ISSUE 167 DECEMBER 2014 THE NORTH & WEST MELBOURNE NEWS IS PRODUCED BY VOLUNTEERS AT THE CENTRE Christmas windows light up the town
Santa reigns at Kitchen Capers Photo: Jim Weatherill
Kitchen Capers Photo: Jim Weatherill Penguins, presents and bears oh my at the Town Hall Hotel Photos: Jim Weatherill McMaster’s window lights Photo: Jim Weatherill
Raphaelle Race Loan Nguyen, an executive member of Beverley Pinder-Mortimer, who will be non-members. Ideally we’d like to get all the the NWMPA and owner of North Melbourne assessing the displays on 18 December. traders involved.” Podiatry, is running this year’s competition. She While locals are unable to vote this year, While North and West Melbourne are well f you’ve travelled along Queensberry has told the News that the association is a “new, the NWMPA will be implementing a voting known for their cafes and restaurants, retail Street, Errol Street or Victoria Street invigorated team dedicated to improving the system next year so that everyone can have shops could use a boost, Loan says. “I believe Irecently you may have noticed a number of North and West Melbourne precinct’s profile”. their say. there is room for more retailing stores in the windows dressed-up ready for the holidays. “We wish to continue this competition This year’s participants are Alexkarbon, Ace area. More clothing, boutique stores, and This year sparks the first annual North for years to come and hope the number of Antiques and Collectables, the Courthouse gourmet supermarkets. and West Melbourne Precinct Association participants will increase. We hope that one Hotel, The Cobbler’s Last, Airs & Graces, “I have people constantly say to me that (NWMPA) Christmas window shop day this could put the NWMPA on the map Casa Verde, The Centre, Quirk & Co, Mr they have money and time in their lunch decorations competition. for our quirky, creative Christmas window Price’s Food Store and Kitchen Capers. breaks but have nowhere to spend it other than The competition is open to all traders with displays because, let’s face it, we have a lot of “We are excited with the response and on food! The NWMPA is hoping to change a shopfront in Errol, Queensberry or Victoria amazing talent in our area.” the participants we have,” says Loan. “This retail confidence by supporting the traders of streets. This year’s judge will be Councillor competition is for both NWMPA members and the area.”
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Thursday 25 December (Christmas Day) 9.30am Service with Tuesday 20 January 2.00pm Eucharist Editor: Raphaelle Race North Melbourne Book Group 2015 Normal Sunday service times in December and January Deputy Editor: Adam Falloon Meets third Wednesday of every month at 6.45pm Production Coordinator: Position vacant All welcome — no bookings required Advertising Coordinator: Janet Graham Section Editors: 21 Jan All the Birds, Singing Evie Wyld Arts & Entertainment: Jennifer Choat 18 Feb The News: A Userʼs Manual Alain de Botton Community: Position vacant 18 Mar Shy: A Memoir Sian Prior History: Michael Roche 15 Apr The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Jonas Jonasson Noticeboard: Janet Graham Enquiries: 9658 9700 — www.melbournelibraryservice.com.au Politics & Environment: Position vacant North Melbourne Library, 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne 3051 Sport & Health: Position vacant Travel & Food: Position vacant Youth & Education: Daniel Doody Mid-December serenade with Errol’s Angels Production team: Jennifer Choat, Adam Come and enjoy Christmas carols performed by Errolʼs Angels Falloon, Janet Graham, Ava Macmaster, Community Choir. Raphaelle Race, Jim Weatherill and Kris This small choir of 20 male and female voices will be roving Wilson. Peter Alsen provided professional along Errol Street from 7.00pm until 8.00pm on Thursday assistance with layout. 11 December. They will be singing their repertoire of traditional carols from around the world and from many different eras. Bring the Supported by the City of Melbourne family along and join in on the carols you know and love. The event is being supported by The Centre and the North and West Melbourne Precinct Association. There may also be a special guest appearance from Santa! New choir members are always welcome. The Errolʼs Angels meet every Thursday evening from 7.00pm to 9.00pm Printed by Express Print during school terms at the Maternal and Child Health Centre in 5 Jones Road, Morwell 3844 Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne. Circulation 6000 For further information visit www.errolsangels.com DECEMBER 2014 North and West Melbourne News COMMUNITY 3
COMMUNITY Volunteering in North Melbourne: Bede Mackrell’s rich life
Carole Lander ‘do-gooders’ don’t work out. They’re not trusted. I say ‘walk with them’ rather than service them. You might be giving them a ede Mackrell has worked out what meal, cleaning the table, or just talking to makes a good volunteer and he is them. They are important.” Bdefinitely one of them. On three days The greatest compliment he has received of the week this 80-year-old giant of a man from these homeless people happened recently can be found at Ozanam House or the Ozanam when he got on a tram. A group of them Community Centre in North Melbourne, hailed him: “Hey, Bro’, come and join us.” mingling with groups of people who have He happily did so, knowing that this was a various housing and support needs. special gesture. The term ‘bro’ is considered a He also drives a van to collect food at the compliment. Food Bank and bring it back to the kitchen in One of his clients — or friends — told Ozanam House where chefs Ben Alvarado and him recently how he had moved from a Dave Ngo cook three meals a day. This bank is shopfront to a car park. “This man,” says a depository where the big supermarkets take Bede, “is perfectly clean and well-spoken. food approaching its use-by date, and charities He just prefers to live outdoors.” Others, of like VincentCare (which runs the Ozanam course, fall on hard times through a variety centres) go there to collect supplies. of circumstances, including drug use, mental Bede (who was baptised Desmond) grew up health issues, and a lack of safe and affordable in Alexandra, in northern Victoria, but went housing. north when he joined the De La Salle Brothers Ozanam House offers meals and as a young man. With the brotherhood he accommodation to approximately 60 men and taught at a range of schools, ending in Papua Ozanam Community Centre provides meals New Guinea, where he ran a school for and washing facilities to more. They can also nationals for 13 years. see a doctor, dentist, counsellor or Centrelink Later, Bede ran a motel where the brothers advisor. Donations supplement government led training sessions and where he decided that funding to make all this possible. he liked interacting with clients in that sort of Bede Mackrell has made many friends in environment. So, on returning to Victoria in the 10 years he has been volunteering in North 2004, he offered his services to VincentCare. Melbourne. The supervisor was delighted and told the The most important thing to remember is other volunteers to watch their language but that “the line between where we are and where Bede says, “I was the first to swear!” they are is very, very fine”. He adds, “When I To get back to his theory of what makes a hear what some of them have been through, I good volunteer, Bede believes: “If you want think I wouldn’t be in as good a state as them.” to improve the people [in places like Ozanam VincentCare gave Bede their Outstanding House], then you get into difficulties. Just take Volunteer Award last year. He reckons he will them as they are. It’s no good taking them any continue his work at Ozanam until he can’t do other way because that’s not going to change it any more, or until something else comes up. them. I’m fairly accepted because I don’t “I very much believe in divine providence judge them.” and the guidance of God,” he says. Divine Bede uses the phrase ‘walk with them’ to providence has given him a rich life for the describe the approach he takes. “That’s why past 60 years. Bede Mackrell with his award Meeting people is top reward for volunteer Tewodros
Tomas Bailey He stresses the need for everyone to have a balance between work and life and believes volunteering can help in maintaining this. Volunteering gives him not only valuable olunteers fulfil an important role in work experience but also a deep satisfaction our local community, lending their from helping out in his community. time, skills and effort for the good of V “Some people don’t speak much English others. One of these hard-working volunteers is 23-year-old Tewodros Berhe. and sometimes don’t realise all of the services Tewodros came from Ethiopia to Australia that are available to them when they are six months ago and after travelling the country disadvantaged,” he explains. he settled with family in Melbourne. For the Aside from volunteering at NMLL, last four months he has been volunteering his Tewodros also runs his own language classes: time and skills at North Melbourne Language “I hire out one of the halls to teach local and Learning. children languages.” North Melbourne Language and Learning He teaches Amharic, an Ethiopian language, (NMLL) was formed in 1989 to aid members and Tigrinya, a language of northern Ethiopia of the local community, many of whom are and Eritrea. In addition to the classes he newcomers to the country. They can access organises, Tewodros also teaches a large group English language lessons and the information of children at his local church. they need to build the best life they can in “As a volunteer I get to meet a diverse range Australia. of people in the community,” he says with a Situated today in Alfred Street, not far smile. “This is one of the most rewarding parts from the North Melbourne Community of being a volunteer. Centre, NMLL continues to enrich the diverse “Anyone can volunteer and do things like community it serves with the help of sponsors, this to help out in their community. Some donors, staff and volunteers like Tewodros. people don’t realise how easy it is and how “When I came to Australia I decided to helpful it can be for building a career.” volunteer instead of going into paid work Tewodros’s advice for anyone trying to find right away,” says Tewodros, adding that an a career, or considering a career change, is to employer is more likely to choose someone if give volunteering a go. they have volunteer experience for a job. Volunteering gave Tewodros a direction in “I have a marketing and public relations his career and his goal for the future is to start degree from Ethiopia. As a volunteer I get to a language school. In this way he wants to use what I learned.” improve his community just as NMLL has for Tewodros spends six hours a week helping 25 years. He encourages everyone to give back to promote and create awareness of NMLL. to their community through volunteering. 23-year-old Tewodros Berhe 4 COMMUNITY North and West Melbourne News DECEMBER 2014 Fragments from the ‘57’ Rene takes pause after
Very Impressive acquired it in 1922. Three years later the cable trams were curtailed at Abbotsford Street, and 14 years with the News our marvellous electric service was continued he West Maribyrnong tram is also to the city via Flemington Road and Victoria known (to me and others) as my 57. Street, replacing the former route via Mount streamline the system to make layout simpler Janet Graham THow many of us have caught this won- Alexander Road and Victoria Street, in 1929. and more uniform. Rene adapted easily to derful service from one end to the other, trav- In 1935 the now fully electric tram route these changes. elling through a diverse collection of suburbs was diverted to the current route running from fter 14 years as an invaluable member In the early days, Rene’s growing Mac plus Melbourne’s CBD? Elizabeth Street in the city through North of the layout team, Rene Heeps enthusiasm prompted her to join the Apple Our first tram service here in North Melbourne. The line was last extended in 1940 Ahas regretfully told the News she Users Society of Melbourne (AUSOM). Melbourne began in 1890, starting in the city to its present terminus in Cordite Avenue to won’t be able to continue because of family For many years she has done the layout of a serve a munitions factory in Maribyrnong. and ending at the cable house on the corner of circumstances. regular article about Photoshop in the monthly So my 57 has been through many changes in Abbotsford and Queensberry streets. Rene, who turned 80 a few months ago, AUSOM magazine. She once addressed a its history, mostly good ones. Now and again joined the team at the North Melbourne News special interest group on the use of InDesign Then, in 1906, the North Melbourne Electric people can be heard complaining about certain Tramways and Lighting Company Limited (as it was then) in 2000 after her son’s then and Photoshop to produce documents and has passengers or the infrequency of arrivals due partner, who was the neighbourhood centre’s given a number of talks on graphics. improved our service by opening an electric to cars getting in the way. admin worker, suggested it as an opportunity While layout and page design were Rene’s tramway as a feeder line from the cable house But I love my 57. I’m incredibly lucky to to add to her Apple Macintosh skills while speciality, she occasionally wrote articles for to Saltwater (later Maribyrnong) River. have my 57, and my life, and other people’s helping to produce the paper. the News on topics that piqued her wide range This line was further improved when the lives, would suffer a huge loss without such a Already a Mac enthusiast, Rene jumped at of interests. These included one on the Queen (Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board) great service. the chance and, over the years, developed her Victoria Market’s solar panels, an overview of expertise with QuarkXPress and Photoshop AUSOM’s Melbourne activities and several and, later, InDesign to a high level. book reviews. Her calm manner, patience and ability With a close friend, Rene helped set up a to explain things clearly also made her the charity called Kelti, which raises funds to preferred trainer of new layout recruits. provide vocational training for disadvantaged Rene witnessed many gradual advancements women in India, especially widows, to enable in the layout process, as well as two significant families to become self-sufficient. She still ones. The first of these, in 2003, was the devotes time to Kelti. Rene also takes a hands- division of the newspaper into sections and the on role in supporting her grandchildren, four of introduction of section editors to manage them. whom were adopted from Africa. The second, two years later, was a complete If Rene ever managed to find some spare revamp of the template by two postgraduate time in this busy life, the News would love to RMIT design students whose brief was to see her rejoin the team. Thank you, Rene, for enable more content to fit on the pages and to your huge contribution over the years.
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North and West Melbourne Association
A planning application has been lodged to turn this two-storey building into a 14-storey develop- ment — eight storeys higher than any other buildings in the area Photo: Janet Graham
NWMA at the Spring Fling not been effectively communicated to most application, subject to a number of conditions. buildings, are totally out of character with Once again this year, the North and West residents. These included: full compliance with EPA the neighbourhood and would overwhelm the Melbourne Association (NWMA) had a very requirements to remove the carcinogenic low-rise North Melbourne Station, nearby successful day at the Spring Fling Festival. Update: Baptist Church development, topsoil; restrictions on hours of use for the Victorian dwellings, the heritage Railway NWMA members were kept busy on our TP-2014-200 convenience store and hall/function room; Hotel and other, more sensitive, residential stand all day, with both local residents an0d The vacant site at the corner of King, Hawke removal of the proposed coffee shop; closure developments. visitors — brought out by the warm weather and Curzon streets, alongside the adjoining of the gap in the Hawke Street median strip; — stopping to have a chat. residence and hall. The Baptist Church is and implementation of a complaints process. Planning application for Australia Post A broad range of local residents expressed planning to develop four apartment blocks of Residents have lodged an appeal with site on Rosslyn, Adderley and Dudley interest in the Association. Many new to the four, five and six storeys (72 apartments in VCAT. To learn more about the land history, streets area were keen to discuss ways to maintain total), with a convenience store and a hall for read residents’ comments, follow the VCAT The NWMA has also objected to this proposal, its amenity while supporting varied housing use as a function centre and place of worship. appeal’s progress or donate to the appeal costs, which it views as an overdevelopment of the options for existing and future residents. After 200-plus objections to council, plans go to www.nwmelbourne.com for updates. site and contrary to the proper and orderly This year the stand showcased the proposed to redesign and fence off the Miller/Hawke planning of the district. In addition: development at 450–454 Queensberry Street, Street Reserve to the south of the site (not Proposed development at 109–129 • West Melbourne and surrounding areas have as well as the recently approved development owned by the Baptists) were removed from Ireland Street, West Melbourne insufficient social and civic infrastructure to on the Baptist Church site on the King, Hawke the planning application, and overshadowing This application covers the triangular block support the additional population it would and Curzon streets block near the southern end of the park was reduced. The plans have been bounded by Ireland and Dryburgh streets and generate, especially schools and open space. of Errol Street. amended to provide slightly better visibility Railway Place opposite North Melbourne • The site is in a mixed-use area subject to People who stopped to examine the for cars entering and leaving the site through Station. The Association and local residents DDO 29, which sets a maximum height of four projects expressed concern about the effects Hawke Street. have lodged objections to this proposal, which storeys. This proposal is for 6–19 storeys. The of overdevelopment on many small sites in The objections raised concerns about the is for 217 apartments, three underground levels Association would consider any attempt to use their immediate neighbourhood. At least a plan’s height, bulk, density, inconsistency of car-parking and commercial premises at the discretionary height provision in DDO 29 further 20 objections to the Queensberry Street with neighbourhood character, reduction in street level, on the following grounds: to justify this height an abuse of process and proposal were collected on the day. car-parking, demolition of the heritage-listed • At 14 storeys, it breaches height limits and inconsistent with good planning practice. While the preservation of heritage and the residence, noise, overshadowing and safety is contrary to the guidelines established for • A development of this scale would add to built form was of general interest, younger issues. Also raised were concerns that the land, the area in Design and Development Overlay traffic congestion in West Melbourne and the residents asked whether there were any granted free for a place of worship only, was (DDO) 28. western end of the CBD, particularly during plans to increase the provision of essential now slated to be converted into a high-density • Contrary to the developer’s claim that urban peak hours. infrastructure for families, such as childcare development. renewal has stagnated in this area, recent centres and schools, noting a perceived lack of Local residents proposed that the land be planning approvals for 14–20 Anderson NWMA contact details and meetings available places. purchased or swapped by Melbourne City Street, 108–110 Ireland Street and 53–59 Please email [email protected] to renew your Another major concern was the diminishing Council and used to extend the small Miller/ Dryburgh Street, as well as the Railway Hotel membership or apply to join the Association. amount of public open space accessible to Hawke Street Reserve to provide much-needed conversion, have greatly increased residential Check out our website at www.nwma.org.au. residents generally, commensurate with the green space. Lord Mayor Doyle asked the capacity. increasing population. church repeatedly if they would sell the land to • It is an overdevelopment of the site. The Ordinary general meetings take place at There was also a disturbingly high council but the church refused. additional resident traffic, daily garbage and 7.30pm on the third Tuesday of the month level of confusion about Melbourne City Residents have raised irregularities in the recyclable collections and other servicing at the Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Council’s rezoning of most of North and West land title with council, statutory authorities, activities would increase noise and congestion Street (enter from Union Street). Everyone Melbourne’s Residential 1 Zone areas to the the Baptist Church and State Government in the area and disrupt the 401 bus service. is welcome, whether or not a member, new General Residential Zone. It became politicians and candidates. • The bulk and height of this proposal, which although we do encourage you to support the clear that the effects of this zoning change had Council approved the development is eight storeys taller than any other nearby Association by joining.
Kids rally for a new park in West Melbourne Photo: Sue Scarfe 6 COMMUNITY North and West Melbourne News DECEMBER 2014
North Melbourne Residents About Integrated Development fencing team Marg Leser of new apartments. It also states that some is a non-partisan, not-for-profit association of Melbourne’s recent developments have a that brings together community, professional, steadily significantly higher density than is permitted industry and business bodies and committed RAID@3051 has earned a reputation for in many overseas cities. individuals from across Melbourne. Its focus is advancing in the working with residents, local government and The City of Melbourne is reputed to be the to engage with government and other relevant a range of community and planning groups fastest growing municipality in Australia. Its bodies on the major changes proposed for to advocate for planning and development residential population increased from 60,000 to inner Melbourne. more than 116,000 in the decade 2001–2011. ranks that is matched by linked social infrastructure 5. East West Link (EWL) It is expected to grow to more than 150,000 that addresses the needs of current and future As a non-partisan organisation, RAID has residents of all ages. It seeks quality planning people by 2021 and to almost 200,000 by 2031. monitored the positions of different political outcomes for residents of postcode 3051. 3. Integrated planning for the future parties in relation to the EWL and is aware that During 2014 RAID supported a number The Hotham Hill/Arden–Macaulay zone is preferences of smaller parties with undeclared of campaigns to encourage appropriately already in the midst of rapid change. Multiple positions on the EWL may have a significant scaled housing developments that cater for developments are under construction without impact on the election results. future community growth. It also called for any evidence of much-needed accompanying Despite unresolved court challenges and transparent, independent planning appeal infrastructure — schools, childcare and aged- despite not having released the full business processes. An overview of these campaigns care facilities, playgrounds, transport and case for the project, the State Government and updates on their status follow. traffic measures. signed contracts for the EWL in the run-up to 1. Overdevelopment of key sites State and local government appear to be the state election. The ALP said it would tear Woolworths approving developments in a policy vacuum up the EWL contracts if it won power. The Woolworths site was advertised for re-sale without provision of key infrastructure RAID has serious concerns about the EWL in March 2014 and is currently ‘under offer’ and services. The website of the Victorian and its likely impact on North Melbourne to a developer. Woolworths obtained VCAT Government Architect currently notes that: and surrounding areas. If it proceeds it will approval in May 2013 for a large supermarket, “From parks and gardens, to buildings and divert money away from other vital areas of bottle shop and over 300 apartments on a streets, our urban spaces provide enormous expenditure such as hospitals, schools, social triangular site bordered by Canning Street, opportunity for creating public value … services, level crossing removals and public Macaulay Road and Vaughan Terrace, North Design quality affects our health, well- transport. Melbourne. being, prosperity and the way we engage While this is not the only issue in the Since 2011 RAID has opposed the size, with our communities. Good design creates current election campaign, it is indicative of lack of open space and impact on amenity and economically, socially and environmentally ill-conceived planning and transport decisions traffic of this proposed development. sustainable places that serve our needs and made without independent scrutiny. Corner Shiel and Haines streets and enrich our cultural identity.” RAID objectives for 2015 Gardiner Reserve RAID has concerns with the new • Monitoring developments that will RAID is concerned about the scale and impact planning zones and made a presentation at significantly impact on 3051 (with particular of proposed developments of 6–10 storeys the Residential Zones Standing Advisory emphasis on physical and community amenity, in this vicinity that would overshadow the Committee hearing. RAID approves the traffic and transport) Gardiner Reserve (Haines Street) playground decision of City of Melbourne planning • Working constructively with City of and open space. Over 100 apartments are officers to allocate some North Melbourne Melbourne and other planning authorities proposed on four adjoining sites: 110–112 and areas of high sensitivity to the Neighbourhood • Linking with aligned groups concerned with 114–116 Haines Street, and 1 and 3–5 Shiel Residential Zone, after previously identifying planning and community infrastructure Domenic Yates with his medal Street. the whole area as suitable for General Connect to RAID@3015 Residential Zone. However, many streets seem 2. Housing standards For further information about RAID, or to to have been zoned arbitrarily without due RAID is critical of the high density and poor become a member, email raid3015@gmail. Doone Clifton consideration of context. design of many new developments. The com.au. Access the RAID website, www.3051- City of Melbourne’s draft housing strategy 4. Inner Melbourne Planning Alliance integrated.com, or follow us on Facebook In 2010 the fi rst Commonwealth Fencing Homes for People states that a key goal is to (IMPA) at www.facebook.com/pages/3051-RAID or Championships were held in North Melbourne. improve design and environmental standards RAID is a founding member of IMPA, which Twitter @Raid3051. The Arden Street Recreation Reserve had built an Olympic-standard 8 piste fencing fa- cility, becoming the home of the State Fencing Centre. For those not in the know, the piste (also called the ‘strip’) is the marked fencing area and is required to be 14 metres long and between 1.5 and 2 metres wide. In April 2010 the Victorian Fencing Acad- emy started beginner’s classes after school for kids. From then on, a number of children from Errol Street Primary began walking over together every Wednesday. Some stayed for a year or so, some kept going. With the introduction of fencing to the area, local kids began competing in competitions. Shadows lengthen at the Woolworths site on Canning Street Photo: Marg Leser Our University High fencing team has travelled down to Geelong for the Lawrence Cup each year for the last three years. They have been steadily improving their position General Practice each year. Last year Domenic Yates won Gold for Uni- versity High in the Junior Secondary School Premier Health Osteopathy Epee and this year both Meredith and Domenic Partners won Gold in the Schools competition. Massage This year was the fi rst year that anyone from the current crop of local fencing team has gone and on to the National Junior Championships in Pilates Sydney. Both Campbell Waters and Domenic Dr Margaret McDowell Yates made the trip. They competed in the Dietitian Under 17 Epee and did well against stiff (and welcome much older) competition. Psychology Earlier in the week Domenic had competed in the Under 15 Epee winning a Bronze in the Dr Alan Underwood individual and also captaining the Victoria Dental team to a Bronze. Dr Alan Underwood Domenic and other fencers from the Arden Taking New Patients Prosthetics Street Victorian Fencing Academy are partic- ipating in a Fencing Camp at the Australian Ground fl oor, 491–495 King Street, West Melbourne (corner Rosslyn Street) Institute of Sport this December. 9329 7077 How fortunate we are to have such a great, www.premierhealthpartners.com.au — book online! inspiring facility in our midst! DECEMBER 2014 North and West Melbourne News HISTORY 7
HISTORY North Melbourne Town Hall: in search of time
Bill Hannan
y father was devoted to having the right time. When he wound Mour mantel clock he would check it against his pocket watch. To get the right time on his watch he would check it against a railway station clock or one of the clocks that tram drivers used to key into as they left the stop. No doubt there are Freudian theories on this subject but I used to think my father was attentive to the right time so that he could be waiting for the tram in the morning and prepare for the radio news at night. I now think his devotion to the right time might also have been a hangover from the days when nobody knew the time. Today, people are more likely to check a public clock against their mobiles. We have the right time in our pockets. When Hotham’s public clock was set going on 24 May 1879, just on five months after its bells were first heard on Christmas Eve 1878, the right time became visible to the people of North and West Melbourne. More than that: the people found their identity confirmed. “North and West Melbourne people,” said an interviewee to the Hotham History Project, “are defined as those who can see the North Melbourne Town Hall clock.” See, but not hear, for the chimes have seldom rung since the clock’s electrification in the middle of the 20th century, and then only briefly. In the colony of Victoria in 1879 the man One of the four North Melbourne Town Hall clocks as Spring Fling visitors saw it from inside the tower Photo: Janet Graham most likely to know the right time was Robert Ellery, the government astronomer and of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1857; the telegraph. The stationmaster waving a The Argus provided Melburnians with a way designer of the Hotham clock. Born in Surrey, President of the Royal Society of Victoria telegraph is a familiar scene in Westerns, for to check their watches and prepare for rain. England, Ellery had followed his father into in 1866; and re-elected in 1867.” Clearly an America was undergoing the same revolution Though a landmark watchmaker and jeweller, medical practice but his deepest interest was amateur no longer. in communications. Gaunt left his mark on many public clocks and in astronomy, which he pursued as an amateur Ellery’s appointment to the Williamstown In our case, Robert Ellery was telegraphing on the chronometers that give official times at whenever he could. observatory tells us most of what we need to the right time from his observatory in racecourses around the world. He turned up in Melbourne in 1851, as know about the conquest of the right time in Williamstown and subsequently his new Ellery thought his design compared with the gold rushes were about to precipitate the Victoria. observatory in the Domain. By the 1870s the the best in the world. Gaunt was a master founding of North Melbourne, and barely 18 In horse-drawn days, news of the world right time could be sent to every local post craftsman. All of this story tells us why months later, reports The Illustrated Australian arrived by coach and the coach moved on office, which, in many towns, as in Melbourne, Hotham Council was determined to have the News for Home Readers of 25 April 1868, he when it had all its passengers, the last of whom had a clock tower telling the right time. best of clocks despite the very substantial “was invited by the Government to establish would dash from the pub. Williamstown, Eventually, various versions of railway time cost it added to the town hall building, whose and manage an observatory at Williamstown for the purposes of commercial astronomy”. however, had our first colonial railway line. morphed into Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) incorporated post office would receive the “This office he accepted and has held ever Trains need standardised time and a way of and successive versions of universal time, right time from Mr Ellery. since, first under the title of Superintendent knowing what it is, otherwise they’re apt to finally arriving in our own pockets. The clock mechanism and bells alone of Observatory, and since under that of collide on shared lines. The first examples of The plaque that Spring Fling climbers to the added at least a 10th to the building cost, Government Astronomer. In 1854 the standardised time are known as railway time in tower see on the massive clock mechanism, without allowing for the cost of the tower Williamstown end of the Melbourne and both Great Britain (1840s) and the USA (1883). names, along with the councillors of the day, itself. A small price really for bringing Williamstown telegraph line, the first erected Railway time was not always welcomed — Ellery as its designer and Thomas Gaunt as its North Melbourne into the modern industrial, in the colony, was placed under his charge in local time would be displayed beside it and maker. punctual, mobile age. addition to his astronomatical duties. In 1858 the likes of school committees disciplined Gaunt had a famous jewellery shop in he was appointed to superintend the geodetic for wanting to adopt it. Further, we see that Bourke Street where a large clock and a Bill Hannan is an author and member of the survey of Victoria … He was elected Fellow the Williamstown line was connected to weather report that was also printed daily in Hotham History Project.
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The Audacious Adventures of Dr Louis Lawrence Smith
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book title that promises audacious adventures has a lot to live up to, but Athankfully local historian John Poynter does not disappoint, delivering adventures aplenty in two volumes and 644 pages. The subject of his study is Dr Louis Law- rence (LL) Smith, whose range of interests and achievements in colonial Victoria is simply astonishing. Poynter came across LL in an archive while researching the life of another colonial figure but his connection to this man is somewhat more personal. His wife, Marion, is LL’s grand-daughter. I met John and Marion Poynter recently in their North Melbourne home, which contains several artefacts from Dr Louis Lawrence Smith’s life. It is a place where the past still feels very much alive. “He was once a very familiar name, but hardly anybody has heard of him these days, except if they happen to be interested in rac- ing, the history of medicine or the history of the wine industry,” says Poynter. So who was Dr Louis Lawrence Smith? Well, he was many people: a medical doctor, druggist, politician, prison reformer, author, publisher, theatrical entrepreneur, art collector, A fantastic turn out for the launch of The Audacious Adventures of Dr Louis Lawrence Smith museum curator, farmer, winemaker and a breeder of racehorses. popped out of bed, half asleep and taken un- “They weren’t under party discipline and As Poynter writes, “the eight-hour day was aware,” he wrote. they could say what they wanted to say and it not for him”. When not answering calls in the middle of made the debates much more interesting,” says LL was born in Southwark, London, on 15 the night, LL was writing and publishing on Poynter. May 1830. His French mother ran a shop and medical matters in the colony. He mostly of- LL’s political views were considered radi- raised two boys on her own after her husband fered common-sense advice, such as his 1863 cally liberal. He argued for equality, defended cleared out. The family struggled financially medical almanac, which continued to be pub- the Chinese against racist attacks and promot- until a better life in Australia beckoned. lished many years after his death. ed a concept of prison rehabilitation quite ad- The young LL, having completed his med- He also wrote on mental illness, publishing vanced for its time. But on the local Aboriginal Former Hawke Minister Barry Jones (left) ical apprenticeship under a couple of London Self-Preservation: Insanity, Popularly Treated population he remained silent. “Like many with John Poynter (right) at the launch surgeons, took his new qualification to the in the late 1880s. In this book he followed the people at the time he assumed they were dying of The Audacious Adventures of Dr. Louis young colony of Victoria. He sailed in on traditional thinking of the time that there was out,” says Poynter. Lawrence Smith earlier this year
the Oriental and arrived in Port Phillip on 11 no greater cause of mental illness than the sol- LL died in 1910 at the age of 80, survived Photo: Ms Jane December 1852. It was the heady days of the itary vice of masturbation. “Nature takes her by his second wife and several more children. gold rush. most terrible revenge on those who offend in Throughout the second volume, Poynter tain flowing with red wine. The first volume of The Audacious Adven- this outrageous fashion,” LL wrote. tells many more of LL’s adventures as the col- This grand idea was LL’s, bringing all tures of Dr Louis Lawrence Smith — by far Interestingly, he also listed alcohol as a ony entered federation and Melbourne became classes together in a demonstration of his egal- the more entertaining of the two — is largely cause of insanity but was far more tolerant the nation’s capital. He does offer the reader a itarian principles. The organisers, however, based on letters that LL wrote home to his towards it than masturbation. This possibly word of advice though. Poynter writes: “The underestimated the crowd, which swelled to mother. These letters offer a view into his own makes sense given one of his other careers was reader is urged to follow one habit of LL’s: 80,000 people under the blazing sun on a hot inner and outer worlds, his burgeoning medical winemaking, which saw him win the second once a chapter in life began to bore him he and windy day. practice, his entry into politics, scandals with order of merit at Melbourne’s International Ex- turned over yet another new leaf and moved on Sadly, the Prince never made it. When word courts and the press and everyday life in the hibition of 1880–81 for his ‘Crème de Bouzy’, to the next.” spread that Prince Alfred would not be appear- colony. ahead of entries such as Moet and Chandon My advice would be to start with the first ing, all sense of decorum was lost and a riot By the mid-1850s LL had established a and Krug. chapter, titled ‘Episode: Dr Smith’s Free soon ensued. The Age reported scenes of wild medical practice in Bourke Street East, where Poynter argues that LL had a compulsion to Lunch’. On 28 November 1867, a free banquet revelry and debauchery. The free banquet had he lived with his first wife and their children. write and speak in public, so it is not surpris- for the masses was held alongside the Yarra turned into a free orgy. Life for the young doctor was never dull. In ing that he took to politics. He entered as the River. The banquet was to celebrate the arrival 1856 he wrote to his mother about being called independent member for South Bourke and of Prince Alfred. The Audacious Adventures of Dr Louis Law- out at 3.00am by the police to see to a mur- was elected to the colony’s second parliament The catering for this huge feast included rence Smith is published by Australian Schol- dered woman in a ‘house of ill repute’. in 1859. This was a time in politics before the 120,000 pounds of meat, 70 tonnes of pota- arly Publishing. You can order a copy from the “It was a frightful sight for a man just dominance of the two-party system. toes, 600 gallons of beer and a drinking foun- website, www.scholarly.info, RRP $69.95.
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YOUTH & EDUCATION
Camp for Kids organised by North Melbourne’s police officers
Daniel Doody welcome pack inviting the youngsters to join the camp. The camp involves 20 young people he Melbourne North Police Station, as selected from various schools going on a part of the Carlton Police Community three-day trip to Victorian Blue Light Camp in TConsultative Committee (PCCC), Maldon, where they take part in the program has come up with a new way to tackle the set up by police and youth workers. antisocial behaviour of young people at risk of At the start of the weekend, leaders take turning to crime. responsibility for five kids. These groups earn For the last 16 years, the committee has points by participating, listening and joining in been organising Camp for Kids trips twice a sporting activities. year for kids who have difficulty coping at Through the program the kids learn school or whose parents can’t afford to pay for the importance of working in a team and excursions. respecting each other. They also get to interact The PCCC currently has 16 organisations with other kids who may have been in similar located in the north regional area that are situations to their own. part of the committee. North Melbourne The participants also learn that simple Football Club, Carlton Rotary Club and North disciplines of life, such as not turning up Melbourne Language and Learning are some late for activities and setting the table for of the groups that help bring ideas and a breakfast, lunch and dinner, are all part of community closer together. taking responsibility and gaining confidence North Melbourne’s police station is a part within themselves. of the committee’s board and, in conjunction If kids are well behaved and take on board Fun times at Camp for Kids Photo: Nick Parissis with the PCCC, focuses on developing a local all the positive outcomes from the camp, they initiative that helps young people who are receive prizes in recognition of their skills. a few kids who would be really quiet and shy increase in the number of kids wanting to sign at risk of offending or becoming victims of The objectives of the camp program are to on the bus, but at the end of the weekend every up or return to the camp for another weekend. crime. promote positive relations between police and other kid is gravitating towards them. The organisers do not take payments, but The Camp for Kids program was established young people, develop leadership qualities and “Quite often we see some of the kids around running the camp can be quite expensive. in 1998. Since then, police and youth workers bring about confidence and self-awareness. the neighbourhood with their mum or dad. Victoria Police welcome any donations. have successfully conducted over 45 camps. Community liaison officer Nick Parissis is They would see the police car and they would Police work closely with teachers from local stationed at the North Melbourne police station come running up and say to their parents If you would like to donate to the Camp for schools to identify kids who may be eligible and is the organiser of Camp for Kids. ’That’s Nick from the camp’.” Kids program, contact community liaison for the program. “It’s amazing,” he says. “You see the In the last few years the camp has become officer Nick Parissis at Melbourne North Police meet with the parents and send a difference between Friday and Monday with very popular and Mr Parissis has seen an Police Station on 8379 0800. North Melbourne Primary School students learn the power of the pen
Robyn Phelan business letter addressing the issue to send to Parliament House to see Jennifer Kanis, the letter from federal Greens member Adam a local or federal member of parliament. The Member for North Melbourne. Jennifer had Bandt on 26 September 2014 saying, “… it is response from all those contacted was fantastic said she really liked our letters, and invited not right that you should give up part of your orth Melbourne Primary School with some students having their names read us over to Parliament House to meet her. We library to hold classes, or any other valuable (NMPS) students learn a broad range out in parliament, and others receiving person- were very excited when we found out! Jane, rooms such as art and gym.” Bandt also in- of writing skills. Last term Grade N alised responses. It really gave them a sense her assistant, took us upstairs to the cafe where cluded in his letter a copy of the parliamentary 3 students undertook a writing activity that of empowerment and understanding that they Jennifer was waiting for us, as well as Matt speech he had given three days earlier. In resulted in some inspiring outcomes. Teacher, must act if they want to make situations known and Alex’s Mum, Shelley. Jennifer was very this speech, he quoted other NMPS students’ Anna-Maria elaborates further: or see change occur.” kind and paid for four drinks — two lattes and opinions, such as Sidney who wrote: “Next “As part of our transactional writing unit, Two students, Tina and Alexandra, received two freshly squeezed apple juices, although we students were encouraged to put what they a response from Jennifer Kanis who invited didn’t really like it that much. We talked about year our school will be stuffed with students. had learnt into practice and contact a school them to morning tea at Parliament House the school population and how it is getting I would like to ask you if we could have a few stakeholder regarding a very relevant issue at where they discussed their worries about their bigger and bigger. We also met Dan Andrews, demountables so we will not be so jammed.” NMPS. The issue was the hugely increasing school and education. The girls reflected on the leader of the opposition, who listened to This was such a valuable experience for stu- student numbers with no space to accom- the experience by writing: our concerns as well.” dents to find their voice and express opinions modate these increases. Students crafted a “On Tuesday 16 September, we went to Classmate Mahdi received a personalised within the realm of the world of state politics.
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SPRING FLING 2014
Volunteers handing out the Spring Fling Festival Guide Photo: Jim Weatherill
The busking stage Photo: Jim Weatherill The Auction Room tables spill out across the street for the festival Photo: Jim Weatherill
Saman Indomelb perform one of the most popular traditional dances of Indonesia, the Saman dance Photo: Jim Weatherill
Photo: Jim Weatherill Photo: Adam Falloon DECEMBER 2014 North and West Melbourne News THE CENTRE 11 Spring Fling round-up
Ezme Webb and they’re a credit to themselves and their families and to this organisation. They really, really work hard. And they’re very good he 38th Spring Fling Street Festival leaders. That’s why I think today’s been so brought live music and food stalls successful.” Tto Errol Street, Victoria Street and Hannah and Zak, wood-fired pizza surrounding lanes on Sunday 19 October. The stallholders, said the diversity of the Spring News was there to get a round-up on the day. Fling attendees was one of the highlights of This annual community festival is organised their day. by The Centre: Connecting Community in “There have been really nice people and North and West Melbourne Inc. a mixed crowd as well, from tiny kids to old Michele, The Centre’s acting administration men and women, and everybody in between,” and information officer, said the event was Zak said. a great success: “I’ve spoken with a few Natalie, of Natalie’s (vegan and gluten-free) stallholders and they’re very happy with the Cupcakes, said she jumped at the opportunity sales today.” to hold a stall after having a great time with Michele emphasised the importance of the North Melbourne Craft Market at last volunteers to the success of the event. “What year’s Spring Fling. a lot of people don’t realise is the preparation “I’ve been performing as well today. That that goes into the Spring Fling, from the was lots of fun, on the Worldview stage with minute one finishes until the next year. Today the Brandragon Morris dancing.” would not have been possible without Emma Punters John, Josh, Mel and Tiff said events and Phil and the amazing team they’ve led. In like the Spring Fling were one of the best the final countdown, they put in an awesome things about living in North Melbourne. “It’s a amount of hours. perfect little spot,” Tiff said. “They’re just incredible young people “North Melbourne for life!” added Mel.
POLITICS & ENVIRONMENT A campaign of fear or awareness?
Ezme Webb government would legislate new advertising “Things that affect people’s lives in a neg- be floating around particularly in relation to standards, ending tax-payer dollars wasted on ative way - we shouldn’t allow big business the public transport projects.” “blatantly political” messages. profits to be more important than the good of “If it’s space for the public you should be rom late September until the end of Greens Candidate Ellen Sandell believes the community.” able to have the enjoyment of that space as an October, the ‘See Something Say Some- enhancing people’s fears has the capacity to “Big business is so embedded in our lives individual with very little interference.” Fthing’ campaign featured prominently at incite community division. and I think both Liberal and Labor are really at “I think there is terrorism hysteria. If we’re Flagstaff and Southern Cross Stations. “People are pretty shocked the government the whim of these vested interests. And it will bringing in laws because one or two individu- A Victorian Department of Transport are using that public space like our train sta- take a lot of unravelling. But there’s things we als have gone over to join the Syrian state … spokesperson said that the campaign’s purpose tions to spread this campaign of fear. can do immediately from the state government to get just one or two people out of the whole was to remind the public to be alert and report “It is deliberately marginalizing certain ele- perspective.” 22-million people that live in this country, suspicious activity. The campaign was part of ments of the community, particularly Muslim Scrutinizing business donations to political the percentage is so low, yet all this money is a broader strategy to encourage awareness and women because they’re the most recognizably parties is a passion of the Greens, said Ellen being spent.” vigilance after the federal government raised Muslim because of the headdress they wear Sandell. Liberal Candidate for Melbourne, Ed Hunt- the terrorism alert level. and it’s just awful.” The Australian Sex Party (ASXP)’s freedom ingford, did not respond to phone nor email The question ‘who controls the deci- Ms Sandell works with women from in- of information policy demands greater trans- enquiries. sion-making process of our public spaces?’ ner-Melbourne’s large Muslim community. parency on government decision-making. Similarly, Public Transport MP, Terry was posed to candidates for the seat of Mel- “They’re telling us they feel more scared than “Government information should belong Mulder, did not address questions about the bourne in the imminent Victorian state elec- they did after September 11. A lot are getting to the public,” said ASXP Candidate for Mel- decision-making process for transport adver- tion. harassed on the street. We’ve seen incidents of bourne, Joel Murray. tising. Sitting Labor Member for Melbourne Jenni- violence on the rise. “If you’ve got that transparency and that The Victorian Department of Transport were fer Kanis said she is concerned about the prev- “The government is playing to this cam- accountability, the Victorian Government is able to respond to requests for the reports, alence of advertising in public space and the paign of fear that is actually resulting in wom- going to start responding in a much more eth- research and statistics upon which the decision inability to avoid it, like on public transport. en in particular being harassed and marginal- ical manner because you’ve got people being to feature the ‘See something, say something’ Ms Kanis believes that advertising seen by ized and ostracized on the streets. That’s not able to look up the information immediately campaign was made. everyone needs to be appropriate and would the kind of community I think we should have and hold government to account.” When questions were raised about the re- pursue the matter if re-elected as part of a new in Australia.” “We know that from some campaigns the sulting feedback regarding its effectiveness, Labor government. Regarding the decision-making of our pub- current Victorian government are running, the Victorian Department of Transport directed Shadow Minister for Government Scru- lic space, Ms Sandell said there’s a corrupting they’re certainly not based on fact.” the matter to the Federal Government and Vic- tiny, Martin Pakula, recently stated a Labor influence over city planning. “There’s a lot of propaganda that seems to toria Police.
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A window onto the Australian Garden History Society
Phoebe La Gerche-Wijsman The Society’s Kindred Spirits Fund fosters research and publication of papers such as those that make up Studies in Australian Garden f the spate of ABC television programming History. So far these comprise three volumes of is anything to go by, archaeology and in-depth research on a range of themes such as Iarchitecture continue their resurgence in forestry, water management and the management popularity with programs such as Who’s Been of gardens. Planning of volume 4 is underway. Sleeping in My House?, Restoration Home The AGHS has also supported a number of and Grand Designs Australia. important publications documenting our relation- Unfortunately, these programs only ship with the Australian landscape and garden- touch lightly on the Australian Garden ing. These include: The Oxford Companion to History Society’s first objective: to promote Australian Gardens (2002); Planting the Nation knowledge and research, encouraging (2001), which explores Australian gardens and appreciation and concern for our parks, landscapes from 1890 to 1914; Gardenesque: A gardens and cultural landscapes as part of Celebration of Australian Gardening (2004); and Australia’s heritage. Lost Gardens of Sydney (2008). Yet this is an area not only of Australian Society members are a vibrant, energetic importance, but also of worldwide concern, mix of the community — from hands-on perhaps even more so today with the emphasis ‘dirty’ gardeners to academics, nursery owners on climate change, carbon credits and how and professionals — who enjoy a busy social we manage our own backyards. Knowledge program of garden visits and functions, special of our landscapes, past and present, including Illustration: Adam Falloon guided bus tours, practical demonstrations for gardens and parks, is crucial to understanding tasks like beekeeping, seminars and lectures and conserving our environment, our health of significant ongoing projects that engage application for Royal Park in Parkville to be by a range of passionate speakers. Highly and perhaps even our future. the wider community and has an important listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. enjoyable and stimulating conferences take Surrounded as we are by some of Victoria’s role in advocacy, providing a link between Alongside many local groups and residents place in a different part of Australia each year. most historic parks, all North and West community and government, primarily at local of the North and West Melbourne, Parkville, These conferences offer a vital opportunity Melbourne residents need to be aware of Kensington and Flemington area opposing the and state level. to hear lectures by leading academics on groups that act to protect these important It also makes or supports others’ State Government’s plans for the East West current research, recent conservation and cultural landscapes and heritage spaces. submissions concerning potential impacts on Link to cut through Royal Park, the AGHS management challenges and achievements. Within Australia is an organisation devoted important publicly accessible landscapes such presented a submission to the Planning Panels They stimulate inspiring discussion and debate. entirely to this cause and one which every as parks and gardens and significant historic Victoria public hearing in April, outlining the The enthusiasm of the more than 1800 member of the Australian community can be trees and avenues, and supports the heritage cultural significance of this park. members stems from the knowledge that they part of. listing and protection of cultural landscapes. Similar advocacy is underway in Sydney are contributing to both the past and the future The Australian Garden History Society State and regional branches actively opposing aspects of WestConnex, as it of the Australian landscape while having a (AGHS) was formed in 1980 to bring together research their neighbourhoods and work attempts to slice through inner western great deal of fun doing so. people from diverse backgrounds with an to ensure significant gardens and parks are Sydney’s parks and gardens. If you think that uncovering a lost garden interest in the many aspects of garden history, celebrated, better understood and included on The AGHS has assisted practical border, restoring a fountain, replanting an including horticulture, landscape design and local statutory registers. conservation of historic gardens across landscape architecture. The Society itself works with other affiliate Australia through working bees, financial old orchard or discovering photographs of a Its primary concern is to promote interest organisations including the National Trust of contributions and obtaining grants for works. previously unknown garden can’t possibly be in, research into and systematically identify, Australia, Australian Institute of Landscape Additionally, the AGHS has an oral history as exciting as viewing the final walk through record and restore historic gardens and Architects (AILA), the Royal Australian project responsible for initiating and funding a newly restored house on the other side of the cultural landscapes. Historical Society (RAHS) and government the collection of oral histories, both nationally world, don’t take our word for it — come and The AGHS is a far-sighted, nationwide, not- heritage agencies in each state, such as and regionally, of those who have played a see for yourself! for-profit organisation with active branches in Heritage Victoria. significant role in the Society’s evolution each state and some regional areas, all run by This has never been truer than with and, more broadly, in the development of For further information visit www. enthusiastic volunteers. It focuses on a number the Society’s recent involvement in the Australia’s gardens. gardenhistorysociety.org.au
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Phoebe La Gerche-Wijsman vase and again decorated just like the tradi- tional tree. - The Cut Tree – love the scent! hristmas for me is all about the scent. Available from a variety of places, to get A humid and heady combination of Cpine, eucalyptus, cloves, and Christmas the best out of your tree, buy it as close to lilies. It’s one of my favourite things about Christmas as possible, on a cool day and Christmas. Yet the humble pine tree isn’t the make sure it hasn’t been sitting in the sun. most ideal Christmas tree in the inner city, The only issue then will be disposing of it particularly if you are after a living tree to once Christmas has come to an end. Some bring inside for a month each year or trying to tree sellers near the Market, I think, have a dispose of the dead one in January. ’pick-up’ service available when it’s time to So if you’re after a tree for a month you re- dispose of the tree, which is a far better alter- ally probably need either something similar to native than abandoning it in a laneway, pock- a large bonsai that won’t be too heavy to bring et park, or just by the side of the footpath. inside or another alternative. And one last thing…presents! Plants, partic- - Miniature pines ularly the edible variety are a great and cheap Most nurseries have an interesting mix of pines to purchase in pots this time of year. present for friends and family. Potting them up They grow in all sorts of shapes and sizes is also a great way to involve children in learn- and can be trimmed into the quintessential ing about gardening. conical and kept bonsai-size or at the very You can grab a pot or even a large tin (like least, kept in a pot that will be not too diffi- ones which used to have tomatoes in them) cult to get inside. and plant them up with a mix of salad plants I recently took myself off to a suburban like rocket and lettuce; Basil, parsley and nursery to see what they had. The ones that thyme, a cherry tomato and chives, or some stood out to me were the Pinus strobus ‘Lou- edible flowers like marigolds, nasturtiums and ie’ and Picea omorika ‘Gunter’, for their Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons pansies. Whatever combo you think they’d like lovely asymmetric shape and the Juniperus to eat. chinensis ‘Stricta’ if you’re after a nice dense or even eucalyptus branches. You get the local florists about ordering bunches of pine/ conical shaped tree. scent, little branches for decorations, and spruce/eucalyptus on the lead up to Christ- - Cut flowers/branches much easier to chop down into mulch for mas. They will also be able to get you some Merry Christmas and a safe and happy new An alternative is the vase full of pine/spruce the garden or your worm farm. Speak to our bare branches, which you can arrange in a year to you all.
SPORT & HEALTH The importance of harmonising your home
Chantelle Heldt Feng shui tells us that household objects can expansion of a space focuses on neutralising a constant reminder of what you want, where give us hints of the internal shifts happening and decluttering unnecessary items in the you want to go or what you want to become. in a person’s subconscious mind. Are homes home. This is brought about by working with Perhaps the answers to a harmonious house here are a variety of definitions for the really a mirror of our identity and/or reality? the hierarchy of space available in a home, really are hidden in plain-sight. You may find word ‘home.’ The Macquarie Dictio- Another course of study, similar to feng the placement of interior decorations, and that you have a preference for a particular nary describes it as any place of exis- T shui and related to harmonising the home the specific placing of furniture. All of these style of wallpaper, textured tile, lighting tence or refuge: a heavenly home, while the environment, is called ‘building biology’. It things contribute to the overall aura of a home or arrangement of certain items. If you are Oxford English Dictionary describes it as a is concerned with the relationship between and helps the inhabitant renew their life. comfortable and it brings a sense of calm, then place where something originates, flourishes, the inhabitant and their habitat of choice. The style of older houses in North and West it is a positive energy or ‘good vibe’. or is most typically found; the seat, centre, According to building biology, high frequency Melbourne is fairly uniform. Our beautiful By working to recognise how you interact or birthplace of an activity. These are both radiation and electro-magnetic fields are ‘worker’s cottages’ are often long and thin with your own home and what really makes alternative yet trustworthy depictions of what a important to our ability to harness the energies with a single frontage and little space in either home ideally is. within a home. front or back yard. These houses are often you appreciate your living space you can Feng shui is the application of Chinese Building biologist Narelle Haw also uses tricky for interior design and can become encourage a healthier and more balanced traditions in which one harmonises one’s design psychology to help clients design a cluttered. environment for yourself and your guests. surrounding environment. Feng shui is the ‘home blueprint’, a plan that works to sustain Through practicing feng shui one can The art of feng shui (or building biology) consideration of the space in which one gathers a home’s inner balance. This approach views develop an awareness of objects. Consultants can be practised in either traditional or after a long day of toil. A home tells the story the home as a spiritual shelter and sacred place often look at the subject matter of an alternative new ways, but ideally people of a person’s life; it says a lot about what we of ease. inhabitant’s household art. Perhaps it indicates simply need the awareness of their relationship feel about ourselves and the world around us. According to building biology, the a feeling of contentment, or maybe it acts as with their home and how it makes them feel. Errol Street Medical General Practice, Specialists & Allied Health Centre General Practitioners: Dr Emerson Tantoo, Dr Zahra Mokhayer, Dr Ming Wu and Dr David Chiang Specialist Services: General Surgeon and Osteopath Cosmetic and Anti-ageing Injections also available Onsite Pathology, Nursing and Vaccination Services
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Janine Barron & Chris Addison
Set the tone for holiday celebrations with a healthy and balanced approach Sometimes holidays can be stressful and emo- tional — a time when you become frazzled and disconnected. Balance is the key in every- thing you do. Balance your socialising with a yoga practice the next day. Eat chocolate Corpse Pose Photo: Chris Addison Cobra Pose Photo: Janine Barron Locust Pose Photo: Janine Barron when your heart wants it and salad when your body needs it. Wear high heels on Saturday Three Yoga poses for stress and balance Cobra pose (Bhujangasana): This is one of Locust pose (Shalabhasana): This pose stim- and walk barefoot on Sunday. Go shopping at the better-known exercises for relieving stress ulates the lower part of the body. In addition to the mall and then sit down to meditate. Living Corpse pose (Shavasana): This is one of the and reducing fatigue. It stimulates and relaxes relieving stress, it helps strengthen abdomen high and low is part of the season — move and best yoga poses for stress relief. the upper part of the body. and leg muscles and improves digestion. stay still. • Lie face up on the yoga mat using a blanket • Lie on the yoga mat on your stomach. • Lie on the mat on your stomach with your for warmth • Put your legs together. Stretch your legs chin resting lightly on the ground. • Place feet about mat-width apart (50–60 back with the toes stretched outward. • Put your legs together. Stretch them back centimetres) and let them fall naturally • Bend your elbows with your palms down with the toes stretched outward. Embrace all sides of who you are • Place your hands palms up about 30 centi- so that your thumbs touch the side of your • Keep your pubic bone firmly pressed into Be brave, bold and spontaneous and let that metres from the sides of your body. chest. the mat. complement your abilities to find silence, pa- • Ensure that your shoulder blades are pulled • Keep your face down till your chin touches • Have your arms by your sides with the tience, modesty and peace. Aim for balance. down and the small of your back is relaxed the ground softly. palms up. Stay relaxed. Bring your mind into the present — simply into the floor. • Keep your pubic bone firmly pressed into • Tighten the muscles of your hands, feet, legs observing your breath will do this for you. • Completely relax the body so that eventual- the mat. and arms. ly you forget it is there. Breathe normally. • While inhaling slowly, raise your chin, • Inhale slowly, using your back muscles to • Feel yourself in tune with the rhythms move your head backward to its limit, and lift your head and chest, arms and legs at the of your body. Detach yourself from your raise your body slowly. same time. Take care to lift them as high as Be kind to yourself. thoughts. Let them go. • Draw your chest forward by pulling back you can without bending your legs. Yoga will help you manage your stress by • You can stay in Shavasana for 5–10 min- your shoulders. Divide your weight between • Maintain this position for 5–6 breaths. staying grounded and enjoying the present. utes. arms and spine. • Exhale slowly while gently lowering back You will feel better both mentally and phys- • Come out of Shavasana very slowly, rolling • Keep your elbows close to your body so to the mat. ically and stay focused on what is really to one side and then sitting up in a comfort- your shoulders do not hunch. important — spending time celebrating with able position. Stay in touch with the peace- • Breathe normally in and out of the nose. family and friends. ful and relaxed feelings you have created Hold the pose for 5–6 breaths. Janine Barron and Chris Addison operate inside yourself. • While exhaling, lower your body into the The Yoga Place at 203 Victoria Street, North original position. Melbourne Medicine is more than just symptoms
Adam Falloon on multidisciplinary care. I spoke with one of Dr McDowell has worked in the area for away through a sedentary lifestyle, sitting at a the resident osteopaths, Dr Paul O’Keefe, to over 20 years and is familiar to many. Dr desk too much … all the things we enjoy in a get an idea of how their treatment philosophy Underwood is a specialist in treating children modern lifestyle. he most common experience for most affects the way they look after their patients. and also works for the Royal Children’s “I’m a big advocate for standing desks in of us when we get sick or sustain an Paul was keen to emphasise the partners’ Hospital. the workplace, or, if that’s not possible, get up Tinjury is to find a doctor who can either wish for the practice to be a comfortable hub Apart from the GPs, who are of course and move when you can to get mobile. Each treat us or refer us to a specialist. However for the community. key to assessing a patient’s symptoms and week, as well, have at least three episodes of there is a growing trend in society to discuss “We really want to have an environment prescribing appropriate remedies, there is also exercise, bare minimum, just to get the body preventative health measures such as lifestyle that’s friendly and welcoming. We have a nice a practice nurse who assists with coordinating moving again.” choices, diet and regular check-ups. light-filled waiting room and a community treatments and developing a healthcare plan So, as the weather gets warmer and we all In line with this trend, medical centres that noticeboard … we often have people in the tailored to each patient’s needs. From there, become a bit more weight conscious, this offer different services and treatments under waiting room who will stop and chat.” patients can take advantage of a number of might be the time to find new opportunities to one roof are becoming more common. For this The practice benefits greatly from having a different services including massage therapy, get the body moving! edition of the News I visited one such centre in range of practitioners available as this allows a pilates, clinical psychology, osteopathy and West Melbourne to get a better understanding varied and cooperative approach to treatment. pathology. Premier Health Partners is located at 491–495 of how a business like this operates and what Dr Alan Underwood and Dr Margaret It was interesting to learn from Paul that this King Street, West Melbourne (corner Rosslyn benefits it offers its patients. McDowell are the two resident GPs, both whole-treatment approach is synonymous with Street). Premier Health Partners is a medical practice veterans of medicine and well respected in the the philosophy underpinning osteopathy as a Phone: 9329 7077 that offers a range of services with an emphasis community. medical practice. www.premierhealthpartners.com.au “The body is a unit. No aspect of the body operates independently from anything else,” he explained. “If something fails it affects other parts, if something fails it’s because something North Melbourne Rotary Club else has failed. “That’s the main philosophy of osteopathy For membership and Friends of Rotary and possibly what led me to have a clinic like call George Zindilis on 0418 398 255 this. We can give a bit of dietary advice or a bit of fitness advice but to have the actual experts here makes for a good team environment to get the best outcome for each person.” Complementing this holistic philosophy, Premier Health makes charitable contributions by sponsoring several sporting clubs and community events. These include the Spring Fling and Run for Hope, an event that raises funds for and awareness of breast cancer and is run by Pink Hope, a non-profit organisation. Before parting, I asked Paul if he had any preventative health advice coming into Start your day as our guest for breakfast summer. “As an extension of what I said before … Meet at the Mercure Hotel we are mobile entities,” he replied. “We’re not Corner Flemington Road and Harker Street, North Melbourne planted into the ground. Our body not only Fridays @ 7.30am for 7.45 enjoys movement but needs it for circulation Dr Paul O’Keefe, osteopath at Premier and to keep the body functioning. We take that Health Partners Photo: Adam Falloon DECEMBER 2014 North and West Melbourne News OPINION 15
OPINION Christmas: new life and infinite horizons
John Smith At the same time, there is no need to church. When it did, it was Easter that set the But Christmas is not an idea. It is a person to downplay or delete other longstanding parts of tone. The traditions of Christmas centre on the embrace and a life to follow, which is why Je- our heritage as a multicultural society. As we birth of a child in a dark, out of the way place sus is indeed the reason for the season. Because y the time you read this, the shops will approach the Christmas season again, we know that came under threat from an imperial power. of the way he lived and died, the inner truth of be full of tempting merchandise, the it is not just about pressure to socialise or more This became the symbol of the emergence Jesus’s life has implications for how we regard streets will be decorated, Christmas B marketing. But what is being celebrated at of new hope for living in a dark world. And one another, and the way we seek to live. Wel- carols will be in the air and people will be Christmas? it was especially hopeful because it was the jostling to buy gifts to give and special food comed by shepherds, he welcomed outsiders to to eat. Christmas is timed to coincide with the point shepherds—the poor and disenfranchised— his side and to his table. Generosity and hospi- In our increasingly multicultural, multifaith in the northern hemisphere where the shortest who were the first to know about this. It was tality are quintessential Christian virtues. society we are faced with competing options day and the darkest night give way to the slow suggested by the visit of the wise men, people Honoured by foreign sages, he did not that raise questions about what to do with all- return of the light and warmth of the sun. Orig- who came from different cultures and faiths, it choose to overpower us or seek to place pervasive celebrations like Christmas. inally, the inevitability of the coming of the had significance for all people. As the presence boundaries around our life. Instead he offered At the same time, in some countries that have light heralded the rebirth of life that would be of the oxen and donkeys suggests, this had us an utterly new possibility of life, set against not had a strong Christian heritage—Japan for celebrated at the spring festival. significance for all of creation. an infinite horizon. Everything about him is a example—the celebration of Christmas has When Christianity became dominant in The meaning is that, in the life of the child sign that we are embraced at the deepest level. grown in popularity as a cultural celebration, that part of the world the symbolism of the who was born as one of us, the creative, life- Some would say divine love has been active rather than an expression of faith. I am all for old winter festival was translated to fit the giving power that humans have referred to as on our behalf. If that is really true, then it is no enriching our cultural heritage by allowing Christian story based on the life and message God came to be fully expressed as a human wonder Christmas is a season of joy and good- the different stories and traditions to stand of Jesus. being, within time. Many Christmas carols are will. And we can help make it so ourselves. alongside one another and enrich our lives. Christmas came late in the history of the based on this thought. Merry Christmas! The gift of giving — all year around
Claudio Palmeri soup vans, homeless shelters, food banks and school breakfast programs each week. This great project would not be the success ave you ever thought about exactly it is without the partnership between The Lead- what having the ‘Christmas spirit’ er, FareShare and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Hmeans? Foundation Appeal. What about the importance of the gift of Thus the gift of giving should not be an giving? expression used only during the festive season, I often wonder how many people truly but rather an act that should be embraced all understand what it means. How many people year round by those who are in more fortunate have lost the art of giving and only think about positions. the importance of receiving? My parents have always told me that in life At this time of year, I reflect on a song that it is really easy to think that you are always is often played in my house, “And so this is going to be on top, but life throws amazing Christmas, and what have we done”, realising curve balls that can bring down even the most that perhaps I have not done enough. affluent person. Did I give enough to the guy on the street So the next time you see someone asking for who was homeless? Did I cut short too many help, don’t judge or assume that anyone would conversations with the lovely elderly lady deliberately choose to be in that position. that lives down my street? Did I have enough Everyone has a story and everyone deserves a compassion for the drunk guy who screamed helping hand. Remember the gift of giving. at me on my way home from school? The gift of giving (for me) does not always come in the form of a wrapped parcel with a bow but, rather, taking the time to give back to those who need it — without prejudice or preconceived ideas, something that, undoubtedly, The Leader’s Feed Melbourne Appeal is all about. The appeal started in 2009 and over the past five years has raised over $2.4 million for those that are not fortunate enough to have a meal every day. According to Rebecca David, the group Illustration: Adam Falloon reporter from The Leader, the people who rely on the appeal have changed over time. “Traditionally it was the homeless or those with mental illness and substance abuse”, she Wayne Lynch Master Jeweller writes. However, with the cost of living on the increase, it has also affected “the lower income earners, that are struggling to pay rent and put wishes all our customers a food on the table”. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year “The appeal aims to bridge the gap between food waste, edible food, and helping people who are going hungry in our suburbs.” Engagement rings In 2014, 34 charities received about two- Wedding rings thirds of the raised money. The money was to go towards the transport, storage, cooking and Commitment rings distribution of food that would otherwise be Remodelling thrown away. The remaining third went towards Repairs FareShare, a not-for-profit community Valuations organisation, whose annual mission, with the help of their 600 volunteers, is to make one million meals a year from the surplus, 93 Errol Street North Melbourne Phone 03 9328 5500 good-quality food rescued from supermarkets, www.waynelynchjeweller.com.au farmers and other businesses that would otherwise end up in landfill. The meals that are made are delivered to 15% DISCOUNT on presentation of this ad 16 TRAVEL & FOOD North and West Melbourne News DECEMBER 2014
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Travel tips The Cat Café comes to Melbourne!
Raphaelle Race scratching posts and little toys. play, clean and sleep with each other.” You can order hot drinks and small snacks, The Cat Café has a restriction on children but food is definitely not a reason to visit. under the age of eight. This has caused ave you heard of a cat cafe before? There are 12 adorable cats in residence at some trouble with hopeful kids and angry Some friends of mine had recently the Cat Café. They have been adopted from parents, but there are practical reasons for the Hreturned from Japan and they were animal rescue services like The Lost Dogs’ exclusion. absolutely raving about the craze. Home and the Geelong Animal Welfare “Before opening to the general public we A cat cafe is a small, friendly place where Society. brought some family friends in to meet the you can go and spend time with cats. It sounds “We could not have come this far without cats, including a few young children and one strange, but in high-density living areas like the help and support of those who contributed infant. Tokyo and Taiwan, where pets are hard to take to our campaigns,” said owner Anita. “We “It became clear to us that the cats did not care of, these cafes are becoming more and reached approximately half of our original like young children. And so for the welfare of more popular. Illustration: Patricia Lew goal, but this was enough to keep us scraping the cats and the safety of young children we Soon after finding out about this overseas by to finally open in July 2014. implemented the age restriction. Everything craze, I discovered that Melbourne had “It took a year to get to the point of opening we do at Cat Café Melbourne is for the welfare Patricia Lew recently acquired its very own cat cafe right and we have now been open for four months.” and benefit of the cats.” next to the Queen Victoria Market. The cat inhabitants are very social creatures Cat Café Melbourne will be having a big n hour’s train ride will take you out The owners of Cat Café Melbourne, Anita who don’t mind being picked up and petted. food and donation drive this Christmas. If into the beautiful Macedon Ranges. and Myles Loughran, were inspired to set up They have a number of hidey-holes to get you’re keen to join in or help raise money for Take the trip on the first Saturday of their own cat cafe after travelling to Japan on away from overenthusiastic visitors but are animals, there will be details on their website A their honeymoon. The Melbourne Cat Café every month and you can find the friendly and mostly just happy to sleep on couches and closer to the holidays. welcoming Woodend Community Farmers’ was initially assisted as a startup business laps. Because only small groups of people are by crowdfunding website Indiegogo, which Market. “We provide separate toilet and feeding allowed in the cafe at a time, bookings are helped them raise $11,000 from enthusiastic A gold coin donation upon entry was all that rooms. These private rooms also provide essential. Head over to their website at www. punters. was needed to enter the market but this was a safe place for the cats to go if they are catcafemelbourne.com to make a booking, or The Cat Café is not so much an actual absolutely worth it considering the quality of overwhelmed or just need some personal give them a call on 9642 8540. cafe (where you’d get a big breakfast and a produce that was available there. space. soy latte) as the most comfortable zoo ever. I went on a day when the sun was out. The “It’s actually a bit of a miracle that they Cat Café Melbourne is situated at 375 Queen Set above a shopfront, Cat Café Melbourne atmosphere was jovial and it was a reasonably all get along so well,” Anita added. “We Street, Melbourne, right next to the Queen comprises four rooms on the top floor, each set crowded Saturday morning with both locals introduced most of the cats on the same day Victoria Market. up with couches and extravagant cat towers, and tourists bustling around. Patrons were and the rooms became neutral territory … they exploring the area, enjoying the scenery and picking up some fresh produce. There were haystacks framing the entry way. Immediately, I could see a Shetland pony anchored to a fence. It was white with black spots and there were children around it, waiting for a ride around the market grounds. It was adorable! I have a soft spot for all animals. It was great to see a bunch of kids discovering what real produce looked like. They were obviously in awe at the contrast between these and the prettied—up versions in the supermarket. The apples were seasonal and freshly picked. They were not only reasonably priced but deliciously crisp as well. I realised just how much I had forgotten what real apples tasted like! The fresh artisan bread looked amazing and, if this wasn’t enough, there were also gorgeous pastries and cakes lined up as well. A few stalls down from the baked goods, a lovely lady held a platter of cheeses to try. After leaving the market, quite satisfied with my apples, veggies and bread, I popped across the road to Bourkies Bakehouse for a quick coffee and bite to eat before heading back home. It was really busy and the roast pork roll Photo: Raphaelle Race was delicious. Highly recommended! Woodend Community Farmers’ Market is definitely a fun way to start the weekend and if you want to get out of Melbourne for a few hours without venturing too far away. It is a lovely place to visit. When you go, I recommend that you take a basket or shopping bag and cash (not card!) to buy some goodies. Also remember to take into account the weather as this market is outdoors. Dogs are allowed, provided they are on a leash.
Woodend Farmers Market Community Centre grounds on the corner of High and Forest streets 109 High Street, Woodend 3442
Open from 9:00am to 1:00pm Approximately one hour’s drive from North Melbourne.
Public transport: approximately one hour’s train ride from Southern Cross Station (take the Bendigo train and alight at Woodend Station) DECEMBER 2014 North and West Melbourne News ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 17
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A world of words: indie publishing with Spinifex Press
Jennifer Choat and Carole Lander three publications were short-listed for awards Feminist publishing took a really big hit in and two were translated. the 1990s, largely from the introduction of the “We published seven books in our second superstore, starting in the United States. Often pinifex Press co-founder Susan year but we felt pretty early on that we didn’t these opened across the street or next door Hawthorne draws on her 20 years’ want to get really big.” to the very best independent store in an area, Sexperience as an independent publisher Asked why they did not want to expand the which might have been a feminist bookstore. in her new book, Bibliodiversity. business, Hawthorne says: “You need to move The superstore would order in all the same Hawthorne left Penguin in the 1980s to set to a whole different level of management, content as the feminist bookstore, which up her own business with Renate Klein — structure and financial security. It also means couldn’t compete on price. both of them frustrated by the big publishers’ that you start to think about publishing Then Amazon came on the scene. unwillingness to take risks during that differently … we wanted to be more hands- Interestingly, the name Amazon was already taken by one of the very best American recession. on with the business. You know, small is beautiful.” feminist bookstores, located in Minneapolis, Their first book was Angels of Power, an And they like to support Australian Minnesota. anthology of writings: poetry, fiction, play business: “We have a very good relationship The owners were furious that this electronic scripts and film scripts about reproductive with our printer here in Melbourne. I like the ordering giant was out there and stealing their technology. fact that we can ring them and talk to them name and they took Amazon to court. They “It was quite a nice combination of our two Susan Hawthorne, co-founder of North in our own time zone. Also, philosophically I received a payout but couldn’t keep going specialties,” says Hawthorne. “Renate’s was Melbourne’s Spinifex Press think that’s what we should do.” because their name had gone. critical writing on reproductive technology and Photo: Jennifer Choat Spinifex targets all women readers, not only It is a well-known fact that digital mine was creative writing, so it really brought those who identify as feminist. Hawthorne publishing is threatening the print industry but list. We thought we’d better get in and do it those things together.” admits, though, that their readers are generally Hawthorne believes that books will still be ourselves!” Despite major changes in the publishing well-educated with slightly left-leaning treasured items. Passion and addiction are what keep industry since those early years, Spinifex has political views. Her luggage is very heavy when she Hawthorne and business partner Klein going. maintained its mission to publish feminist During her career she has seen feminist travels to the Frankfurt Book Fair to promote Spinifex remains a small publishing house and books that are controversial and innovative publishing become nearly extinct in Western Spinifex’s authors and she admits that carrying they still print in Australia. with an optimistic edge. countries as a result of globalisation. But several novels on an e-reader is preferable for They have adapted to the new digital scene “We published four books in our first year. Spinifex keeps on going and their books are personal travel reading. In fact, when they and regularly promote their books using social We really didn’t know if we would go for translated and sold in unusual places like started doing e-books in 2006 they were only media. Their Facebook page also allows them more than that. When you start you have no Bengal, Korea and Latvia, as well as Germany, the third Australian publisher to experiment to participate in feminist petitions and create a idea what you’re doing!” says Hawthorne. Spain and France. with the form. sense of community for feminist publishing — Like many small business operators they “One of the things we try to do when we “We’ve been in that game for a while and here and overseas. started at home, in a first-floor flat in West publish our books is to find that balancing decided to do that [publish electronically] Melbourne, often working in their pyjamas. point between language that is accessible and because we felt that if all the books in the Spinifex Press is at 504 Queensberry Street, Later they bought a building on Queensberry also a bit challenging. We avoid post-modern world were going to be digitised, the feminist North Melbourne; telephone 9329 6088; Street. Success came early — two of their first language because we think it’s too obscure.” books would probably be at the bottom of the www.spinifexpress.com.au.
Art around the corner: in conversation with Marta Tesoro
Jennifer Choat training difficult? MT: I love moving around from place to MT: When I was at Monash they were more place actually. I know most people like concerned about ‘the idea’, rather than formal stability, want to stay in one place and know ennifer Choat recently caught up with local arts training, whereas I am more concerned when the pay cheque is coming in, but I find artist/animator/illustrator Marta Tesoro. with what the work looks like at the end. But that I actually flourish a lot better if there J JC: Tell me a bit about yourself and my mother and father were artists, so they is actually an end. And I like juggling jobs. your training. taught me a lot. RMIT was much more my Sure there have been some disasters, but MT: I arrived in Melbourne from the thing. They concentrate on technique, but at even those were good in a way because you Philippines in 1996 at the age of 16, just in the same time were happy for you to go off meet all of these great people. Animators are time for year 12. After that I went to Monash and try different things and explore your own quite a cool bunch, so it’s been a blast! University and studied visual art, majoring in ideas. JC: Who are your influences or inspira- painting, then did my Masters in Animation JC: How did you get your first illustration/ tions? and Interactive Media at RMIT. I’ve been animation jobs? MT: Mostly comic book artists. And certain freelancing and contracting for the last 10 years. MT: One of the administrators at RMIT animations like Invader Zim by Jhonen I’ll be finishing off my latest contract at Studio recommended me! So I got a job fairly quickly Vasquez. Also artists like Mark Ryden, as Moshi soon. I’ve been there for almost two after finishing my Masters. After that it was well as Hans Giger who designed Alien. Then years now working on the television series The a lot of pedalling, cold calling and constantly it became the people around me and other Artist/animator/illustrator Marta Tesoro with Day My Butt Went Psycho. It’s been a lot of fun. sending off show reels. artists on Facebook. My mum was a very big her Urban Sketching work JC: Did you find contemporary art school JC: What has been your favourite job? influence on me as well, growing up. She’s a Photo: Rob Macfarlane very talented watercolour painter and fashion designer, so I wanted to paint like her. My pencils for my exhibition work. grandfather was an influence as well; he was JC: What are your unfulfilled ambitions? an amazing artist. MT: I’d like to publish a storybook or two. JC: On your blog you mention ‘Urban I’ve done educational books before, but no Sketchers’. Can you tell me a bit about this proper stories. I’d like to work towards my and what materials you use in the field? own solo exhibition in the near future too. And MT: I use markers only. No pencils. I’m I wouldn’t mind winning an Oscar! trying to go all over Melbourne sketching local scenes. I often go alone or in a group on the JC: I’m really impressed with the volume weekend where we do a big sketching session. of work on your blog. You seem to post a new It’s a great way to get ideas and expand illustration almost every day. Why and when by looking at other people’s drawings. We did you start? share our work and I’ve started a Tumblr to MT: I started slowly around 2006. Then document mine. in 2010 I started a 30-day challenge when I JC: What mediums do you use for your posted one work every day. I enjoyed it so illustrations and animation, is it mostly much that I kept going and it became habit. computer work? Work ethic is also important. I’ve always been MT: Yes, it’s mostly on the computer. For fast. Thankfully, my skills have caught up too! animation I use Flash and Toon Boon, After Effects and Photoshop. For the illustrations it’s mostly a combination of hand drawing and View Marta Tesoro’s work at www. colouring on the computer using Photoshop, rabbittownanimator.com or in the group which is my favourite way of doing things. exhibition Girls to the Front at The Tote in Colouring is much more fun on the computer! Collingwood, 6 December. She is available for I also use watercolours, ink and coloured commissions and illustration work. 18 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT North and West Melbourne News DECEMBER 2014
Between the Covers Music Reviews
Chris Saliba Paul & Maria from Heartland Records
He likes treating his two boys, Colt and LED ZEPPELIN longing, inspired by actor Marlon Brando’s Bastian, to games and puzzles. He is an LED ZEPPELIN 4 & HOUSES OF THE tendency to get beaten up in films.” excellent provider for his family. His boys HOLY DELUXE EDITIONS Walker’s voice enters almost immediately, have all the toys they could possibly want. Everyone either has an older brother, cool uncle thundering operatically over the stadium gui- His wife, Tabby, seems to float on a cloud or even cooler aunt that owned Led Zeppelin 4 tar, riffs and vast synths, there is a silent pause, of suburban comfort. But underneath all (LZ 4) back in the day. This is the album that and then enters the whips, metallic screeches this perfection there is a nagging sense of the group were told would not sell because it did and oppressive chaotic feedback of O’Malley something not being quite right. not have the band name on the cover and people and Anderson’s guitars. This uneasy theme In the opening chapter, when Rex repeatedly would not know what it was. That was 1971 and doesn’t seem to vary too much throughout makes the boys guess the colour of the new LZ 4 has since gone 23 times platinum, that is the remainder of the album’s five long tracks, BMX bike that he’s bought them, the game 23 million copies sold in the USA alone. along with Walker’s distinctly mournful theat- turns almost into a mania. As with the remastered editions of the first rical vocals. The layers just keep building up Golden Boys is a near-perfect evocation of three albums, guitarist Jimmy Page has once until you feel completely submerged in Walk- growing up in the Australian suburbs. Sonya again remastered and produced these two re- er’s underworld. Hartnett describes the flipside of the Australian leases. As before, each album is available in Although Sunn O))) originally approached dream: envy driven by our commercial culture, multiple formats, single 180g LP, double 180g Walker years ago for a collaboration, it wasn’t LP with alternate artwork and bonus material, the sharp limits to community feeling, the until this year that he decided to write new ma- as well as a two-CD set. For the ‘completist,’ terial. Walker’s influence is overwhelmingly isolation children feel from adults, violence there are the super deluxe box set versions that evident in the dark abstract lyrics and the soni- within marriages, the nagging sense of contain the double vinyl, double CD, deluxe cally complex compositions, which is perhaps personal failure, the very prison of the mind book and art print along with a download code why it’s dubbed the ScottO))) project. Soused and spirit that the suburbs seem to create. for extra material. Both boxes include previ- closes with the track ‘Lullaby’, which is any- Reading Golden Boys I marvelled at how true ously unreleased tracks and rare alternate ver- thing but comforting. You may be left feeling to life the novel was. sions of others that are culled from the band’s like, “the sun ain’t gonna shine anymore”, but personal collection. it’s worth a listen. My Story Julia Gillard (Random House. RRP: $49.99)
Julia Gillard opens her memoir with a frequently asked question. In public she was often asked, “How do you do it?” Interested questioners would then search her face for clues, “wanting to know why I wasn’t at home, hiding, sobbing, screaming”. The first part of My Story tries to answer that question and is titled ‘How I did it’. It’s a 130-page roller-coaster ride that doesn’t hold back. Part two of My Story is titled ‘Why I did it’. For the most part, these 330 pages discuss the achievements of the Gillard government. Like all politicians, Gillard wants to chisel out her legacy. Detailed discussions of policy achievements (and struggles) are interspersed with interesting insights and observations. What surprises most in My Story is how uncontroversial a politician Julia Gillard was, if her memoir is anything to go by. She was never out on the political fringes, but firmly in the mainstream. My Story makes for fascinating reading. Playing to the Gallery It’s a remarkable insider’s story, the type of Grayson Perry which only comes along rarely. Whether you (Particular Books. RRP: $35) like Gillard or not, this memoir gives a very intimate portrait of a prime minister’s life and “For even I, an Essex transvestite potter, have how government works. been let into the art-world mafia,” declares Grayson Perry happily in the introduction to his manifesto Playing to the Gallery (based on LZ 4 includes a mandolin/guitar mix of ‘The THE THE his Reith Lectures). Battle of Evermore’ and an alternate version SOUL MINING DELUXE BOX SET Australian ABC viewers may know Perry of ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Houses of the Holy “I pull back the curtains and the sun burns my from his BBC documentaries, where he includes a rough mix of ‘The Ocean’ and a eyes,” sings The The’s Matt Johnson on the frequently dresses as his alter ego, Claire. version of ‘The Rain’ without piano. As with track ‘This Is The Day’. Well, this IS the album In this short book the artist and potter writes the previous releases, the sound is superb and and it is finally getting the remastering and about many aspects of the art world, much the detail in the packaging is top class. If it repackaging it deserves. It may be 30 years on, of it from a practitioner’s point of view. He has been a long time since you rock ‘n’ rolled but this album still stands the test of time as discusses money and art, the vagaries of the then get out and grab yourself a copy of these one of the greatest angst-ridden, heartfelt and art scene, popular art versus the cutting-edge albums, it will be like hearing them for the politically aware albums ever made. Heavily variety and whether the art world is truly first time. influenced by Britain’s bedsit culture of the ear- revolutionary or secretly conformist. ly 1980s and the uncertainty felt by the young Perry is a bit of an outlier; indeed, he during Thatcher’s government, Soul Mining seems quite surprised by his own success. manages to transform this sense of bleakness It is this distance that allows him to look on SCOTT WALKER & SUNN O))) into a brilliantly uplifting message of hope. and comment about his milieu in an amused, SOUSED The The is basically put together by Matt detached yet appreciative manner. Experimental musician Scott Walker and Johnson with some help from his friends, Playing to the Gallery offers many insights drone metal group Sunn O))) have teamed including Jools Holland who contributes an into the finicky world of art and provides a up on the 4AD label to produce an album ti- amazing piano solo on ‘Uncertain Smile’, useful guide for those wanting to make art tled Soused. For Sunn O))), masters of high the closing track on side one. Along with the a career. It counsels cheerful optimism but volume, slow moving doom metal, and Walker album itself, the box set includes a special warns that success takes many decades to who started his career as a teen heart-throb in four-track double 12-inch set featuring six achieve. This is the perfect book to drop into the 1960s/1970s pop group the Walker Broth- rare mixes. This is all housed in a fantastic the knapsack of any young art student. ers, it may seem like an unusual collaboration. gatefold cover, designed by Johnson’s brother His work later in life, however, has been more Andy who is also responsible for the unique Golden Boys experimentally ambitious, leaning toward and striking artwork on the album. The box Sonya Hartnett avant-garde. The music he created in the last contains a newspaper-style poster written (Hamish Hamilton. RRP: $29.99) two decades is as difficult to define as it is to by Johnson, which details the making of the Chris Saliba is co-owner of North Melbourne listen to; it is not for the faint- hearted. record. Soul Mining is an album that belongs The Jensons have moved into a new suburb. Books, 546 Queensberry Street, and a regular Soused opens with the track ‘Brando’. in everyone’s collection, a true masterpiece. The father, Rex, is a happy-go-lucky dentist. contributor to the News. Walker explains it as “a song of masochistic Perfection. DECEMBER 2014 North and West Melbourne News ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 19
Anatolian Festival African Music and Cultural Festival Docklands Drive, Waterfront City, Docklands Federation Square, Melbourne Saturday 6 December 12 noon – 10pm Saturday 20 December 12 noon – 8pm The Anatolian Festival celebrates the coming Discover the vibrant music, arts and culture together of our communities, with outdoor of over 40 African countries in this inaugural stalls of food and merchandise, street theatre free event. Features family entertainment, and entertainment, cultural performances, arts sumptuous cuisines, colourful fashion and and craft. performances by local musicians including the Nigerian vibes of Alariiya Afro Beat Group. Presented by the African Australian Communities and Organisations in Victoria.
Comedy Theatre & Performance Art Club Voltaire 14 Raglan Street, North Melbourne Phone 9326 9094 for bookings Bars open 7pm
Library at The Dock 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands Introduction to Unity At Animation Space @ Gaming Zone Wednesday 10 December 5pm – 7pm Variety Night The Comic’s Lounge Introduction to Game Design workshop with a Thursday 18 December 7.30pm 26 Errol Street, North Melbourne brief introduction to Unity 3D engine. You will Featuring comedian Zoo-Loo Momann Jr, International Street Food Festival www.thecomicslounge.com.au learn how to create your own unique levels beautiful Burlesque Babes, Liberty Foxx, Melbourne Showgrounds December line-up: complete with power-ups, traps and high score Katarina Sin, Queen Esther Hur and Zuri Minx 276–318 Epsom Road, Flemington Mick Molloy, 3–6 December goals. plus music by the amazing Anton Thomas and Sunday 25 & Monday 26 January Lawrence Mooney, 8–12 December Words on the Wind super Solemechanics. Hosted by the lovely 10am – 10.30pm Pommy Johnson, 13–17 December Thursday 18 December Miss Holly Delight-Me. A Very Woggy Xmas, 18–21 December Storytellers from Storytelling Australia A major Australia Day weekend event Tickets $15 Victoria tell tales that reflect their relationship showcasing Australia’s multicultural cuisines. Markets with this part of Melbourne’s Docklands. With Docklands Sunday Market EVENTS Simon Oats and Roslyn Quin. Waterfront City, NewQuay Promenade, Wow! It’s Italian Simon is a passionate participant in the Docklands Lithuanian Club movement to reclaim and promote the art Every Sunday 10am – 5pm 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne of oral storytelling. Roslyn specialises in except 28 December & 4 January storytelling as performance for an older Special Event on Australia Day, Monday 26 audience and enjoys working in character for January special events. The Docklands Sunday Market reflects For information on costs visit www.melbourne. multicultural Melbourne with French, Italian, vic.gov.au/MelbourneLibraryService Greek, Turkish, Nepalese, Polish, Russian, Israeli and Irish input with an Australian slant. Jubilation Arts and craft, vintage clothing, baby clothes, NewQuay Promenade, Harbour Esplanade & second-hand books, reclaimed wood furniture, Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands unique jewellery and entertainment. Find a Friday 12 to Sunday 14 December treasure, have a meal and make a day of it. Friday 12.30pm – 2.30pm, 5pm – 10pm Saturday & Sunday 5pm – 10pm Jubilation is a new three-day festival to raise funds for the Country Fire Authority. Event Saturday 6 December 2pm – 3pm highlights include light installations, floating With ancestors who migrated from a remote lanterns, Christmas markets, 18 food trucks village high in the mountains east of Rome, across the three days, a carousel, over 10 Wow! It’s Italian’s passion for food led them fire trucks (vintage to modern), illuminated to record traditional recipes to share with boats in the harbour, the City of Melbourne everyone. Find out about the Mediterranean Christmas tree, live entertainment and If you would like to add a community diet — live longer, live healthier and live appearances from Santa and CFA’s Captain event to our column, we’d love to hear tastier! Koala and Beepa. from you! Please forward event details to This is a free event. Bookings essential. [email protected].
The Summer Night Market is on
Raphaelle Race discuss their Christmas wish-list. And every day that Queen Victoria Market is open, there will be a special map for people ith so many markets and festivals, to follow the Christmas Trail. Simply pick especially in the summer months up a map and follow Rudolph’s footprints on Win Melbourne, it’s easy to feel a fantastical journey through the market. overwhelmed by what to do and where to go. For the adults, on 9, 11 and 12 December This issue of our What’s On covers a at 11am and noon, you can join Kirsten number of festivals, but perhaps the closest Tibballs for a festive cooking demonstration to home for the North and West Melbourne highlighting the use of food as delicious Community are the various activities being Christmas gifts. held at the Queen Victoria Market sheds. And now that the warmer months are here, This year there are a number of free holiday you can take the trip in to discover the activities to distract the kiddies. Summer Night Market. Now 17 years old, Take the trip down to the market to see the Night Market is on every Wednesday the Victoria Market Christmas Tree, lit on evening from 5pm until 10pm – excepting December 3 and up for the month. Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve – Every weekend at the day market, Santa and hosts a number of delicious pop-up Claus will be waiting to meet the kids and fooderies, performances and market stalls. The outdoor stage at the Summer Night Market Photo: Adam Falloon 20 THE CENTRE North and West Melbourne News DECEMBER 2014
THE CENTRE
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