblr_mj4a9cYXaS1qf212wo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>inside <strong>St Pauls Cathedral </strong>during<strong> White Night Melbourne</strong></p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/45150854247http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/45150854247Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:39:43 +1100churchcathedralmelbourneaustraliawhite nightmistmysticalphotographyreligionspiritual<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/242d479d0e1fcf49be49123125b92b88/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/153a3aef214a10dd30298035780d65d5/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bc96e5a39ff9bdf41439998c0b79a638/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/377ec0544f4d4f38dade7e03e079ab4e/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/910d33098701f374e69b8ffbb4eef7db/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01337de15ee8296f0a3791aca433b76a/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/43cbe0bfe4b40cd06080e8dec0cc8dfd/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f868d71863ba5f59ccaf7bba0c4f5738/tumblr_mj4a5vXGuQ1qf212wo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Street projections at <strong>White Night Melbourne</strong></p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/45150284838http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/45150284838Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:32:53 +1100citycbdlightheritageprojectionwhite night<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b1ab51ee586cc45d73d25a21ae849089/tumblr_mgnh99zObH1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/195faa383bd6e092af6ad5bfce6c53d8/tumblr_mgnh99zObH1qf212wo9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef11af4d77662651f7e41d8fba7c94af/tumblr_mgnh99zObH1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ee959f571783ab1392dee70b178fb59f/tumblr_mgnh99zObH1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e8501ce42ee84d8db6c4f721ef46266/tumblr_mgnh99zObH1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Grange Lynne Pty Ltd</strong>, <strong>A’Beckett St.</strong> built 1937.</p> <p>Designed by Edward Billson in style strongly influenced by the Dutch and European modernism of the 1920’s, as well as more romantic Arts and Crafts elements.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/40581974295http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/40581974295Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:09:59 +1100moderneart decoportholesbricksmelbournedutcheuropeansignwindowstypography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdowmzEqCK1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1930’s Electric Substation, A’Beckett st.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/35989427788http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/35989427788Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:35:00 +1100art decocitymelbournegaragetypographyMCC<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcy8uVw5l1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcy8uVw5l1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcy8uVw5l1qf212wo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Can’t find out much about this Art Deco/Moderne jem in A’beckett st.</p> <p>Now used by La Trobe Uni, probably buit in the late 1930’s- 40’s</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/35967088700http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/35967088700Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:27:00 +1100art decoarchitecturemoderne1930s1940sdoorwindowbrickhistoricmelbourneaustralia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnr9bIeCC1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnr9bIeCC1qf212wo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnr9bIeCC1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnr9bIeCC1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnr9bIeCC1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Electric Place</strong></p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34564143314http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34564143314Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:07:00 +1100lanewaybricksMelbournestreet artgraffitined kellybluestone<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnr3ba3KC1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34563997438http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34563997438Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:04:23 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnetg8SRB1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnetg8SRB1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>373 Queen St, </strong>built 1900.</p> <p>The coat of arms belongs to the Corps of Commissionaire, a security company set up in Britain in 1859 to provide ex-soldiers and sailors with work opportunities.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34556788591http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34556788591Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:01:27 +1100edwardianmilitarysoldierhistorynavybuildingmelbournecolonial<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnbrsBmmB1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnbrsBmmB1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnbrsBmmB1qf212wo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnbrsBmmB1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnbrsBmmB1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>1920’s Factories converted to apartments in <strong>Anthony st.</strong></p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34554818643http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34554818643Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:37:00 +110020slanewayApartmentsFlatshistoricfactoryMelbourne<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3peKlHN1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3peKlHN1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3peKlHN1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3peKlHN1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3peKlHN1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Melbourne Terrace Apartments, crn Franklin and Queen st</strong>. 1994.</p> <p>An Award winning apartment building by Nonda Katsalidis, one of the first major residential projects aimed at bringing life back to the CBD in the early 1990’s.<br/>It features copper oxide blaconies, and entrances flanked by Peter Corlet sculptures.</p> <p>described in some places as ‘contemporary Baroque’</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34276482420http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34276482420Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:13:26 +1100Nonda Katsalidismodernarchitecturesculptureapartmentscity<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj8taYTIk1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34275545975http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/34275545975Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:58:22 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3vxFjcN1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3vxFjcN1qf212wo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3vxFjcN1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj3vxFjcN1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>167 Franklin Street</strong></p> <p>built in the Neo-Greco style in 1928 as the head office of A.G Healing, manufacturers of bicycles, radios, TV sets and washing machines.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/33146555668http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/33146555668Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:12:18 +11001920'sfactoryneo-grecowindowsapartmentcitymelbournehistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9yythIW1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A fascinating un-named laneway, in a U shape behind a Victorian Era warehouse conversion on <strong>Franklin Street</strong>. A small Victorian era warehouse is hidden in the lane, sometimes host to Art events. The rounded corners would have provided easy turning round the back for horse carriages. A barely human sized exit back to Franklin st is like exiting a hidden cave. One of Melbourne’s best ‘secret’ laneways.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31713140817http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31713140817Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:22:00 +1000alleyaustrtaliabrickshiddenlanewaymelbournesecretvictorianexplore<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_macc93zqFu1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s a great documentary about the Dark Horse Experiment gallery on ABC i-view at the moment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/26163%C2%A0" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/26163 </a> (possibly unavailable outside Australia)</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31520165854http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31520165854Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:03:00 +1000melbournestreet artvictorianartgallery<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma9z3eBHTA1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Keep Brothers & Wood workshop and showroom</strong>, <strong>Franklin Street</strong>. 1903</p> <p>A horse carriage workshop that evolved into a motor car production plant.</p> <p>It was in an earlier building on this site that James Harrison invented the world’s first ice making machine in the 1850’s, an important development in refrigeration, which paved the way for the global shipping of meat and other perishables.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31505646997http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31505646997Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:43:00 +1000victorianmelbournescienceinventionfridgefirstaustraliageniustuscanclassical<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma9uanszN41qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ll explore the fascinating post-industrial area north of Victoria Street soon, but for now back into the city.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31447394202http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31447394202Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:39:00 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9lt0b30Wb1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Women’s Christian Temperance Union Drinking Fountain</strong>, 1901.</p> <p>The Women’s Christian Temperance Union was founded in 1887, modelled after a similar organisation in the United States. They advocated for female suffrage (which they won in Victoria in 1908), alcohol prohibition, and amongst other things clean public drinking water.</p> <p>Thankfully they only achieved two of these goals.</p> <p>The fountain itself was donated to the city by the Temperance Union, and designed by J. Churchman and Sons, who were mainly responsible for making tombstones at the Melbourne Cemetery, explaining the funereal elements of the fountain</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31444593763http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/31444593763Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:39:00 +1000cemeterycityfountaingothicgravehistoryprohibitionstatuesuffragevictorianwomenfeminism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m998tsAF351qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/30095580575http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/30095580575Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:22:40 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m93sph7wjr1qf212wo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m93sph7wjr1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m93sph7wjr1qf212wo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Late 1920’s shops on Elizabeth st</strong></p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/30095392494http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/30095392494Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:14:06 +1000glassart decoshopswindowmelbourne1920's<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m91fqhnLGC1qf212wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You’ve probably seen enough photos of Queen Victoria Markets elsewhere, but maybe I’ll explore them another time.</p>http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/29811186710http://melbournefragments.tumblr.com/post/29811186710Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:11:04 +1000marketvictorianmelbournestreetphotography