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THE NORTH & WEST MELBOURNE NEWS IS PRODUCED BY VOLUNTEERS AT THE CENTRE

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Please deliver contributions, letters Annual General Meeting of The Centre and feedback to: You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of The Centre: North and West Melbourne News Connecting Community in North & West Melbourne Inc to be 58 Errol Street, North Melbourne 3051 held on Monday 24 September 2018 at the Australian Legion Email: [email protected] of Ex-Servicemen and Women, 16 Little Errol Street, North Telephone: 9328 1126 Melbourne. New members are welcome. Copy deadline for Summer 2018–2019 edition: Time: 6.30pm — please join us for refreshments afterwards. The North and West Melbourne News RSVP: [email protected] or 9328 1126 is a quarterly publication produced by Thursday 8 November volunteers from North and West Melbourne Advertisers: Thursday 1 November and the inner city. It is now in its 41st year Publication date: Friday 7 December of production. Readers’ contributions and IMPORTANT STREET FESTIVAL NOTICE letters are welcomed. 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In 2016, 47 per cent of our election officials were Arts & Entertainment: Elliott Binks 15 October Exit West Mohsin Hamid aged over 55, so we are encouraging more young people to sign Community: Amelia Jarrett and Camella 19 November Taboo Kim Scott up for election employment. Macpherson 17 December The VEC values diversity. We encourage people who reflect Favourite book this year / favourite Education & Technology: Dan Tuturas and the diversity of the Victorian community to register for work. Book Group book this year Ian Truong The Victorian Electoral Commission invites 18–25-year-olds All welcome — no bookings required History: Samantha Wilson to register their interest in working for us during this and other Contact the library on 9658 9700 for enquiries Noticeboard: Janet Graham elections. Working for the VEC is a great opportunity for North Melbourne Library, 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne Politics & Environment: Catherine McLeod students and young people to contribute to our democracy and Sport & Health: Gautam Aggarwal get some seasonal work every couple of years. The Centre: Janet Graham An invitation from the Kensington Association Travel & Food: Shamira Natanagara Register your interest in working for us now at www.vec.vic.gov.au/employment Production team: Janet Graham, Dan Meet the Candidates Community Session Tuturas and Jim Weatherill. Peter Alsen This traditional Kensington gathering gives all candidates for the seat provided professional assistance with Victorian Seniors Festival — October 2018 of Melbourne a chance to have a say and answer questions from the layout. floor. The sitting Greens MP, Ellen Sandell, and the endorsed Labor Free public transport 7–14 October for Victorian Seniors Card holders candidate and ex-MP, Jennifer Kanis, are confirmed speakers. Printed by Express Print Pick up a brochure (pink cover) or check out the 2500-plus events 5 Jones Road, Morwell 3844 across Melbourne and regional Victoria in the online calendar at Thursday 1 November, 7.00pm Circulation 7000 www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au Kensington Town Hall, 30–34 Bellair Street SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News COMMUNITY 3

community Local women celebrate their community

Anne Burgi our caring, active, generous community is al- ways appreciated. One of the fun parts of the evening is always he 16th North & West Melbourne Wom- the prize draw. This year seven happy ladies en’s Dinner was held on Thursday each went home with a prize valued at more T9 August at The North Melbourne Hotel than twice the price of their dinner ticket. The in Victoria Street. prizes were donated by the local community. The first dinner, in 2003, was organised by A big thank-you to City North Physiotherapy three local women — Mary Nicholson, Sue Clinic, Chris Bohan Jewellery & Interior De- Allnutt and Kay Oke — simply because it sign, Ellen Sandell MP, Ilana Kinesiology & seemed like a good idea at the time. Over the Yoga and The North Melbourne Hotel/Bouzy years it has blossomed to become an annual Rouge for providing this year’s prizes. celebration for women who “live, work or play The only disappointment of the evening was in North or West Melbourne”. receiving the news that this event was the very This year’s dinner again reached its full last night of trading for The North Melbourne capacity of 100 women. Those who have lived Hotel, which has been the venue for the dinner in the area for a very long time, whose connec- for the past two years and once again did a tion is work or social, or who are new arrivals fabulous job. to the area, all mingled together. The dinner is not affiliated with any single The vibrant atmosphere was maintained organisation and is designed simply to cover throughout the evening. It started with people costs. It is overseen by a small group of locals: chatting when they arrived and ended with Tanya Smith, Deanne Hocking, Glenys Craw- chair-hopping as people got to know others, ford and Alison Parkes. with a fabulous three-course meal in between. Look out for the dinner again next year. It is The opportunity to catch up with old friends, held at the end of July or beginning of August Organisers of the North & West Melbourne Women’s Dinner (left to right): Alison Parkes, Glenys make new ones and introduce new people to every year to add some sunshine to wintertime. Crawford, Tanya Smith and Deanne Hocking Photo: courtesy Tanya Smith

Residents About Integrated Development

Gary Bateman C190 (Part 2) — a win for the Traffic planning for Shiel, Canning community! and Melrose streets The Planning Minister has ignored the rec- A site meeting is scheduled to be held with Residents matter! ommendation of the planning panel that con- staff from Melbourne City Council’s Traffic RAID 3051 continues to be focused on work- sidered Amendment C190 Part 2 (Shiel Street Engineering Services during September to ing with residents, local government and other Residential Interface Controls) and has instead review the likely traffic and parking impacts community groups to advocate for better inte- applied Melbourne City Council’s version of on nearby residential streets resulting from grated physical planning and development in the Shiel Street built-form controls. the current development at 111 Canning Street our neighbourhood. As reported in recent editions, RAID made a (Woolworths site) and how best to plan for The five main areas that inform RAID’s fo- submission to the C190 (Part 2) panel hearing ameliorating those impacts. cus were confirmed at our AGM in March as: in February this year in support of Melbourne This development, which includes 10- and 16-level residential towers, a large supermarket 1. monitoring the Woolworths development; City Council’s adopted height controls for the and an array of commercial premises, is well 2. assessing the implications of developments Shiel Street residential interface, which RAID underway, with stage 1 construction proposed Arden Vision released on the Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) believes will enable a much more appropriate to be completed by the end of the year. Howev- RAID made a submission to the Victorian and the Arden–Macaulay Structure Plan scale transition to the low-rise 19th-century er, stages 1 and 2 have been under construction Planning Authority (VPA) in 2016 regarding (AMSP); streetscape than the previous panel-recom- together, so a review of likely traffic impacts the Draft Arden Vision and Framework. The 3. monitoring how the City of Melbourne is mended controls. and their management has become critical. final Arden Vision has now been released, dealing with other large-scale developments; Melbourne City Council’s evidence clearly which will help to guide development around 4. liaising with other community action demonstrated that the panel’s controls would Liquor licence the new North Melbourne station and inform groups; and in fact encourage a ‘podium-tower’ form of RAID is monitoring the recently advertised the structure-planning process for the precinct. 5. continuing to work constructively with the development in Shiel Street, more associated liquor licence application for the Woolworths Arden will be divided into three new sub-pre- City of Melbourne on planning and develop- with built form in Melbourne’s CBD. site and has raised the matters of the liquor cincts: Arden North, Arden Central and Lau- ment matters. We thank Councillor Rohan Leppert and store’s location and hours of operation with RAID is a non-partisan incorporated local Melbourne City Council for their ongoing the City of Melbourne, the Victorian Commis- rens Street. organisation that is committed to open, trans- commitment to this built-form outcome along sion for Gambling and Liquor Regulation and The artist’s impression of the future Arden parent governance. the south side of Shiel Street. Hickory (the developers of ‘Arden Gardens’). precinct conveys an intensively developed built-form character throughout. The open- space network will be critical to its successful implementation, including ample provision of new open space and upgrade of the existing WOOD PHARMACY – NORTH MELBOURNE open space, especially Moonee Ponds Creek. 67 Errol Street, North Melbourne 3051 • Ph: 9328 1960 • Fax: 9328 1531 RAID believes that the detailed planning (Next to Errol’s Cafe and opposite the Library) phase should take full advantage of the coun- cil’s Urban Forest Strategy, and any future schools should provide for the flexible needs of the local community. We will continue to keep a watchful eye on the Arden precinct NEW! during the structure-planning process. Access further information at www.vpa.vic.gov.au/ Wavertree & London project/arden or email [email protected]. Message Soaps for special occasions Connect to RAID @ 3051 Xmas Candles — three NEW Fragrances For further information about RAID, or to be- come a member and receive our email updates Save with our competitive prices or to offer your assistance: Email [email protected] Write to PO Box 2077, Hotham Hill 3051 OPENING HOURS: Mon to Fri 8.30am to 6.30pm, Visit our website www.3051-integrated.com Sat 9am to 2pm, Sun 10am to 2pm — closed on public holidays Follow us on Facebook by searching RAID @ 3051 4 COMMUNITY North and West Melbourne News SPRING 2018

Barry John Slocombe 11 August 1940 – 28 June 2018 VERY IMPRESSIVE

Michael J. Halls Our birthday this year was difficult, the first terribly homesick for Marlborough. without Nana Magnificent, and I hope that I How odd, something I had not noticed. I’m a will not have another like it. huge fan of the SBS program The Good Fight, arry Slocombe completed his national I now have only one grandmother. For a while but had not noticed that my favourite leading service during the period of compul- I had three of them, which is really odd at lady, Christine Baranski, is Leonard’s mother sory call-up (1951–1959) introduced times when I consider friends who have never from The Big Bang Theory. Seeing her now on B had any. when Australia became involved in the Korean The Graham Norton Show. War. He was one of the last able to register for A film I partially saw on the plane home the air force. showed me the magnificence of a New Zea- 5 July 2018 He later joined the Australian Legion of land lady who I had not previously heard of. The useless idiot, now known as Andy Nolch, Ex-Servicemen and Women with continuous No Ordinary Sheila. Sheila Natusch was her who vandalised the Eurydice Dixon memorial membership for more than 50 years. He was married name. Born 1926, Invercargill. Wrote has apologised but claims he regrets nothing. president of the North and West Melbourne over 30 books, poet, great naturalist and illus- Personally, I don’t think I shall ever be apolo- sub-branch at the time of his passing. Barry trator. Died 10 August 2017. gising for calling him a useless idiot, which is was an active member of the Flemington Kens- Two of her books that I’ve requested my — of course my polite version of speaking about ington RSL and the former Carlton 39’ers. and your — wonderful North Melbourne those I consider to be useless idiots. A very private man, even Barry’s family and Library to buy: A Pocketful of Pebbles and 30 July 2018 friends declare that few knew him well. Hav- Rocks. Helen Round, why do I not have your number ing lived for many years in Ascot Vale, he was I had to stop watching the film because her anymore? You’re looking truly excellent. relocated to Werribee due to the redevelopment resilience and ‘get go’ reminded me of Nana, may well need to be demolished. As soon as I saw an injured eastern grey roo of the public housing estate only shortly before which was making me cry. Which was then Today’s crash in Reservoir was only an ugly in a Channel 9 news-break my thoughts turned his death. This stressful relocation isolated him causing painful popping in my ears. brick house, not that I’d want to be at all dis- from his neighbours and friends and placed to you. 29 June 2018 paraging of Reservoir and its architecture. pressure on his ability to get to the Legion clu- Then seeing the news and, surprise, surprise, Corey Worthington, Party Boy Stupid, has The houses must be angry for them to keep brooms as easily as he was accustomed. it is you. Roo jumps into house, gets locked come back to media as a potential Ninja War- jumping into traffic and grabbing the cars. Barry’s loyalty to the Legion was never in loo and is rehabilitated by you. How truly rior with lots of tattoos and no yellow sunnies. questioned; he did things without asking for Maybe they’re taking lessons from those nasty excellently amazing you are. Saw Antares Iron Art Garden on Gardening help or assistance. His self-reliance was one of trees which keep jumping into roads and caus- Australia. Anyone heading that way? Looks 1 August 2018 his defining characteristics, as was his support ing many of those single-car accidents. like somewhere Yarndi and I would really Federation Square. It couldn’t really be said of the North Melbourne community. Science fiction isn’t fiction. A Victorian uni- enjoy. that I’m a true fan of the place, although there versity–designed camera launched into space He was a staunch friend of the local retired are aspects of it that I enjoy. The National Imagine it, I was inspired to write a letter to on Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rocket. The camera railway workers association that often used to Trust of Australia’s Victorian branch wants meet at the Legion’s clubrooms, and also of Herald Sun’s editor: detects pollution and changes in the environ- to submit it for heritage approval, which it’s The Centre: Connecting Community in North Hello there ‘Herald of Sun’, ment. hopefully going to get. Anything that stops an & West Melbourne Inc. His generosity extend- I’m inspired to write a wee note to those who An invention that could be an example of Wim Apple store ‘lobstrosity’ (a word by Stephen ed to making regular donations to the Victorian are whingeing about the nasty plastic bag Wenders’ film Until the End of the World com- King for a creation of great ugliness) landing Eye and Ear Hospital. ban. I’ve not taken one from any supermarket ing true, where the film ends with our leading upon it I am certainly in agreement with. Any One of the women members of the Legion in almost 30 years now, since Collingwood, lady, Solveig Dommartin, viewing the Great measure that prevents the removal of the in- recalled meeting Barry when they both attend- on Golden Bay on New Zealand’s west coast, Barrier Reef from the International Space ed Fitzroy Primary School and took their holy banned them entirely. It’s easy to do. I’ve even Station. formation centre, which I use often and am a a tattoo “death before convenience”: a skull huge fan of, is a good thing. communion at the age of seven at St Patrick’s Under the Sea. The title for my solo art show with a shopping bag between its teeth. in Melbourne. I’m having at the Collingwood Gallery in 2 August 2018 I’d rather get hit by a bus than take a bag that Quiet, well-liked and humble, Barry had Smith Street in August. Reflections on a world It’s 12.57am and I’ve just been blown away by could potentially kill a magnificent whale or worked as a coach driver for many years. He of humanity’s waste and often astounding in- an article in yesterday’s VICE News re-run. sea turtle. enjoyed his nickname ‘Barry the Bus’. His pas- difference to the survival of the most amazing Golf balls, an aspect of oceanic plastic garbage And another word to those who are whingeing sion for driving continued, with long solo car environments we claim to own and care for. I’ve never even considered. The USA produces about now having to pay for your bags: you’ve trips, the annual Legion bus day-trip and month- 240 million golf balls per year; many of the always been paying for them. Clearly, you’re 2 July 2018 ly road trips with Graham, Rob and Waxy. world’s golf courses are on ocean or waterfront delusional if you think Woolworths, Coles, It’s been a week of missing people and things. Those day trips with the boys had only property. Golf balls are made up of plastics one rule: lunch at a venue that served Carlton Target et al have been wasting millions on giv- Greatly I’m missing the wonderful Liz Jack- and rubber, products that wear down into mi- Draught, because Barry insisted that no craft ing them away to you for free. Clearly, you’ve son already, and like many in Melbourne, croparticles. Can I paraphrase Charlton Heston beers were drinkable. One mate recalls a trip to been living in a fairy world where a reality we will be missing Eurydice Dixon. What I in Westworld? Humans are golf balls! Blackwood when Barry marched straight into TV star runs the world. Oh bugger, it wasn’t a also feel I’m missing is the respect for wom- the pub dining area and asked: “Do you serve nightmare. en that many of my fellow men just don’t Here’s some good news: Australian house pric- Carlton Draught?” Given the affirmative, he Yours, Very Greer Impressive have. Including those who did damage to her es are falling at their fastest rate in six years. announced to his comrades: “We can stay.” He 30 June 2018 still-growing unofficial memorial in Princes Australian Competition and Consumer Com- also liked to get away and spend time on his Car hits house in Ascot Vale Road, Ascot Vale, Park. mission seeks $10 million fine from Heinz own, saying, “I’m my own man”. yesterday. Another one does it today in Res- Book recommendation from my wondrous Foods for misleading conduct. They claim 99 In later years Barry developed diabetes and ervoir. friend Dayglo’s husband, Mr V. per cent fruit in products which happen to con- stopped drinking alcohol. Yesterday’s car-attacked house was a Victori- I am currently reading a crime novel by Aus- tain 66 per cent sugar. Maybe it’s only a case His cousin, Pastor Joan Hall, recounted in an brick home that I’ve always admired. The tralian writer Alan Carter, called Marlborough of coordinated inauthentic behaviour. her eulogy memories of the part he played in owner only inherited it from his grandmother Man, which is based around Havelock in New her life and that of the family. He paid a visit a couple of months ago, damage so severe it Zealand. Read it and loved it greatly, made me Yours, Very Greer Impressive to the family in Dunolly outside Marybor- ough in 2017 and was invited to join them for Christmas. Barry arrived on Christmas Eve, to everyone’s surprise, but he turned up again the next day with his presents. Barry had a passion for and deep knowledge of history, particularly Australian military history. His masterful deadpan humour and support for North and West Melbourne will be ELLEN SANDELL missed. STATE MP FOR MELBOURNE

Hi, I’m Ellen — I’d love to hear your ideas and concerns. Authorised by E. Sandell, 146 Peel St, North E. Sandell, 146 Peel by Authorised Melbourne VIC 3051. ������������������������������������������������������������������ (03) 9328 4637 [email protected]

Barry Slocombe (left) officiating with Mail & Office: 146 Peel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Michael Halls at an Anzac Day ceremony Photo: Janet Graham SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News POLITICS & ENVIRONMENT 5

politics & environment Time for more trains and trams, not toll-roads

Ellen Sandell, Melbourne Metro 1 will bring new stations State Member for Melbourne to North Melbourne and Parkville, but we could add an east–west interchange at Parkville by building Melbourne Metro 2, and veryone in the inner city knows the we must plan for that now, not in another 10 daily struggle of getting on a train or years. Etram during peak hour. We also need more trams to fix It pulls up, you see everyone packed in like overcrowding, tram priority at traffic lights sardines, and you check the time, working out and on roads, and to build accessible stops on whether you’ve got to try and squeeze your all routes. And we should investigate an inner- way on or whether you can take the gamble city east–west tram route — connecting North that waiting for the next one won’t make you Melbourne to Fitzroy, perhaps along Victoria late. Street — which could help us get where we It’s an uncomfortable (and often sweaty) need to without having to go in and out of the feeling. But it’s becoming more and more CBD every time. common. I was disappointed that the government’s Unfortunately, successive Victorian 2018 Budget included no new money for governments have been too content to sell off low-floor trams or to build more accessible more of our city to profit-driven developers stops in the area. However, the government instead of properly planning our city. Nowhere did manage to set aside billions for freeways is this more obvious than in our groaning and toll-roads, deepening our reliance on cars public transport system. for generations to come and funnelling more Ellen Sandell MP Photo: Office of Ellen Sandell MP Without proper planning and improvement traffic into our inner suburbs, especially North of our public infrastructure, like our trains and and West Melbourne. improvements to our public transport, not our train lines, more trams and more accessible trams, what we love about Melbourne will be My vision for Melbourne is a city where by using public money to build more private tram stops. lost. Making sure our train and tram network is getting around on public transport is easy, fast roads like the West Gate Tunnel toll-road. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts clean, safe, reliable and also accessible is a top and not stressful. Experts tell us the best way I will continue working with the community and ideas, so please email me at priority for me. to bust congestion and pollution is to prioritise for public transport improvements, upgrades to [email protected]. Tight race likely for November state election

Conall Batch is an unsafe place to live. Matthew Guy has with majority public ownership. claimed that gang crime is a significant issue, The Andrews Government also passed a and the Liberals have highlighted this by dis- package addressing housing affordability, he 2018 Victorian state election, slated tributing campaign materials targeting youth targeting empty investment properties and for 24 November, is set to be closely crime and vilifying young members of African strengthening tenants’ rights on rent increases, fought between incumbent Premier migrant groups in particular. pet ownership and property alterations — as T Guy claims that the Andrews Government home ownership drops and rental demand Daniel Andrews and Leader of the Opposition Matthew Guy. has not supported Victoria Police sufficient- increases. Polls over the past months have shown a ly and has argued this is the main cause of Labor has proposed multiple policies in or- slim but consistent lead for the Andrews Labor law-breaking throughout Melbourne. The der to compete in the electorate of Melbourne, Party, although the Coalition under Guy has Andrews Government has pledged increased which the Greens’ Ellen Sandell won from Photo: Arnaud Jaegers higher voter approval ratings on a number of funding for police and protective services offi- Labor MP Jennifer Kanis in 2014. Due to issues. cers to prevent and reduce crime. concern about the pace and quality of develop- Matthew Guy moved a symbolic vote of no ment, and the prevalence of disruptive short- As a result, Labor is likely to lose some of The second prominent campaign issue — confidence in the government, which was de- population growth — has been fought more stay rentals, the government recently passed the seats it picked up in 2014, while still main- feated 49–33. Labor, Greens and independents taining its majority in the Victorian Parliament. fiercely between Labor and the Greens. Mel- legislation imposing penalties where such all voted against the motion. As the end of the parliamentary period draws bourne’s rapid growth in resident numbers rentals repeatedly cause damage or disruption The government called for investigation into near, proposed changes to upper-house elec- has put huge pressure on public infrastructure, to neighbours. Sandell has been lobbying for toral rules that would affect the election look with increased congestion on roads, overflow- such changes since her first year of office. Liberal MPs for similar conduct during the last increasingly unlikely. ing public transport services, and a lack of Kanis, who has won preselection to run as election. This scandal may hurt Labor come Two key talking points that have already affordable housing, which has contributed to a the Labor candidate for Melbourne in the up- November, particularly in marginal inner-city begun to dominate the campaign are law and homelessness crisis. coming election, is hoping to regain the seat by seats where the challenge from the Greens is order and population growth. The major candidates have made competing targeting the lack of leverage that Sandell has strongest. Ellen Sandell and her party have A majority of older voters rate crime as their promises on these issues, with Labor’s $40 in the Victorian Parliament as a minor party been vocal critics of both major parties on cor- member in a majority government parliament. primary concern, despite the crime rate falling billion infrastructure pipeline including new ruption, calling for a parliamentary integrity Some polls, however, have the Greens hold- in Victoria over the past year, and the Victoria and upgraded roads, rail, schools and energy commissioner and criticising bipartisan resis- Police Commissioner denying that the state infrastructure, and level crossing removals, all ing Melbourne and picking up more seats, po- tentially holding the balance of power and the tance to the initiative. key to forming a minority government. The Liberals have vowed to reform educa- Another measure intended to woo Greens tion in Victoria. According to their School Ed- and Labor voters is Labor’s announcement of ucation Values Statement released earlier this government subsidies and no-interest loans for year, a majority government led by Guy would solar panel installation in Victorian owner-oc- initiate a so-called back-to-basics approach to cupier residences. The Greens have proposed education, potentially cutting out the streams multiple policies, including a 0.015 per cent of sustainability, Indigenous history and Asian quarterly tax on the Big Four and Macquarie engagement content. Bank, and reform of the pokies industry. A Coalition government in Victoria would Are you suffering from muscle or joint aches and pains? Labor’s diminished standing in the polls is partly a result of decreased voter confidence also emphasise ‘Western values’ in primary At North Melbourne Osteopathy we use the latest evidence-based in its law-and-order credentials, and partly and secondary teaching. Guy is a proponent of practice to assess, diagnose and treat your condition. We also put because of low personal trustworthiness rat- axing the anti-bullying Safe Schools program, together a plan to help you return to the things you enjoy. ings for Andrews. Labor has been involved of which Andrews has been a staunch sup- in an ongoing electoral funding scandal since porter. Labor has committed to continuing its Osteopathic treatment options include joint mobilisation and manipulation, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass found school-building program and maintaining the massage, prescribed exercise programs and acupuncture/dry needling. in March that 21 Labor MPs had improperly current curriculum. We can also refer you for relevant scans if required (i.e. X-ray, CT scan, approved a total of $388,000 in wages for Voting will take place on Saturday 24 No- MRI, ultrasound, etc). electorate officers who were used to campaign vember, with postal ballot applications open for Labor. from 31 October. For more information on To make a booking: P 9328 1151 or online northmelbosteopathy.com.au Although Labor repaid the money and Glass did not recommend criminal proceedings, the election, including registering to vote and 452 Victoria Street, North Melbourne, Vic 3051 Victoria Police announced it was conducting a checking your registration, you can visit the [email protected] criminal investigation into the misuse of elec- Victorian Electoral Commission website at tion funds. Pursuing the issue in Parliament, www.vec.vic.gov.au/ or telephone 13 18 32. 6 POLITICS & ENVIRONMENT North and West Melbourne News SPRING 2018SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News HISTORY 7

history Moonee Ponds Creek: a space to celebrate

John Widmer small access-path onto the grassy flats. In the evening, the eerie light of the toll-road does not worry the two swans that are sure to move bout 40 million years ago, volcanoes towards the bank as you pass. began erupting in the west of Victoria. Above the small waterfall near Macaulay AThis ancient geological event was Station, the water is not salty. The noisy white to set up the processes that created our little ibis forage in the muddy twists of the creek. Moonee Ponds Creek. Not much of the original vegetation exists but In more recent geological times, the creek the ancient hopbush has reclaimed the artificial has seen many changes. After the sea level walls of the creek. Eucalyptus grow forlornly rose and receded, members of the Kulin nation as they resist the occasional floods. collected food on its banks. The wet, fertile If you live near Stubbs Street, Kensington, ground provided the starchy staple food of the it is not as easy to approach the creek, as here yam daisy. it meanders below a thick swathe of reeds. The first European settlers removed the Across the water in North Melbourne, cyclists creek’s swampy ponds. For a time, the drained use the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail to push marsh at the junction of the creek and the Yar- their way north and south along the eastern ra River housed the homeless and destitute. side of the watercourse. The densely settled suburb of Kensington, Here the western side of the creek is behind An Australian white ibis at the Moonee Ponds Creek Photo: Paula Jones home to industry and housing, began to reform locked gates and the high fences of the Stubbs The Victorian Government will develop took place a little farther north in the Pacific. the landscape. The swampy curve of the creek Street estate. Approaching the Racecourse a suburb surrounding the new metro station Cheonggyecheon Stream, in downtown Seoul, at Parsons Street disappeared behind the levy Road junction, you may glimpse a flash of a near the Arden Street Oval. In the final release South Korea, was remodelled and reopened to bank. feathered wing. The heron lives here. If you of the Arden Vision planning document, it is the public. There, the municipal government Despite the impact settlers and modern-day are lucky, you might hear frogs. stated that: “The Victorian Government is removed the freeway viaduct and installed infrastructure have had on the creek, it re- If humans ever leave Melbourne, the creek’s mains a home for wildlife. Butcherbirds, black other residents will remain. committed to revitalising the Moonee Ponds walking paths on both sides of the waterway. swans, white ibis, white-faced herons, ducks If we live along its banks, now is the time to creek and strengthening its role as a dynamic It has turned the centre of Seoul into an urban of varying species and even pobblebonk frogs examine our waterway in greater detail. The corridor.” Fifteen thousand new residents are walkway. have made the creek their territory. They live Friends of Moonee Ponds Creek have fulfilled slated to move into the area that was once The success of this renewal project may under the viaduct, oblivious to the noise of the this advocacy role since 1989. Chaired by largely flood-prone wetlands. help us in how we can think of our little creek. rushing traffic above. Kelvin Thomson, the Friends meet to share The population of North and West Mel- Once thought to be a drain or a corridor for a Residents of Bent and Hardiman streets in concerns and plan action for the entire length bourne will double in the area adjacent to the road, a creek like ours deserves support. Kensington have begun to enjoy the lower of the 35-kilometre catchment. The North and creek. The North and West Melbourne Associ- The increased population density of our sub- tidal reach of the creek. In this section, fresh West Melbourne Association is a member of ation participated in the consultation process urb requires us to rethink spaces provided by water and salt water mix, and the native animal this group and actively expresses its ongoing prior to the publication of the final Arden the little creek. Is it just a wasteland, a forgot- life reflects the slight tidal rise and fall of Port concerns for our three-kilometre section as it Vision document. ten waterway? In our view, the birds that live Phillip. Melbourne City Council has built a joins the Yarra. In 2005, an important creek renewal project along the creek have something to tell us.

What issues are going to be important for voters in November?

Charlie Phillips and Eric – North Melbourne Mia – Brunswick Andrew – West Footscray Catherine McLeod There need to be improvements in public Crime. Moving away from mandatory sentenc- Crime. I think that Victoria has become quite transport. Another issue would be individual ing and being tough on crime and things. Also an unsafe place to live recently. Also cost of choice regarding euthanasia: increased individ- the environment and education. I’m not sure living and things like that. But I would say harlie and Catherine went to Errol ual rights when it comes to deciding something what else. crime is the most important issue. Street and North Melbourne Station to like this. I could go on and give you a list of Cask residents what issues will be most other things, but those are the top two for me, important to them when voting in the Victorian I think. Christina – North Melbourne state election on 24 November. Education. My kids go to the local primary The majority of people approached an- school and I think the schools are becoming swered that they were unsure or uninterested, overcrowded. So we need a couple more possibly reflecting a broader trend of disil- schools in the area. lusionment and disengagement with politics — which is occurring not only in Victoria but around the world. There were, however, several respondents who expressed their opinions. All have some business or other connection with the North and West Melbourne area, though not all of them live locally. Their responses were as follows:

SKILLS RECONNECT PROGRAM is a government initiative, funded through the Department of Education & Training and aimed at helping you as an early school leaver or long-term Dennis – Pakenham, unemployed person works in North Melbourne between the ages of 17 and 64. Transport, both public transport and for pri- Peter – North Melbourne vate vehicles. The cost of living, especially Firstly, the environment, particularly emissions We will help you to identify and work power. Like with the new initiative where the reductions in the production of power. I would through any personal challenges and Jesse – Sunbury government is giving away solar panels. I paid then say housing affordability. And taxation, then support you towards obtaining the relevant skills required to gain Drugs. I don’t really know. I guess drug legal- for the solar panels on my house and now the particularly that the big corporations are pay- employment through training and isation and reform. I’m not here for very long person next door is going to get them for free. ing little to no tax and individuals, the middle education. so I don’t care who runs the place; it doesn’t It should be people in public housing who are class, are paying virtually all of it. I think there really affect my life that much. I couldn’t give getting solar panels, because then the govern- needs to be more funding for universities. For more information please contact two f**ks to be honest. ment is investing public money into public Also, heritage building preservation in the city. 03 9689 3437 or email projects. Also they’re the people by definition And another environmental issue would be [email protected] Photos: Catherine McLeod who might not be able to afford solar. better preservation. SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News HISTORY 7

history The history of a West Melbourne streetscape

Stephen Hatcher

etween 1853 and 1920, 1–11 Hawke Street, on the corner of King Street, had Ba number of small timber dwellings. After World War I, a Melbourne chemist, Samuel John Marshall, tapped into improve- ments in mechanisation and purchased 1–11 Hawke Street to build a medicine manufac- turing facility. The building was designed by architect James A. Wood, the designer of University High School. Specifications includ- ed first-grade materials, such as two internal jarrah staircases, with all interior surfaces to be white limewash. It was built by Abel Peters in 1920 at a cost of £2400 and included a chemical laboratory Photo of Noel P. Hunt building in centre taken by Lyle Fowler circa 1963 and held by the State Library of Victoria. This picture has been on the ground floor, as well as administrative superimposed onto a recent photograph. Blended image and 2018 photo by Stephen Hatcher offices and a showroom upstairs. Samuel John In 1940, 1–11 Hawke Street was sold to stall traffic lights at busy CBD intersections. for their fine Italian leather shoes. The building Marshall formulated and manufactured Rayes Noel P. Hunt Pty Ltd, an engineering and man- Noel P. Hunt is credited with introducing re- is currently occupied by Goldsmiths Lawyers. Balsam cough syrup for over 30 years. In 1925 half of the building was sublet to ufacturing company that offered custom-made ticulated air conditioning into Victoria in 1937. A more detailed history of this and other Cellular Clothing Company. In 1939 these ten- machines, including fabric inspection and roll- In 1974 the building was purchased by Ital- local streets can be read on Hotham History ants relocated to a larger purpose-built factory ing equipment. They were also commissioned ian immigrants Alfonso and Anna Benincasa, Project’s newest initiative, at 40 Milton Street, West Melbourne. by Melbourne City Council to supply and in- who imported Italian textiles and were known www.melbournestreets.com.au. A bull in a china shop

Jason Ralphs through the shopfront window, where its fine porcelain was on display. It plodded through the store, recklessly shaking the tables, which orth Melbourne, having the privilege showcased fragile pieces of kitchenware. Sud- of being located in between the stock- denly, it leapt out through another window, this yards and Melbourne’s ports, was of- time above the crockery display. N Local police who were present “could not ten the scene of migrating livestock in the 19th and early 20th centuries. prevent him from fulfilling his destiny”, ac- Curzon Street was a particularly busy cording to The Herald the next day. The bull passage for farm animals as a direct path to then rejoined the herd, and would be sentenced the wharfs — part of the reason the area was to death for its rowdy behaviour. It met its end considered extremely dangerous and filthy. at the slaughterhouse in South Melbourne. As The usual Friday migration of bulls was a for the china shop, despite a couple of broken frequent complaint, and there are stories of windows, nothing else was damaged by the Curzon Street being packed, kerb to kerb, by bovine break-in. the animals. Newspapers at the time would headline the On 8 February 1934, 1.00am, Errol Street story alluding to the old phrase ‘a bull in a chi- was quiet and peaceful. It was dark, and the na shop’. It seems that incidents of bull attacks only light on the street was located in the were oddly common in the 1930s. In Calcutta, windows of the Fitzgerald Department Store. a bull was said to have invaded a china shop A light had been placed near the ground-floor in 1939; and in London, 1933, a bull trampled windows of a china shop, illuminating a beau- into a china shop that the Queen was visiting. tiful hanging red carpet. With each of these incidents being headlined It was at this time that a bull escaped from as literal ‘bull in a china shop’ stories, it does its herd, which was being led to a slaughter- raise an important question: just how frequent house in South Melbourne. It charged onto were these events in the past? Have we be- Errol Street, and as it glimpsed the red carpet come too complacent from not having farm in the window it was clear that disaster was animals rampage through our stores? Unfortu- With further stories to come, such as the About the author: Jason Ralphs is a tour guide only seconds away. nately, this wasn’t the first time animals got up Arden Street elephant, it certainly would not with an interest in North Melbourne’s dark The bull, enraged by the carpet, crashed to mischief in North Melbourne. be the last. history.

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the centre Roll up for the Spring Fling Street Festival!

Tatiana Echeverri vintage clothing, homewares and important free, interactive and all-inclusive event that are able to develop responses to their own community information, while enjoying connects the many people of North and West needs. As such, we are especially committed to performances by numerous local entertainers. Melbourne and lets them share and celebrate delivering a vibrant and multicultural festival he Spring Fling Street Festival Again we have a StARTers Market, where their historic precinct with visitors from other program with the invaluable support of our budding artists, designers, photographers and suburbs, who get to see how much the area has celebrates its 41st anniversary this dedicated volunteers. year, shining a light on the history and makers display their craft. This is a unique to offer 365 days a year. T By bringing people together in the streets, diversity of communities across North and initiative that supports emerging artists. The Spring Fling Street Festival is produced West Melbourne. There will also be two stages featuring by The Centre: Connecting Community in we are able not only to transform North and Errol Street and parts of Queensberry Street everything from rock ’n’ roll music to the North & West Melbourne Inc with support West Melbourne into a creative, bustling and will be closed to traffic for the event, allowing famous Spring Fling Dog Show, ensuring from the local community. The Centre is a much-loved community street party, but also to visitors to wander freely in the main streets there’s something for everyone for most of the neighbourhood house, community centre and encourage people to embrace all cultures. and take in the sights and sounds of our much- day. What better way to chill out on a Sunday adult learning centre all in one. As a small not- loved urban festival. than with some good music in the sunshine? for-profit organisation focused on community Website: www.springflingstreetfestival.org.au/ Join us on Sunday 21 October, between In addition to the exciting entertainment, the welfare, it acknowledges the participation and 10.00am and 6.00pm. festival features the best of Melbourne’s food generosity of volunteers in working with it to Facebook: You will get to feel the multicultural vibes trucks, local cafes and bars, specialty retailers achieve many shared goals. www.facebook.com/springflingstreetfest/ of inner-suburban Melbourne, with over and arts activities. The Centre’s purpose is to provide an Instagram: 130 stalls offering a variety of cuisines, Spring Fling prides itself on being a environment in which community members www.instagram.com/springflingfestival/

knowledge city, a connected city, a deliberate The Precinct Association assists in present- city, a city planning for growth, a city with an ing and representing issues within the local Aboriginal focus and a city that cares for its area and keeps member businesses informed environment. about council communications, strategic plan- The Spring Fling Street Festival is partic- ning, local area trends and business develop- ularly fortunate in having maintained strong ment opportunities. relationships with many council services in By promoting the businesses and their ob- the local area. A few doors down from The jectives to the broader community, the Centre’s premises are the North Melbourne NWMPA aims to create a positive and for- Library and the Arts House. ward-looking image of our community. In Some of The Centre’s most popular classes addition, it strives to improve the everyday are held at the Meat Market, an Arts House lifestyle and security of everyone who lives venue and a wonderful historic facility. and works in North and West Melbourne. This year we welcome back a number of The Precinct Association also makes a sig- City of Melbourne services, which will occupy nificant contribution to the community by sup- a large area within the festival site. Look out, porting local initiatives like the annual Spring too, for City of Melbourne banners and special Fling Street Festival. As a Major Sponsor, the NWMPA over the years has enabled the fes- City of Melbourne guests showcasing our creative and diverse in 2018, Spring Fling will once again partner The City of Melbourne, a long-time friend and tival to develop into a bigger and better event North and West Melbourne community. with Alexkarbon in delivering this much-loved with improved infrastructure and a greater supporter of the Spring Fling Street Festival, Follow what’s happening in our city by vis- community event. number of local organisations taking part. will strengthen this tie with its renewed com- iting www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/social You will find the Alexkarbon team at their mitment to being the festival’s Public Partner marquee near the Alexkarbon Community in 2018. Stage. They’ll be there to answer all your Sitting within the City of Melbourne’s Alexkarbon Real Estate questions, real estate or otherwise. Check out boundaries, where so many excellent events Alexkarbon Real Estate’s office is at 122 Errol the activity that they will be running while take place, and benefiting greatly from its sup- Street. Founded by Alex Puglia, Zac Karvoun you’re there! port, The Centre: Connecting Community in and Charles Bongiovanni, the Alexkarbon Find out more about Alexkarbon Real Estate North & West Melbourne Inc is able to deliver team takes a fresh, dynamic and personal ap- on their website, www.alexkarbon.com.au, or inclusive and interactive programs that target proach when it comes to real estate. follow them on social media at www.facebook. all members of the community. Drawing on more than 50 years of combined com/Alexkarbon-Real-Estate The Spring Fling’s programming furthers experience, and with the agency’s boutique the City of Melbourne’s objectives and coun- size, the partners can ensure that every client North & West Melbourne Precinct cil’s plan, with The Centre focusing on long- feels welcome, listened to and appreciated. Association term goals for our community. Their commitment, not only to their clients but The North & West Melbourne Precinct As- The Centre, through the work it does within also to their community, makes Alexkarbon sociation (NWMPA), which consists of local At the Spring Fling you will see a number of the North and West Melbourne community, one of the best real estate businesses around. business owners and traders, aims to provide members running interactive activities. Be sure and especially through the Spring Fling, ac- As part of this commitment, they have been support and leadership for the growing number to visit them, get some useful information and tively participates in making our precinct a city ongoing friends and sponsors of the Spring of businesses in the area and to foster relation- take advantage of the variety of offers provid- for people, a creative city, a prosperous city, a Fling Street Festival. Celebrating its 41st year ships between them and local residents. ed by our traders. SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News THE CENTRE 9 See what’s planned for Spring Fling 2018!

Market and community stalls Food trucks and local trader A fantastic range of new and returning stall- specials holders will be setting up shop along Errol Make sure you bring a healthy appetite to Street and Queensberry Street at this year’s Spring Fling this year, because there’ll be a Spring Fling, offering homemade treasures, range of delicious street food on offer, and our jewellery, crafts and clothing. There will be famed local restaurants and cafes will be open charity and information stalls and special of- to satiate your hunger as well. Try something fers from local businesses. new or perhaps a favourite dish served a little differently. Spring Fling Dog Show StARTers Market The popular Spring Fling Dog Show is back This exciting initiative showcases and sup- again in 2018! Bring your canine friend to the ports Melbourne’s many talented artists and Family Fields area at the north end of Errol creatives. We offer stall spaces specifically to Street, where you’ll find plenty of activities to emerging artists, designers, photographers and keep the children entertained in addition to the makers who have had minimal previous ex- Dog Show. Registrations open at 10.00am at posure and are looking to get their talents rec- the Alexkarbon Community Stage and the Dog ognised. Exhibitors are chosen based on their Show starts at 1.00pm. creativity, diversity and focus on sustainable practices. Engage with the artists and check Talented local performers out their work against a backdrop of colour There are plenty of great places to stop at on and music. your way through the festival site, with two stages and roving performers providing a variety of entertainment. Expect Melbourne’s best independent musicians, DJs, local multi- cultural groups, school choirs, dance schools, yoga demonstrations and more. There will be something to appeal to everyone!

Suitcase Rummage The hugely popular Suitcase Rummage is back in 2018 for its fourth year, taking over Raglan Street with all manner of unique goodies burst- ing out of suitcases to tempt you. Expect to find trash and treasure alongside arts and crafts and get ready to swap or haggle for something special that takes your fancy. Historias latinoamericanas en exibición

Trini Abascal González and artist Yunuen Pérez to launch an nities, heightened awareness of the social and exhibition titled From Latin American Stories economic contributions of Latin Americans to to Victorian History: Building Bridges. This Victoria, and increased community pride. atin Stories Australia (LSA) is a not-for- photographic exhibition will highlight the so- To develop the exhibition we asked mem- profit whose mission is to create aware- cial, economic and cultural contributions of the bers of the Latin American community to share Lness of the Latin American contribution Latin American community in Victoria. their stories with us. Participants told us what to Australia’s social capital and diversity. The Spanish Language Fiesta, an event run they do every day to make Victoria a great LSA was started by two Mexicans as a by The Centre in North Melbourne’s lanes place. In addition, we identified key moments hobby four years ago. It began as a blog that every April, was invited to take part in the ex- in the past when the Latin American communi- published a story by a Latin American migrant hibition in the festivals category. ty had an influence on Victoria’s history. The exhibition will run from 15 November every month about their personal journey and From Latin American Stories to Victorian to 25 November at No Vacancy Gallery in the their insights into how to succeed in Australia. History: Building Bridges seeks to celebrate QV building, Melbourne. Make sure you add it We now also organise and participate in differ- the wonderful impact of the Latin American Public Record Office Victoria in making this to your calendar! ent events around Australia that promote cul- community on Victoria’s rich history and en- project possible. For enquiries please contact Latin Stories ture and/or assist with social or public welfare. sure an ongoing legacy for the next generation. Australia at [email protected] Building Bridges also acknowledges the sup- One such event is Building Bridges. The expected benefits of the exhibition are port and commitment of partners including Latin Stories Australia decided to join strengthened relationships and cooperation Building Bridges gratefully acknowledges Social Pinpoint and SBS Radio in the realisa- forces with independent curator Dr Antonio between the different Latin American commu- the support of the Victorian Government and tion of the project. 10 THE CENTRE North and West Melbourne News SPRING 2018SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY 11

Errol’s Angels Community Choir and FOUNDATION SKILLS Blackwood Street, or education & technology Beginners Singing ²The Legion, Little Errol Street Time: Thursday 7pm – 9pm Career Planning and Advice (behind The Centre) Membership: $173 / $106 concession* Time: By appointment Cost: Pilates and Exercise for Older Cost: $99 / $55 concession* per term Adults programs: Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Venue: Maternal & Child Health Centre, $190 / $139 concession* 505 Abbotsford St, North Melbourne Home Away From Homework Club Beginners Primary (Grades 4–6) Spanish Language Time: Thursday 5.30pm – 6.30pm¹ Time: Wednesday 3.30pm – 5pm Time: Tuesday 6.30pm – 8pm Secondary (Grades 7–12) (five-week program) Exercise for Older Adults Time: Tuesday 3.30pm – 5pm Cost: $173 / $106 concession* Time: Wednesday 10.15am – 11.15am² Cost: $37 / $27 concession* Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Time: Friday 12.15pm – 1.15pm² Venue: North Melbourne Library Open (Grades 4–10) General Classes for any level Volunteer and Internship Program Time: Thursday 3.30pm – 5pm Time: Tuesday 5.30pm – 6.30pm¹ We have a wide range of structured learning Cost: Free to City of Hobsons Bay Tuesday 6.30pm – 7.30pm¹ opportunities for everyone, for example: residents Wednesday 9.15am – 10.15am² • Spring Fling Festival, third Sunday in Venue: Altona North Community Library October annually Intermediate • Spanish Language Fiesta, second Saturday Management Studies: Business Commu- Time: Thursday 7.30pm – 8.30pm¹ in April nications or Compliance Frameworks or • Writing and editing NWM News Understanding Workplace Documents and Intermediate Plus • News distribution Processes Time: Thursday 6.30pm – 7.30pm¹ • Tutoring or teacher’s aide Time: Wednesday 12.30pm – 3.30pm • Office and business administration or 6pm – 9pm • Venue and facilities management Cost: $137 / $108 concession* INFORMATION, DIGITAL MEDIA • Community development work Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne AND TECHNOLOGY • Business promotion and development Information, Digital Media and Technology • Other events Financial Literacy Time: Monday 10am – 12 noon Time: Must enter into a regular Time: Monday 1pm – 3pm Wednesday 10am – 12 noon / commitment Cost: Free for those sleeping rough, 1pm – 3pm / 6.30pm – 8.30pm # Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne others $55 Cost: $137 / $108 concession* Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne EMPLOYABILITY AND SKILLS Job Seeker Skills Computer Skills: INTEL® Easy Steps DEVELOPMENT Time: Monday 1pm – 3pm Time: Wednesday 1pm – 3pm Asthma Management or Anaphylaxis Cost: Free for those sleeping rough Cost: $137 / $108 concession* Management or First Aid Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne or Food Handling Time: 9am – 4pm quarterly Basic Skills Drop-in One to One Sessions (two sessions with pre-reading) Time: Friday 1pm – 2pm One-on-one training arranged with instructor Cost: $155, $108 Food Handling Cost: Free for those sleeping rough Time: By appointment, bring your Dates: Once each term subject to demand Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne own device(s) Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: First four hours $108 and Return to Study and Study Support thereafter $56 per session Conservation and Land Management – Time: Friday 1pm – 3pm Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: $99 / $55 concession* Certificate II Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Introduction to Technology Time: Wednesday 9.30am – 3.30pm Bring your own iPad, iPhone, smartphone or Cost: $1232 / $555 concession* plus Self-Development Short Courses: laptop to class to learn. $650 additional cost for field trip Human Resources for Small Business Time: Wednesday 10am – 12 noon / Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Quality Customer Service 6.30pm – 8.30pm # Time: Wednesday 6pm – 9pm (four sessions in group setting) Core Skills for Work – Vocational (two sessions) Cost: $108 / $56 concession* Preparation Cost: $99 / $55 concession* Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Time: Monday 10am – 12 noon Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: $137 / $108 concession* * subject to conditions Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne # subject to staff–student ratios HEALTH AND WELLBEING Education Support: Teacher’s Aide or Active at Any Age CONTACT THE OFFICE FOR Certificate III Time: Second and third Tuesday Time: Wednesday 9am – 3.30pm monthly # DETAILS ON: Cost: $1552 / $727 concession* 10am – 12 noon Spoken and Written English Courses Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: $41 / $31 concession* Discovery Walks – Art, Architecture and Venue: North Melbourne Library History Walking Group Event Management Ready, Steady – Walk Docklands Time: Monthly and term options Pilates: Basic Self-Defence available Venues: ¹The Meat Market, Volunteering Cost: $65 / $55 concession* ART AND CRAFT or free internship Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Art Therapy Time: Tuesday 1pm – 3pm Venue and Facilities Management Cost: $137 / $108 concession* General Practice, Time: On-the-job training Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: $65 / $55 concession* Specialists and or free internship Photoshop and Your Photography Allied Health Centre Time: Tuesday 10am – 12 noon Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: $137 / $108 concession* Services Provided: Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Immunisations, Pathology, Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Journalism, Media and Printing Time: Monday 1pm – 3pm Health Assessments, Wound Management, Chronic Disease Management Plans Cost: $137 / $108 concession* Allied Health Services: Osteopath and Clinical Psychologist COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Centre Adventures (Day Field Trips) OPENING HOURS: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm Time: Fourth Tuesday monthly Retail Operations NEW Saturday 9am to 1pm Time: Friday 9.30am – 3.30pm 9am – 5pm Level 1, 65–67 Errol Street, North Melbourne 3051 (above the Pharmacy) Cost: $41 / $31 concession* # (five sessions) Meet at: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Cost: $65 / $55 concession* 03 9329 7011 Train the Trainer Drop-in Morning Teas Now you can book your appointments ONLINE! Cost: $4 per session Time: Monday 6pm – 9pm Key “Errol Street Medical Centre” into your search engine Time: First Tuesday monthly (three sessions) 10am – 12 noon Cost: $475 / $375 concession* BULK-BILLING FOR CONCESSION CARD HOLDERS Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne Venue: 58 Errol St, North Melbourne SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY 11

education & technology Home Away From Homework Club’s quiet achievers

Frances McMillan will continue until the cadet achieves his first “In the past two-and-a-half years I’ve been 2018 BBC International Radio Play- pilot’s licence. investigating how pesticides kill insects. We writing Competition In our young cadet’s words: “To be a pilot use thousands of tons of these chemicals every Home Away From Homework Club tutor has been my ambition since childhood. I have t is with pride and satisfaction that we ac- year without actually understanding how they Rosemary Johns has had a play shortlisted been in Australia for five years and I really knowledge some recent quiet achievements work. Such knowledge is absolutely important from nearly 1500 scripts entered in this presti- of students and tutors in Home Away From appreciate the Defence Aviation Scholarship because we are now facing an ecological crisis I and training. Who knows, I might be piloting a gious competition. Homework Club. We never take for granted that is probably caused by the widespread use “I am so excited my radio play about the the progress made by the students we support flight for you one day.” of these chemicals: the crash of insect popula- epic story of Kate Kelly — Fire in the Head nor underestimate the high calibre of tutors Alfred Nicholas Fellowship tions all over the world, such as butterflies and who give their time to encourage and guide — has made it onto the shortlist for the 2018 This University of Melbourne fellowship has honeybees. BBC International Radio Playwriting Compe- the students through their learning so they can been awarded to Felipe Martelli Soares de “I’ve recently been granted the prestigious tition. I’m the last one on the list,” Rosemary reach their potential. Silva, a regular Wednesday night tutor at the Alfred Nicholas Fellowship for the year of says. Homework Club. 2018 by the School of BioSciences at the Defence Aviation Scholarship The 16 shortlisted plays will be considered “I’m a Brazilian biologist and graduated University of Melbourne, which will support One of our senior students, who prefers to for two main prizes, for playwrights with ei- from the University of São Paulo,” Felipe my trip to Houston, USA, where I’ll spend the remain anonymous, was chosen by his com- tells us. “Around four years ago, during my ther English as their first language or English next six months or so expanding my PhD in- manding officer as the recipient of a Defence Master’s degree, I was at a Genetics Confer- as a second language. Both winners’ plays will Aviation Scholarship, which will provide him vestigation at the Baylor College of Medicine. ence in Brazil and was lucky enough to meet be broadcast on the BBC World Service. with aviation experience, skills, theory knowl- “Between my PhD research and other ac- the person who would become my PhD su- Good luck, Rosemary! edge and flying hours. All aviation manuals pervisor, Professor Philip Batterham. When I tivities, I volunteer at the Home Away From will be provided when he takes up the scholar- finished my Master’s I then applied for a PhD Homework Club at the North Melbourne Home Away From Homework Club is run by ship in the next school holidays. scholarship at the University of Melbourne and Library, a place where I can relax and connect The Centre, with a dedicated team of volunteer Currently there is a shortage of pilots in was granted a Victoria Latin America Doctoral with amazing students and tutors from the tutors helping students with their homework Australia and consequently the scholarship Scholarship. most diverse backgrounds.” every week during the school term. Everyone has a story the world needs to hear

Nikki Blanch barriers of time, past, present and future, and allow us to experience the similarities between ourselves and through others, real and imag- tories without Borders (SWB) is a com- ined.” (Andrew Stanton, ‘The clues to a great munity project in North Melbourne that story’, TED Talk) Shas been bringing culturally diverse As the storytelling sessions have evolved, communities of people together over the last the project has built upon a keystone of in- five months to share stories about culture, tra- tergenerational learning by engaging young ditions and how we live. people to be a part of the storytelling sessions. Run by North Melbourne Language & There is currently a passionate group work- Learning (NMLL), situated at the base of the ing with Sista Zai Zanda, who is excited to North Melbourne public housing estate in facilitate the Youth Engagement aspect of the Alfred Street, this project has been funded project. by the Victorian Multicultural Commission, Sista Zai has experience running storytelling its main aim being to foster social cohesion workshops with young people in Africa, Den- using the medium of storytelling as a tool for mark and Australia. She is working alongside connection. project filmmaker David Adams, to mentor One of the challenges we encountered when the group in both storytelling and filmmaking starting this project was that our community skills, effectively creating a film crew for the Sista Zai sharing a story Photo: Manatosh Chakma had a concept of storytelling as being the per- project. formance of a scripted story. “But I don’t have The SWB film crew have been attending mixed with honey. can follow the NMLL Facebook page to see any stories to tell” was a common response to storytelling sessions to interview their elders In Ethiopia, the leaves of eucalyptus trees updates and future events related to Stories the invitation to join the project. during the sessions and to document the pro- have been commonly used to ease congestion, without Borders. Five months in, and I’m happy to say that cess. This places the stories in their hands, to the leaves crushed and simmered in water Of particular note is the upcoming Living everyone has realised they do have a story to ensure that the community get to tell their sto- overnight. Traditional foods were an excel- Traditions Festival scheduled for Friday tell, that in fact our lives are shaped by stories, ries, in their way. lent topic of conversation. As with music, the 2 November at NMLL. This will be a and it is the primary way we communicate Some of the stories that have emerged in shared experience and enjoyment transcends cross-cultural celebration of the stories, dance with each other. recent weeks have been about traditional language barriers. and food traditions alive in North Melbourne, with a special film screening to showcase SWB has been guided by the principle that remedies for colds and flu. There were some Over the coming months, Sista Zai will be some of these stories! stories help us connect across cultures and surprising similarities across different cultures. running storytelling and spoken-word work- generations. “Stories affirm who we are … and For example, in Ethiopia and parts of India, shops as a side project with the young people, Nikki Blanch is a community development nothing does a greater affirmation than when black cumin seeds are used to soothe a sore facilitating a process of exploration and find- project officer at North Melbourne Language we connect through stories. It can cross the throat, by making a paste of crushed seeds ing one’s own unique voice and stories. You & Learning. Our 5 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse and…

Jaimi Darwell kinds of rubbish found in our local area, and have become very concerned with the amount of plastic waste. his term our Year 2 students at North The current ‘hot topic’ of free plastic bags at Melbourne Primary School became supermarkets gave our War on Waste Literacy Waste Warriors! T unit a worthy and creative problem to solve. Our students have been learning to protect The students designed and created their own the environment and look after our planet. We reusable bags! have been researching ways to become envi- ronmentally friendly citizens. They designed their own logo, which repre- Students have been collecting rubbish at sented the key learning from our Literacy unit. school and in the local community, writing They incorporated their knowledge of the five business letters to the council requesting more Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse and Re- recycling stations, sending postcards to family think). The students used a range of powerful members to encourage them to reduce and images as well as some meaningful words to reuse, and researching the devastating impact get their messages across. of global pollution. We are very proud of our reusable bags and Year 2 Waste Warriors at North Melbourne Primary School proudly display their non-plastic, They have audited the quantity of different can’t wait to use them! hand-designed shopping bags Photo: Jaimi Darwell 12 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY North and West Melbourne News SPRING 2018SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News 40 YEARS OF THE NEWS 13

40 years of the News Australia’s first computer lasts the distance

Ian Truong in Australia. If the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry had been founded by then, CSIRAC would have proudly borne an his November will mark the 69th Australian Made logo. birthday of one of Australia’s most sig- When referring to the first computers, nificant achievements in technology. A historical accounts focus mainly on those built T during World War II, with their code-breaking surviving example of scientific application and development! programs and the electrical sophistication and What weighs tonnes, has thousands of complex calculations required to create radar components, consumes 30,000 watts per hour signals. to run (also comes with a peculiar hum and a Notable are the British Colossus and Konrad mechanical smell on warm days) and became Zuse’s Z3 (destroyed in an air raid on Berlin), functional in the late 1940s? It was also able the world’s first programmable electronic dig- to play music and it attracted the attention of ital computers, and the German Lorenz cipher young folk at the time, but it is not the ice- machines, whose Enigma code was broken by cream van. The idea was conceived during Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park World War II but it is not a weapon. using the Colossus set of computers. A good guesser with a wild imagination From the time it started operating until its might come up with a computer, and he or she retirement in 1964, CSIRAC always ran inten- CSIRAC, Australia’s oldest computer, is on display at Scienceworks Photo: Ian Truong would be right. Named CSIRAC (pronounced sively on a wide range of projects. Unlike the In the rock ’n’ roll era of Chuck Berry and to an end in 1964. On 24 November that year ‘sigh-rack’), which stands for Commonwealth earlier war-oriented computers, CSIRAC was Elvis Presley, CSIRAC was also cranking out CSIRAC executed its final program. Back Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation used mainly by scientists for research purposes classical melodies like ‘The Girl with the Flax- then, Australia, with a humble population of Automatic Computer, it is now housed at rather than on classified and restricted cases. en Hair’, ‘The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond’ about 8 million people, joined the Americans, Scienceworks in Spotswood. Built in 1949, Demand for this computer was so high that CSIRAC was Australia’s first digital computer people would have to wait for weeks to gain and the ‘Colonel Bogey March’. It should have British and Germans in the race to build new and only the fourth in the world. access. been renamed CSIRock. and improved computers. How many of us are fortunate enough to CSIRAC’s service was vast; it conducted Until its relocation to Melbourne in the mid- Today, that iconic computer is still here, have a vivid recollection of life in 1949? This programming studies and computation and 1950s, CSIRAC had been planned to handle open to the public, to bear silent witness to was a time when Australia had no television, engineering projects from private companies computer games and other more complex tasks another advance in its country’s technology. international telephone calls could not be made as well as government departments. Its bulky such as weather forecasting. Expectations were Australia is now leading the race in building locally, steam-engine locomotives were the appearance and its distinctive hum caught the high but technology at that time was limited; a quantum computer — a computer the same norm, and colour photographs of Melbourne attention of local scientists, academics, stu- the early computers had very small memories. size as a single component in CSIRAC’s huge were rare. The limitation and unpopularity of dents and music lovers. Nevertheless, the existence of CSIRAC was body, which produces no humming sound, technology back then certainly put the birth of In 1951, Australians heard the first piece a highlight, standing out against a backdrop of emits less heat and consumes less energy, yet CSIRAC into perspective. of music ever performed mechanically — by significant world events including the Korean will benefit the community as much as Trevor Pearcey and Maston Beard were the CSIRAC. Although the sound was crude and War, the Communist Party ban, atomic bomb CSIRAC once did. pioneers of computer engineering in Austra- uninspiring musically, as one might imagine, testing and the ascendancy of oil as the main lia and were responsible for the building of this stands as a milestone in our understanding source of fuel. CSIRAC is now on permanent display in Think CSIRAC from scratch. Every piece used in the of the machine’s capabilities and paved the In terms of technology development, Ahead at Scienceworks, 2 Booker Street, construction of the machine was manufactured way for new kinds of musical composition. CSIRAC stole the show, but that show came Spotswood 3015. Everybody’s Business comes to fruition

Juliana Lobo Everybody’s Business taps into this well of page on Facebook. itors, networking, finding business opportu- skill, talent, experience and aspiration and of- • Hodon Cleaning Services — local, reliable nities and navigating the legal requirements. fers training guidance and assistance for these and affordable cleaning. Contact Hodon at Classes will take place at NMLL on Wednes- he winter edition of NWMN featured community members to become entrepreneurs [email protected] or on 0413 day evenings and all day on several Saturdays. an article about the work of North in Australia. The opportunity presented by 030 519, or go to Hodon Cleaning Services For more information regarding dates, TMelbourne Language & Learning Inc Everybody’s Business has a strong and posi- page on Facebook. eligibility and course details, please contact (NMLL) in creating pathways to employment. tive impact on their confidence and sense of Business cards are available from NMLL Marie or Manatosh at NMLL on 9326 7447 The most recent initiative is Everybody’s Busi- participation in society. reception at ground floor, 33 Alfred Street, or by emailing them at [email protected]. Everybody’s Business started 18 months ness, NMLL’s two-year pilot program that North Melbourne. au. Alternatively, refer to the course brochures ago as a pilot program responding to a need assists local women from diverse backgrounds Applications for the third Everybody’s Busi- available at most local libraries, The Centre in to create their own unique microbusiness. expressed by women living in the North Mel- ness course are now open to men and women. Errol Street and NMLL. Juliana Lobo is the project coordinator and bourne public housing estates. The program is The course starts in October and will support in this article she provides more detail about already demonstrating successful outcomes. students in developing a business plan and If you are interested in supporting the program this very successful project. In total 20 women have finished the course, understanding how to overcome the key chal- or want to learn more about it, call Juliana 40 per cent have started their own business Lobo on Thursday or Friday at NMLL on 9326 Many migrants living in Australia are right lenges of starting a business in Australia. and another 30 per cent are a few months away 7447 or email her at now looking for income-generating options Students also learn about managing a work/ from launching their new business. Fifteen per life balance, marketing, identifying compet- [email protected] and thinking about starting their own business. cent decided to pursue further skills and expe- Refugees and asylum seekers face significant rience, or to find paid work to save money for barriers to labour market participation. As a investing in their business idea in the future. result, many refugee-background women and Case studies and contact details of the op- men are seeking to start a business, creating erating businesses will be available shortly on Inner City their own job to support themselves and their the NMLL website at www.nmll.org.au/mi- families. crobusiness-project/. Business details are also Garden Maintenance ABS data estimate that one-third of small available on NMLL’s Facebook page. businesses in Australia are owned by migrants. In the meantime here is a sample of four of The data also show that refugees and asylum the most popular businesses. A comprehensive service for all your seekers are the most entrepreneurial amongst • Verena runs Donde Mama, which provides all migrants in Australia (source: ABS media delicious Colombian street food. The filled gardening and backyard needs release 4.9.15) despite a number of disadvan- arepas are a specialty and the ideal party We cover all aspects of gardening from once-off makeovers to ongoing tages. These include: limited access to finance; food. Contact her via dondemamaAU@ maintenance tailored to your budget. for many a lack of formal education; a mis- gmail.com, or visit the website www.don- match between skill and opportunity; a lack demamaau.com We’ve got your backyard odd-jobs covered, from oiling your deck, of social connections and networks; and, for • Mitselal runs Zafu Foods, which provides cleaning your gutters, to pressure cleaning your patio. Ask us if you have many, limited language skills. a variety of Ethiopian food including meat any other specifi c requirements. There is a growing body of evidence that and vegetarian dishes served with injera demonstrates entrepreneurship enables mi- bread. Contact her at [email protected] • Fully insured • Pensioner discount grants and refugees to be innovative and create or on 0420 205 859. solutions relevant to their life circumstances. • Moon runs Happy Moon Catering, which • Kensington-based • Green waste removal Their businesses are often embedded in their offers a variety of Chinese foods including family and community life and have great po- delicious sushi. Contact her at Contact us today on 0404 954 043 tential to contribute to society by creating new [email protected] or on 0421 innercitygardenmaintenance.com.au jobs and supporting their community. 111 784, or go to Happy Moon Catering SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News 40 YEARS OF THE NEWS 13

40 years of the News A reflection on Spring Fling over the years

ver the past 40 years, the North and the event grew to include stalls selling food, saw the number of festival attendees grow to Melbourne took over management of the West Melbourne News (formerly North books, plants, and trash and treasure. There around 8000 people through the late 1990s. Spring Fling, event coordinators have included OMelbourne News) has featured many was a special grand ball in 1981. Live perfor- Since then, Spring Fling has expanded to Louise Augustinus, Julia Gyomber, Lisa Tran, stories about the community’s annual street mances commenced in 1987, and by 1990 the incorporate neighbouring streets and lanes and Emma McCashney, Michael Walker and, this festival, known today as Spring Fling. festival had moved from the town hall to under it now attracts about 15,000 people on the third year, Tatiana Echeverri and Tom Seddon. From its humble beginnings as the North the verandas of Sunday of Octo- Just as important are the volunteers who Melbourne Community Fair back in 1977, Errol Street. ber every year. help run the event. They are an integral part of Spring Fling has taken various forms. It began Significantly, None of this the festival, contributing enormously to its suc- with stalls promoting local groups and chari- in 1991 Errol would have been cess, while also experiencing the togetherness ties to the community at the North Melbourne Street was closed possible without Town Hall and later gradually expanded to to traffic for the the festival’s and community spirit that Spring Fling brings become the buzzing street festival in Errol, first time. This organisers over to the residents of North and West Melbourne. Queensberry and Victoria streets that we all provided an the past 40 years. This community celebration has been run- know and enjoy every spring season. opportunity for Since The Cen- ning every year for the past 40 years. With the In 1977, 30 participants gathered in the many local busi- tre: Connecting 41st Spring Fling Street Festival not too far North Melbourne Town Hall and paraded along nesses to become Community in away, we have reproduced a collection of pho- Errol Street with banners. Through the 1980s involved, and North & West tographs showcasing its history.

Children at the 1980 fair Photo: Guy Lamothe Cover of NMN September 2001 edition Errol Street was the hub of the 2008 festival Photo: Jim Weatherill

history Crime on the Docks — a look Spelling out the history of a at the Victoria Police Archive gaol (jail?)

Samantha Wilson that were smuggled. The well-established Chi- Cindy Huang Until that time there was no gaol in Vic- nese community were concerned about the use toria — law-breakers were incarcerated in and abuse of opium in particular. smaller, wooden lock-ups. Escapes were easy Having originally travelled from China for he Old Melbourne Gaol is a well-known mber Evangelista, an archivist from and frequent, and rearresting offenders proved Victoria Police Museum, gave a fasci- the gold rushes, Detective Fook Shing was re- part of Melbourne. Yet how many of us nating talk on crime in the Docklands cruited to foster a connection between the com- have ever wondered about the origins of to be difficult. This led to the government’s A munity and Victoria Police, serving for over 20 T constructing Melbourne’s first permanent gaol, as part of the Night School, Library at The its spelling? years, until his retirement from ill health in the Dock series, on Wednesday 15 August. According to the Online Etymology Dictio- which proved to be (slightly) more secure. Delving into a specific period of time, the 1880s. A well-respected member of the commu- With the beginning of the gold rush, the nity, Detective Shing pursued and policed many nary, ‘gaol’ comes from the Middle English 1850s until the 1950s, Evangelista gave a crime rate, along with escapes, was rising pocket history of the area’s development, from members of the criminal class. gayol, which originated from the Old French again. There was not enough space to accom- early shipping port to explosive den of vice Crime often landed on North and West gaiole, which was derived from the Latin word Melbourne’s doorstep from the rise in unpre- modate all the prisoners, and police resources and crime, quite a leap from the planned and caveola (meaning ‘little cage’) — a spelling dictable employment in dock work. Towards were stretched. In 1851, two of Melbourne’s highly developed area that it is today. that looks nothing like the modern-day word. Population booms usually go hand-in-hand the turn of the century, Evangelista described 40 police officers even resigned to go to the the smaller crime spree of ‘The Saints’, a duo In fact, ‘gaol’ used to have two versions with periods of great prosperity, often result- goldfields to try their luck! barely of age who robbed the warehouses of of the spelling, both of which derived from ing in unprepared infrastructure and support Although the government intended to devel- networks for the vulnerable and needy. Mel- North and West Melbourne, scrambling over French. From the Latin diminutive caveola, rooftops and leaving cheeky notes (and rude op the prison system, all the labourers needed bourne was in that state during the gold rush, Old French had two derivations — in North- with thousands of hopefuls in transit through drawings) in their wake. for construction work had left Melbourne for ern French as gaiole and in Parisian French the city’s port. At times the transient tent city There was also the murder of a taxi driver the goldfields. Progress was slow. Ships from who serviced the Chinese community out of as jaiole. Middle English then absorbed both of those preparing to try their luck in the gold- Britain continued to transport convicts to Aus- fields reached half a million people. North Melbourne and the CBD. The main tar- spellings, leaving gayol and jaiole in the En- get of the hit was his passenger, a gambler who tralia, and floating prisons were constructed to Then, as now, there were several ways to read glish lexicon. People pronounced jaiole as we had been showing off his winnings a little too accommodate the ever-expanding population crime rates. Some blamed the bustling docks say ‘jail’ today, while gayol was pronounced for the rise in prostitution, illegal drug use and carelessly, and the pair were robbed and killed of criminals. with a hard ‘g’. alcohol-related crimes in Melbourne, and char- in the taxi on Flinders Street, near the docks. During the late 19th century, as land values acterised the individuals moving through this Finally, Evangelista touched on the great Much later, the words ‘gaol’ and ‘jail’ coex- in the city increased, prisoners were gradually place of arrival as harbingers of vice. rivalry between Freddie the Frog and John isted harmoniously for a period of time, before Gilligan in the 1940s, a battle between two transferred to other prisons outside town. The Evangelista pointed out a different interpre- finally engaging in an inevitable battle to elim- standover men that ended with a single mur- gaol eventually closed in 1924, before being tation of the high crime rate at the time. She der, in front of 30 witnesses who, apparently, inate the other’s place in Modern English. converted into a museum, styled Old Mel- highlighted the role of local business owners didn’t see a thing. Eventually, the spoken word triumphed over who added to the crime statistics by taking bourne Gaol, and it now allows tourists to have It was great to get a glimpse into Victoria advantage of their well-established positions in stuffy legal conservatism, with ‘gaol’ being a glimpse into its rich history. Police Museum’s archives — it generated the city. With all the contacts they had built up, pronounced with a soft ‘g’. The ‘gaol’ spelling The Australian Government style guide fi- much interest and a sold-out auditorium. Let’s locals homed in on, and took advantage of, the hope there are more events like it in the future. was favoured in the legal and political world, nally allowed the use of ‘jail’ in the late 1970s, hordes of cashed-up hopefuls heading to the and thus spread to the British colonies, where with the retired word remaining on historic goldfields to seek their fortune. Night School: Crime on the Docks was or- As a port, drug crime was a major issue, and ganised as a free event by the Melbourne it became entrenched. In Australia, a natural gaols around the country. Nowadays, though, a large amount of imports came through the Library Service, with Amber Evangelista of consequence was that the Melbourne Gaol, you are less likely to use either word for a area. Opium and cocaine were the main drugs Victoria Police Museum speaking. constructed in 1839, bore that name. place of correction. 14 SPORT & HEALTH North and West Melbourne News SPRING 2018SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News SPORT & HEALTH 15

sport & health What price purity?

Katrina Kincade-Sharkey opment. That major project passed into abey- calls and emails for activities. ance while she had her children and simultane- “We have many dozens of cases document- ously worked more than full-time continuing ed here,” she says, calling up details of strictly his lady’s a true healer of communica- her practice. private files on her Mac portable, “Melbourne tion and learning difficulties, as well And it’s completely understandable that examples where both teenagers and children Tas our local force against a topic unfa- she might miss formal academia: her honours aged as young as 12 months are being ruined miliar to most civilised Westerners — female and awards include joining the Dean’s List by these destructive practices. genital mutilation (FGM). of Honours Students at ACU, recipient of an “These children — these girls, who have Paula Ferrari, BSpPath BEd CPSP VIT, Australian Postgraduate Award, a Postgraduate no voice because they’re female — are taken wears her prime speech pathology and teach- Research Grant and recognition for Excellence away ‘on holiday to a special place’ where ing credentials almost as an aside, those in Child Protection and Female Advocacy. their genitals are mutilated, their clitoris re- leading career refs only useful when directed But her current passion puts those acknowl- moved and their sexuality, their femininity, alongside her profound passion to eradicate edged skills to work in the dirty real world. indeed their true physical essence is destroyed FGM. Ferrari is still incredulous that local human … and oh so painfully, because there’s no way Displaying her (well-hidden) 47 years quite beings can allow, condone, even perform an the results of this procedure can be done com- firmly within a lean 175-centimetre frame estimated number of 200,000 FGM cases in fortably. under a tossed mane of long, curly, pale- the name of their religious or cultural beliefs. “It is true torture!” brown hair, she giggles: “One of my crowning “This inhumane, immoral, destructive prac- FGM is also known as female circumcision achievements as an adult is straightening this tice predominantly occurs in African, Middle and female genital cutting (FGC). “No FGM fringe!” Eastern and Asian societies, but because of Australia uses the letters FGM as it’s a medical The lady’s passions are well tempered. Now widespread immigration it’s now global,” she term which describes the impact and severity conducting her speech pathology consultancies says, expressive hands tightly clenched. to the girls,” she explains. from business premises on Spencer Street, “It’s human rights abuse, it’s child abuse, so “Although FGM has been practised for West Melbourne, Ferrari has bid farewell to it’s everybody’s business, and United Nations many centuries, it is now considered violence “running private practices since ’96 out of my research has shown it occurs here in Austra- and a form of torture. FGM has no benefits, home, wherever I’ve lived”. lia, although we keep no figures about the only harm, and its effects last a lifetime. Her new office is comfortably quiet, with a incidence here at home,” she says, her voice “There was a case in New South Wales in verdant Chinese red sapium rustling against Paula Ferrari in her quiet Spencer Street grating. 2013 — prosecution of a nurse, the mother and spotless courtyard windows. “It’s just a couple office Photo: Jim Weatherill “Some cases are cultural, some are religious, the community’s sheik, who told his congrega- of blocks from home, but a million mental but all are wrong!” tion not to tell anyone. The police had to con- “As a teacher I know how literacy is taught miles from managing a practice out of a small Ferrari became aware of the practice during duct intense investigations and then convince in schools, but sometimes children don’t learn terrace complete with my family, including her student days: “These girls explained that the child to witness against her parents. the basic skills and need extra help. There are three young children — twin girls aged 10 and their communities import people to do the “This is the ultimate disempowerment of other systems: I use synthetic phonics to give a seven-year-old boy. cutting. They also have untrained locals doing women! children the tools to manipulate the sounds “My children are precious, but there’s SO it and there are even reports of local doctors “UN prevalence data shows there are 200 they need to learn to read and write. Often much of them,” she says, the giggle return- performing the procedure. million women in the world who are probable they’re expected to read and write complex ing. “There’s been no family rejection, just cases of genital mutilation. It’s done to female patterns they’re not ready for. a critical need to display effective business “There is nothing good for the girl. That “It’s so much simpler to start them with a re- management and separate my work from my is why FGM is also called child abuse,” she children of all ages, from a nine-month-old stricted number of sounds they can build up,” private life.” says, remembering her observation of local baby in Sydney a few years ago, to a current she notes, explaining her work at La Trobe That work involves assessment and treat- incidents’ resulting trauma during her univer- Queensland case of two sisters aged nine and University as a clinical educator for speech ment of communication and swallowing sity days. “I had had no training on this during 12,” she says, her voice sharpening. pathology students to help children in primary difficulties in both children and adults, as studies, but there were girls in my classes “We have a 24-hour hotline — 1800 522 grades 3 to 6 who can neither read nor write. well as providing evidence-based training for who’d experienced it, and it was an everlast- 707 — answered by trained volunteers who of- “Once a year La Trobe Uni’s Human Com- educators, and data-driven individual, group ing, horrendous experience.” fer counselling referrals and medical support. and classroom-based therapy for children with This female advocate established No FGM “We’ve applied for grants, but people are munication Sciences faculty runs a PAL — specific speech, language and literacy needs. Australia in 2013 with three protocols: Protect scared of highlighting FGM because doing phonological awareness for literacy — clinic, Professional practice educator at Australian Girls, Empower Survivors and Do No Harm. so would be prejudicial against the races that which teaches kids to segment words, the Catholic University, Ferrari also supervises “Those first two are our mission statement, but practise it. This is fear of creating or exacer- building blocks for literacy, often missing speech pathology students to assess clients, then we must ensure we do no further harm to bating racism,” she argues. “Girls who’ve had from their education,” says this prime commu- provide therapy and programming, while sup- the girls through our activities. this procedure can go into shock from the pain nicator, who helps clients from myriad racial porting language groups within a communi- “Survivors really appreciate someone ac- post-surgery, they can bleed to death, or they groups — especially females — express their ty-based centre that services CALD (commu- knowledging their experience and their con- can die from infection.” concerns. nication and learning difficulties) families. tinuing pain. This is inhumane, it’s torture, yet She damns the profusion of local cases; of- Through both her speech pathology practice That’s a heavy workload. people still don’t prioritise women’s sexual fering relief of those females’ trauma, Ferrari’s and activism to stop FGM, Ferrari’s sunny There’s no doubt her speech pathology intu- health,” she says, acknowledging the massive professional pride is well justified: “Speech talk probably delivers relief to those survivors. itively provides effective emotional support to task she has adopted. pathology is the essence of who we are; it’s Achieving resolution is still her battle. clients of all ages, but the new premises’ calm “No FGM Australia has three directors — life consciousness. No FGM Australia can be contacted by space may allow her the time and academic one each in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne “We’re human because we communicate telephoning 0427 058 564, emailing paula@ consciousness to resume research and drafting — then a small core group in most states and and if we can’t communicate we can’t reach nofgmoz.com or via the website www.nofg- of her PhD thesis on Twins’ Language Devel- volunteers all over, so there’s regular phone our potential — and that’s our human right. moz.com. Authorised by D. Lawson, 296 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065.

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Ron Carter Local research stars 23 August 1932 – 19 August Katrina Kincade-Sharkey 2018

edical research collaborations across Bill Liddy Australia are internationally credit- Med, especially within our haemato- logical community targeting blood cancers. orth Melbourne lost one of its true Clinical Translational Fellow at the Walter identities and characters with the and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research passing in August of legendary sports (WEHI) and consultant haematologist at Royal N journalist Ron Carter. Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Peter Mac- Ron was a North Melbourne boy who grew Callum Cancer Centre (PMCC), Dr Ashley up at 80 Courtney Street and was educated at Ng, MBBS(Hons) BMedSci FRACP FRCPA North Melbourne Primary and University High PhD, has packed the odd 20 career workloads schools. into his 44 years. John Dugdale, Jock O’Brien and I had been Dubbed ‘Dr Ash’ by colleagues and patients friends with Ron since 1949 when he was cap- alike, this senior research fellow’s investi- tain and wicketkeeper of the North Melbourne gations check how genes regulate blood cell Church of England Boys Cricket Team. We development and what effect that has on leuke- played on Saturday mornings in Royal Park mias, currently focusing on acute leukemias. right opposite the infamous Camp Pell and the Settling into WEHI’s staff dining room over- zoo. looking University High’s sports ovals and Leading haematologist Dr Ashley Ng Photo: Jim Weatherill Ron worked for The Argus and then The RMH Private, ‘Dr Ash’ Ng is internationally Age from around 1950 until his retirement in credited with leading research that discovered says, his deep brown eyes gleaming. “We blood vessels, causing clots, heart attacks or 1998. By then he was chief football writer for which genes on chromosome 21 contribute to really rely on dealing with other doctors — strokes. The Age. leukemia in people with Down syndrome. His guys from many specialties — to manage our Colleagues at WEHI, Peter Mac and Ron covered every Olympic Games as a team found that having an extra copy of the patients well.” RMH agree Dr Ng’s directly-led scientific sports journalist from 1952 to 1996, paying ERG gene triggers blood cell change that can Managing his patients well has been Dr Ng’s contributions have helped shape the field in his own way to the Games in Helsinki in 1952. drive leukemic development. motivational crux since his winning passage understanding basic growth of the blood cells The main sports he reported on were athletics “We now have cancer models here in the through the University of Melbourne’s School and other blood elements formed in the bone and cycling, however he covered many other lab, as well as human samples from patients of Medicine, after admission on scholarship marrow. His thesis argued: “All haematopoi- sports as well. here and at Peter Mac and RMH, along with from his Malaysian home in Penang. esis, both red and white cells, develops from By being in the right place at the right time collaborators at The Alfred and Royal Chil- And just to prove there really are hap- a single stem cell in the bone marrow — all (at Munich Airport) in 1972, Ron was able to dren’s hospitals. pily-ever-after love stories during intense cellular blood components are derived from give a ‘ball by ball’ phone description to his “Excitingly, our models now allow us to academia, Dr Ash met and married his mate, haematopoietic stem cells.” editor at The Age of what was happening at the investigate the genetics of leukemia and the ef- endocrinologist Dr Caroline Jung, who now Having completed dual fellowships in hae- moment when the Palestinian terrorist group fect of any gene changes on its development,” consults at St Vincent’s Hospital, as well as matology and haematopathology accredited by Black September attacked and took 11 mem- he says, leaning forward. “We can see how mothering the couple’s two lads, aged 11 and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians bers of the Israeli Olympic team hostage. His this disease is sustained and how it responds to seven. and the Royal College of Pathologists of Aus- story appeared as the main feature on the front treatment … generally, how it behaves.” Having stepped aside for 12 months during tralasia respectively, Dr Ash has exceptional Understanding the physiology of patient re- his medical degree to focus on — and achieve page of The Age the next day — a rare feat for prerequisite experience in the diagnosis and sponse to varying blood concerns and the spe- with honours — a Bachelor of Medical Sci- a sports journalist. management of acute leukemia, as well as oth- cific chemical behaviours of acute leukemia, ence degree, this personable haematologist We at The Centre, through our then direc- er malignant and benign blood disorders. lymphoma, myeloma and myeloproliferative graduated top of his year, or First with Hon- tor, Michael Halls, recognised Ron’s family a Principal investigator for RMH/PMCC’s diseases allows compilation of pharmaceutical ours, in 1998. few years ago when we dedicated our Anzac joint ALLG APML5 study, he takes pride in — or chemotherapy — treatments. “That year of research halfway through Day service, held at the North and West Mel- his thorough understanding of the design and “Without that treatment, all acute leukemias the medical degree was when I got the bug, bourne Cenotaph, to his father, Charles Carter. conduct of clinical trials, particularly their hu- are terminal,” Dr Ash explains. “One of my I guess,” he quips, and Melbourne’s medical Charles rode his horse Tim at the world’s last major jobs is to look after patients with acute research community couldn’t be happier. man ethics requirements. great cavalry battle, the Battle of Beersheba, leukemia, but I see all types of haematological In 2014 WEHI announced its researchers Having now published 32 peer-reviewed in 1917. problems.” had solved the puzzle of how an essential primary research articles, 17 over the past five Charles later came back from the war and ‘Seeing all types’ is hardly surprising, given blood-making hormone stimulates production years, he has contributed to top-level scien- ran his small sweet shop in Courtney Street, the number of in-patients and outpatients Dr of the blood’s clotting cells, known as plate- tific journals. These include Immunity, Genes opposite the Errol Street school, for many Ash treats across three different campuses. lets. Complete with his smiling photograph, & Development, Blood, Proceedings of the years. Although Ron was not well enough to Factoring in the massively increased incidence WEHI’s promotional materials celebrated Dr National Academy of Sciences and Oncology, attend the ceremony, he was represented by his of blood cancers resulting from increased Ashley Ng’s study that provided a compre- with his work being cited in others’ papers daughter and grandchildren. aging, environmental pollutants and vastly hensive model of thrombopoietin’s control of more than 900 times. Ron was a proud and unabashed supporter improved diagnoses, oncologists’ workloads platelet production, as well as insights into the Those include references by the British of the North Melbourne Football Club. While are enormous. biology and mechanism behind specific my- Committee for Standards in Haematology stationed at The Age when its offices were “In WEHI’s acute ward I see 20 to 30 pa- eloproliferative disorders. Guidelines, the UK Myeloma Forum and the in Spencer Street, he made many trips to the tients at any time, supervise the more junior The discovery identified how bone marrow Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) club’s committee room after football training doctors, work with nursing staff, pharmacists cells could become over-stimulated and pro- of the German Society of Haematology and or to the social club after late-night work for and allied health professionals like social duce too many platelets. In blood diseases, Oncology (DGHO), crediting his work’s posi- his regular convivial refreshment top-up. workers, dietitians and physiotherapists,” he too many platelets can lead to clogging of the tive impact on patient outcomes. Vale, Ron Carter, my dear friend. 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Katrina Kincade-Sharkey dehumanising and utterly isolating symptoms 4. Lower blood pressure of dementia. Use lifestyle modification to keep your pres- We’ll be forced to watch these close people, sure as low as possible, as high blood pressure ementia will overtake heart disease these loved ones, while they lose their ability in middle age increases your risk of cognitive by 2050 as the leading cause of death to think, to clearly consider what they say or decline. for Australians, with an estimated one do, to ingest their food or drink, to toilet, to D 5. Lower blood sugar million cases clogging this nation’s already care for themselves — or anyone else. We’ll stressed health services. watch them forget what to say or do to survive Diabetes is an important risk factor for de- mentia, which can be helped by correct eating, Therefore each and every one of us will in society. regular exercise and staying lean. have — at least — several friends, colleagues Dementia can be terrifyingly aggressive, or loved ones overtaken by this annihilating according to Professor Peter R. Schofield, 6. Manage your cholesterol condition within 30 years. FAHMS PhD DSc, Neuroscience Research High levels of LDL, or ‘bad’ cholesterol, are Dementia is a chronic and progressive dete- Australia (NeuRA) Foundation’s chief execu- associated with an increased risk of dementia. rioration of behaviour and higher intellectual tive officer. “Allow me to be clear: dementia is Diet, exercise, weight control and avoiding function due to organic brain disease. Normal- a terminal disease,” he says. tobacco will improve your cholesterol levels. ly a condition of old age, it is now occurring in “It’s the tsunami that our nation is not ready young and middle-aged people. for. 7. Avoid tobacco Medical diagnoses of dementia extend from “Let me give you but one example. I hadn’t Avoid tobacco in ALL forms. witnessing patients’ initial forgetfulness and met Bob Rushton before he visited NeuRA, deterioration of their cognitive and intellectual but I wish I had. He had served Australia with 8. Moderate alcohol comprehension to eventual closing down of all pride in the army. He had arranged complex Excessive drinking is a major risk factor for bodily and mental functions. medical evacuation of critically ill people from dementia. If you choose to drink, limit yourself to two standard drinks per day. And there seems little socio-economic around the world. He loved camping, his mates Professor Peter R. Schofield choice between cases. In Western society, and our great outdoors. 9. Care for your emotions Photos: courtesy Florey Institute of we’re all potential victims, so North Mel- “Bob was the salt of the earth. People who are anxious, depressed, sleep- Neuroscience and Mental Health bourne equals South Yarra and Footscray “Most of all, Bob loved his family — his equals Malvern in terms of patient incidence. deprived or exhausted tend to score poorly on wife, Lisa; his daughters, Stephanie, Amy and belonged regardless of the challenges that lay Medicare Australia already has several hun- cognitive function tests. Poppy; and then later, his two grandsons,” the ahead. dred thousand dementia sufferers registered controlled, medically astute professor remem- 10. Be socially connected with health services throughout the nation, “It was a powerful reminder of how afraid bers, his tone softening. Strong social ties have been associated with a a number continually increasing due to our he could still be. “The day he visited our research centre — lower risk of dementia. extended lifespan, personal reluctance to at- “During those dark days many people sim- aged only 48 — it was clear that all of this was tack forgetfulness and increasingly sedentary ply stayed away. The hundreds of people who being rapidly stolen from him. arts & entertainment lifestyle. The tragedy of dementia at 47 “In 2016, Bob died of dementia. He was came to his funeral showed he was loved, but “The most common causes of dementia 53,” says the professor, whose eternal hope Professor Schofield invited Bob Rushton’s perhaps not feeling comfortable visiting or are Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal for research success at NeuRA’s Sydney Brain widow, Lisa, to share some insight into what wanting to be a burden to me, we didn’t have dementia, or Pick’s disease,” says Colin L. life’s been like for her and her family. He Bank has the support of medical investigators hundreds of visitors. Masters AO, Laureate Professor of Dementia hopes Lisa’s brutal honesty may cause people throughout Australia and around the world. “Please, if you’re reading this and someone Research and head of the Neurodegeneration to think of those they love, people whom he, Their concurrent research means we may pio- you know has dementia, take the lead to visit Division of The Florey Institute, University of NeuRA and we desperately want to help. Melbourne. neer a cure for this devastating, dehumanising them … it’s very important to do so. disease. “When we learnt Bob had a form of dementia, “We lost Bob in February 2016. Even now, “Years earlier, Bob granted us the incredi- we didn’t understand what was to come,” Lisa it is with tremendous guilt that I reluctantly ble opportunity to learn more about dementia remembers. “We knew he wouldn’t be able to acknowledge it was for the best. by agreeing to donate his brain. His precious work and may become mute, but I remember gift will contribute to research now and for “But what is for the best is for it never to joking that I talked enough for both of us. happen. decades to come,” Professor Schofield says, “But like many dementias, everything was “Bob leaves behind three beautiful daugh- gratefully. taken away from him — his ability to eat, his ters and two gorgeous grandsons. The best way “Some days you meet families and are mobility, emotional capacity, independence immediately reminded your research work is and, worst of all, his dignity — they were all to describe how Stephanie, aged in her 20s, urgent. Defeating dementia takes time, but progressively taken. feels is cheated, cheated that she’s lost her dad — thanks to funding support from public and “Dementia stole from the kids their father, and her two boys have lost their grandad. private sources — NeuRA’s Professor Kaarin their grandfather and, from me, my husband. “Amy, just 16, has had to grow up fast. She Anstey is at the forefront of research into de- “I actually remember the day I realised that I says birthdays, Father’s Day, buying her first mentia prevention. was no longer his wife — I was just his carer. car and perhaps being walked down the aisle “Her research has clearly shown that it is “People sometimes think dementia is an is when she’ll miss him the most. She seems our everyday lifestyle decisions that have a inevitable part of aging … that you simply so much older than 16 … probably because dramatic effect on our dementia risk. become more forgetful and confused, but live “For example, did you know that a diet in- to your normal life expectancy. she’s lived through things only few girls her cluding fish two or three times each week has “I cannot be clearer than this: Bob died of age have. been linked to reduced risk of dementia? Did dementia, aged 53. ‘What do you mean he died “Poppy, just 11, breaks my heart. She’s re- you know that four or five social engagements of dementia?’ or ‘I had no idea it took your ally only ever known her daddy to be sick; she a week has been shown to reduce our risk? life’ were common reactions from friends and feels so left out at seeing other kids with their “Did you know that depression, diabetes family. This has caused me to often wonder — dads. what did people think we were going through? and obesity in middle age increases your risk? “She says it’s unfair and she’s so right. Professor Colin L. Masters AO Each of these is a critical lifestyle message we Did they think we just had to correct Bob “For me, Bob was the man I’d chosen to have to circulate so humanity has an easier, when he got a bit muddled up? build a life with — and now he’s gone. Life This professor wears a long ribbon of aca- healthier aging,” warns the professor. “No, let me tell you what it was like: he demic credentials — BMedSc(Hons), MBBS, NeuRA is circulating its list of 10 Healthy needed to be spoon-fed pureed food. He goes on, but it’s very different. I’m reminded MD, Hon.DLitt W.Aust, FRCPath, FRCPA, Habits to reduce the risk of dementia. These couldn’t talk, articulate feelings like sadness or every day of him in lots of little things, but FFSc, FAA, FTSE and FAHMS — and utilises are: loneliness; he couldn’t tell us he was sick, or you know what reminds me the most of him? his career’s achievements at the Royal Parade in pain or that he had wet himself. The girls’ eyelashes — so long and dark, just facility in Melbourne’s medical precinct. 1. Get physical “He couldn’t leave his bed; he couldn’t like their daddy’s. “Then we can add conditions like multi- Using your muscles also helps your mind, with walk. He wasted away to 45 kilograms and, “Our first Christmas without him was very infarct dementia, which results from the de- towards the end, each breath was almost im- regular exercise clearly associated with a re- difficult, but we have hope. struction of brain tissue by a series of small duction in cognitive impairment. possible. His own grandchildren were very strokes. It is important to distinguish these cautious around him. “We hope research advancements will be organic conditions from psychological disor- 2. Improve your diet “He couldn’t show love. made so that one day families will not have to ders that can cause similar symptoms, such The Mediterranean-style diet that emphasises “I had decided that we could no longer care go through what we have. We were so pleased as depression,” he says, noting an increasing fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, unsaturated oils for him and together we visited a centre for to be able to donate Bob’s brain to the Sydney number of average people are displaying de- (olive) and plant sources of proteins has been people with early-onset dementia. He would Brain Bank at NeuRA, as we know his legacy mentia’s initial symptoms in everyday life. shown to reduce cognitive impairment and have been one of the youngest there. The min- will live on in research that will one day stop Perhaps that’s why current Royal Mel- dementia. ute we entered the facility I sensed his agita- this awful disease in its tracks. bourne, Royal Women’s and other metro gen- tion. He made a beeline for our car … clearly “Thank you for reading. Remember, don’t eral hospital outpatients regularly watch fellow 3. Be mentally stimulated understanding on some level why we were visitors exhibit dementia symptoms in their Activities that stimulate the brain create new there — and it scared him. stop visiting people with dementia and please waiting rooms. connections between nerve cells and may even “Later I said, ‘Don’t worry, Bob. I’m not give what you can to support research into The worst personal case scenario may be help the brain generate cells, building up a leaving you here,’ and immediately he was dementia and other diseases of the brain and our life partner succumbing to the debilitating, protective reserve against future cell loss. at ease. I knew then that home was where he nervous system.” SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News SPORT & HEALTH 17 Much more than a bowls club — a community!

Lynne Macdonald vides free coaching sessions for both new and experienced bowlers every Monday and Thurs- day between 4.30 and 6.30pm. There are five he City of Melbourne Bowls Club accredited coaches. You can take advantage of (CoMBC), located in the beautiful Flag- three months’ free use of bowls available from Tstaff Gardens, off Dudley Street, West the Bowls Library before you make a commit- Melbourne, near the Queen Victoria Market, is ment to the game. an iconic community facility. CoMBC has three teams participating in Dating from 1866, it boasts a modern, archi- the Saturday Summer Pennant, with bowlers tecturally designed clubhouse with a stunning ranging from beginners to very experienced. function room. Whilst most members come Additionally, a more relaxed competition from nearby suburbs, many city workers and takes place during the day on Tuesday and on residents from outlying suburbs have also Wednesday evenings. Something for everyone! joined CoMBC. It is a very progressive and The social committee organises regular not- harmonious club, enjoying a diversity of mem- for-profit activities throughout the year includ- bers. ing a Trivia Night, Birthday Party, Oktoberfest, The club offers many attractions, such as Christmas Lunch and watching the New Year’s social and competitive bowling, as well as the Eve fireworks in Flagstaff Gardens. During the opportunity to meet new people and have a summer season, members can enjoy a mem- few drinks within the Flagstaff Gardens. It is bers’ meal for only $7.50. well served by trams and trains and the club The club also provides a light meal or barbe- has a strong commitment to contribute to the cue, free of charge, after the Saturday Pennant livability and wellbeing of central Melbourne games. Bowlers and supporters who partake of and supports a number of local charities. this also enjoy the traditional, hilarious ‘Call- The club will again have a stall and inter- ing of the Card’. Photo: Jeff’s Digital Photography active lawn-bowls activity at the Spring Fling Whether you have a passing interest in tak- 6.30pm onwards and includes a meal. Check [email protected] Street Festival on Sunday 21 October. Pop in ing up lawn bowls for the first time or are an or [email protected]. and visit and the volunteers will answer any experienced bowler, we warmly invite you to out our website, www.citybowls.com, early questions you have about the club. join in the very social Mazda Cup. This will next year for full details. Lynne Macdonald is a board member of the From September to March, the club pro- be held on four Tuesdays in March 2019 from For further information contact City of Melbourne Bowls Club.

arts & entertainment June’s Jett launch success

Elliott Binks tion of the achievements of a writer of whom we, as locals, are very proud. “I think it’s extraordinary that June McIn- ocal author June McIntosh celebrated tosh, after a lifetime as a teacher, has reinvent- the release of her Jasper Jett children’s ed herself as a writer of young adult fiction Lnovels with a special launch event at Mr and has produced these two truly Australian Price’s Food Store last month. novels, filled with adventure, intrigue and Running from 1.00 to 4.00pm, the event compassion.” coincided with North Melbourne’s 95–58 win Though June has no other launch events over Gold Coast Suns down at Etihad Stadi- scheduled, she plans to host a number of writ- um. June admits to having nerves about the ers’ groups in Melbourne and the surrounding turnout, faced with such competition, but her area. worries were soon vanquished with 80 guests “I’m doing a few sessions up at the Marys- packing out the venue. ville Information Centre,” she says, “and “By 2 o’clock,” she tells me, “you couldn’t hopefully organising a few around Melbourne move. It was amazing.” as well — and visiting schools. I’m in the Mr Price put on a spread of finger food, Authors in Schools program so I’m going to while June’s husband, a keyboard teacher, start visiting schools and talking to kids about provided musical accompaniment on the ven- narrative writing.” ue’s grand piano. Local actor Richard Piper, a neighbour of June’s mother, was also present June’s books, Jasper Jett & the Breach of the as guest speaker. Sixth Crystal and Jasper Jett & the Sceptre of Richard recalls the event fondly: “It was a Selenite, will be reviewed in the summer issue truly great afternoon, and a genuine celebra- of the News. June welcomes guests to Mr Price’s Food Store Photo: David Watson

PAULA FERRARI Melrose Art Exhibition Certified North and West Melbourne Senior Citizens Club Practising The Melrose Art Exhibition will be held from Speech Friday 26 October to Sunday 28 October, open Pathologist from 10.00am to 4.00pm each day. Assessment and therapy for There will be paintings in various media for communication and sale, as well as hand-painted silk scarves and swallowing diffi culties cards and other handmade items. Children and Adults Come and meet the artists and talk to them 1/617 Spencer Street West Melbourne about their work. (behind Valiant Hire)

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travel & food Oldies strike back with Spikeback

Elliott Binks company has a growing roster of six authors providing an eclectic mix of books. Titles already available include works of ge wasn’t enough to deter Howard fiction, photography, illustration and poetry, Birnstihl, 73, from setting up his own some of which are reviewed in this issue of the Apublishing company. Nor could a bro- News. On top of that, there are half a dozen ken leg and a stroke prevent him from treading more in the pipeline. the ground usually reserved for younger gen- Howard himself sees the company as more erations. of a cooperative than a conventional book After meeting with an old school friend in publisher. He and his fellow greyhairs stock- West Melbourne last year, the idea for their pile their research, encompassing topics like company, Spikeback Books, was born. e-books, design, typesetting, layout and print- “We got together at the start of 2017,” How- ing on demand, and then use that information ard recalls. “And we were aiming to get our to help and advise others. books out by late 2017, say September or Oc- “The fantastic thing I’m finding — and it’s tober. I broke my leg in August, had the stroke the way it should work, of course, with a co- in September — perfect timing. op — everybody I contact, or who contacts me “There I was in hospital, with my leg and asking for advice, they actually give me infor- my stroke, dealing with printers in China. So it mation and I’m able to add to my stockpile.” was a nightmare, but we got there.” The positives for greyhairs are obvious, but Spikeback Books is no ordinary publishing Howard believes the co-op’s benefits extend company. Based locally in West Melbourne, beyond his own generation. Howard (centre) with Spikeback partners Alan Pearson and Tony London, pictured here in it caters exclusively for the so-called greyhair “It’s giving the oldies that chance to express 1965 Photo: Howard Birnstihl generation by encouraging senior authors in themselves,” he says, “and giving the rest of old experience was incredibly important and do anything because they weren’t expected to. their writing pursuits. society a chance to be aware, to understand valuable. Now, there’s no such thing, in a way, as old That in itself is a bucking of the trend in and realise, to experience, to appreciate what the wider publishing industry, which is heav- there is in that stockpile.” “And that’s what the grey power thing is people. ily geared towards younger writers. Recent There’s a clear emphasis at Spikeback on doing, to wake the world up to say: ‘Look, “Don’t let the world tell you you’re old. If research by Macquarie University found that passion over profit — an outlook that Howard you’ve got this unbelievable resource here. you’ve got something to do, do it.” almost two-thirds of Australian authors are has stuck by through his many ventures in a Use it.’” As if Howard’s work didn’t speak for itself, under the age of 60. Fewer than 14 per cent are wide-ranging career. As a teacher turned pho- For this greyhair generation, there’s still he leaves me with some further words of over 70. tographer turned publisher turned writer, he’s plenty of ground to be made up. A quick goo- advice. “I’m just like any other ageing writer where worn a number of hats in his time. gle of the term produces more results for hair “The thing to do is just get off your bum there’s just no chance of being published,” And it’s that vast experience that makes dye solutions than it does cultural movements and do something. And once you start doing says Howard. “So I came to the conclusion Howard, Spikeback, and indeed the entire grey- for oldies. But Howard nonetheless feels that something you get lost in it. You know, you get that I would have to publish myself.” hair generation, such a valuable commodity. we’re already seeing a change in attitudes carried away.” Not that the establishment of Spikeback was “You’ve got a world full of oldies and the compared with those of years gone by. Which is a message that everybody — irre- merely a vehicle through which Howard could amount of experience they’ve got is just mind- “When I was young, old people were old spective of age or hair colour — could take a fulfil his own publishing aspirations. The boggling. And in older cultures, of course, that people. They dressed differently. They didn’t thing or two from. Striking local themes in Spikeback releases

Elliott Binks paths with various real-world figures, includ- Benito’s Treasure ing movie pioneer Raymond Longford and Alan Pearson underworld gangster Squizzy Taylor. (Spikeback Books) Heroine That cast of characters is led by young mov- Howard Birnstihl ie enthusiast Martin Devereaux, who wonders Legend has it that Benito Bonito, a 19th-centu- (Spikeback Books) if he’ll ever get his head around the movie ry pirate who plundered the Americas, buried industry. Eventually he makes progress, but at parts of his treasure in a cave right here in some cost, ticking off a number of Melbourne Victoria. It’s a colourful enough story in and movie bigwigs. of itself, but one that cartoonist Alan Pearson Howard’s wandering prose then takes us on injects even more life into with his 29-page a journey across the south-east of Australia collection of illustrations. and into the world of filmmaking. With a sense Alan’s sketches and accompanying maps of longing and a tinge of lament, the book explore a rumoured version of events in which Benito and his bloodthirsty crew venture south remembers the halcyon days of the mid-1910s into uncharted waters. Reaching Bass Strait, — Australian cinema’s boom period — whilst Wilsons Promontory and eventually the Frank- also ruing the efforts of the government-of- lin River, they seek refuge but find they are the-time in stifling the burgeoning industry. ultimately unable to escape their murderous As informative as it is entertaining, and with ways. plenty a twist and turn, Heroine will reel in both movie buffs and fiction fans of all ages.

The Train to Nowhere A pacy read, Robyn Collins’s Train to No- Robyn Collins where will take its young readers on quite an (Spikeback Books) adventure as a diabolical plot is uncovered. Kids will likely find each of the characters Sixteen-year-old Jack Watson and his friends relatable in their own ways. Jack, a cricketing are on their way to compete in the Smartest prodigy, often wishes he was more apprecia- Student in Australia competition. But their trip tive of his dad. Ben, witty as he is, is strug- Heroine, Howard Birnstihl’s second novel fol- gets off to an unusual start when Jack wakes gling to deal with his parents’ divorce. And lowing 2017’s The Colour of Film Noir, may up to find his watch has stopped. Not only leave you wondering why he waited until his that, so too has everybody else’s — and at the Mieko doesn’t know how she’s ever going Alan has previously produced and illustrated 70s to try his hand at writing fiction. His hu- exact same time. to tell her own parents she wants to ditch her a series of books about the people and places mour, his conversational tone and, of course, The oddities don’t end there. Jack and his scholarship to study art full-time. of his local area, and Benito’s Treasure is the his love and knowledge of film shine through mates notice that all their assigned tutors look Friendship, family and a futuristic twist are latest of his creations to showcase a love of in this very Australian story. almost identical, as if they were off an assem- front and centre here, as Jack and company both art and local lore. Though a work of imagination, Heroine is bly line. And when they later arrive at their discover more than they bargained for about Though primarily aimed at children, there’s firmly rooted in the history of this country’s destination and are welcomed by their host, Sir both human nature and, perhaps most impor- enough mystery and intrigue here to capture film industry. Its vivid cast of characters cross Hubert Peabody, something still feels off. tantly, themselves. the imaginations of young and old alike. SPRING 2018 North and West Melbourne News TRAVEL & FOOD 19

travel & food Time for tea?

Felicity Jack growing began, and it has since spread to other parts of the world. Trees in Yunnan are sometimes between 100 ow many of us take time out to have and 300 years old and have often belonged to our favourite coffee — whether it is the same family for several generations. These flat white, latte, macchiato or espres- old trees can grow between two and four H metres tall, unlike those in the newer tea plan- so? Some people travel from distant suburbs to North Melbourne’s acclaimed Auction Rooms, tations where tea bushes are grown for ease where they may have to queue for a while to of picking, often with machines. Some of the order their heart’s desire. elderly grandmothers in the area, even in their Tea, often thought of as a ‘humble cuppa’, 80s, nimbly climb the trees to pick the leaves. is a different matter. Until now, the availability The soil in Yunnan is rich, red in colour, and of quality teas in Australia has been limited. very fertile. It is also one of the areas with the While their distinctive packaging and unusual greatest biodiversity in the world. For instance, blends lend a certain mystique to some of the the locals can identify around 800 different more ‘upmarket’ teas, there is often little dif- species of wild mushrooms growing in the ference in quality from the usual supermarket area. packets. Despite being the regional centre of the A glimpse inside KUURA, the exciting new tea shop in Errol Street Photo: Ayden Graham But things are changing. A new tea studio Yunnan province, the town of Xishuangbanna has recently opened across the road from Auc- has an extensive tea-growing area, and getting Raw pu’er is prized for its ability to age over well as local people who are intrigued by the tion Rooms. Say hello to KUURA, the brain- around can be difficult, requiring motorbike time. intricacies of brewing and drinking tea. child of Ayden Graham, who is a self-con- travel to less accessible mountain districts. The teas are all compressed into ‘cakes’, At KUURA, you can taste various tea fessed tea tragic. He has been interested in Ayden has been travelling to the area for about making them easy to store and cutting down blends and purchase high-quality tea, cups tea since the age of 15 when he spent time in three years, exploring and checking out the shipping footprints dramatically. You simply and containers for making and serving an Japan as an exchange student. Since then, he different offerings. He deals in the two types break off a chunk and brew away as normal. exceptional brew. Ayden welcomes visitors has researched the growing and brewing of tea of pu’er tea, raw and ripe, as well as more fa- There are parallels with the wine industry: the to his studio, where you can learn about the and has developed a good reputation for his miliar black tea and white tea. most highly valued tea comes from older trees, different vessels, gaiwans and pitchers that are knowledge and the high quality of his wares. The type of tea depends on the way in with taste also depending on how long the on display as well as the beautiful teacups and Ayden sources his teas exclusively from the which it is processed. For instance, white tea leaves have been stored. teapots. The kettle is at the ready for cooking Yunnan province of South-West China, home undergoes minimal processing, simply being Ayden has been selling teas online, and they up a delicious brew, and tasting is free. to what Ayden regards as the most delicious dried in the sun, whereas ripe pu’er is made by are bought by connoisseurs from all over the KUURA is at 104 Errol Street, North Mel- and delectable kind of tea, known as pu’er. piling the leaves, often tons of them, wetting world as well as within Australia. His new bourne. Visit www.kuura.co for more informa- In fact, this area, with neighbouring areas in them and covering them with a tarpaulin, and shop opens knowledge of tea production to a tion or browse their Instagram page @kuura.co Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos, is where tea then fermenting them for around two months. much wider audience and attracts tourists as to take a peek at their tea collection. The Inconvenience Store leads the way

Imogen Anne Bower out truckloads of fresh produce, bread and community-minded shopping experience. to ensure that there is enough for everybody. packaged goods daily are some of the biggest As part of the Lentil as Anything restaurant, The City of Melbourne is also working to culprits in this phenomenon. Food waste has The Inconvenience Store runs on the ‘pay-as- tackle the food waste issue at both an individ- he Inconvenience Store in Thornbury disastrous effects upon the environment. The you-feel’ policy. This gives those who are in ual and a commercial level. It has partnered opened last July and is the first in Vic- thrown-away surpluses are a waste of all the need better access to fresh produce, as food with the State Government to create the Love toria to offer rescued food from super- land, water, technology and transport involved waste is as much a humanitarian crisis as it is Food Hate Waste program, which offers T in the food supply chain, and they also emit markets. an environmental one. helpful tips on how to avoid food wastage This is a step in the right direction as pub- horrendous amounts of methane. For others with the financial means, this altogether, highlighting both the financial and licity grows around Australia’s deficiency in When ranking global food wastage against policy encourages them to think more about environmental incentives. recycling or reusing the gigantic amounts of the top greenhouse-gas (GHG) emitting na- the price and worth of food as opposed to con- At the Kensington Town Hall, the City of food waste we produce as a country, brilliantly tions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of suming mindlessly. Disposable incomes have Melbourne has opened its first communal the United Nations found that, if it were a coun- exposed in the ABC series War on Waste. seen this habit escalate, but also responsible composting hub to manage the unavoidable try, it would be the world’s third highest emitter organic food scraps that are produced by all The sustainability strategist of food rescue are large supermarkets with marketing tricks of GHG, behind only China and the USA. households, restaurants and cafes. The com- group OzHarvest, Annika Stott, told Huffing- designed to make customers buy more than Yet more insidious is the influence that post produced is being used to grow food in ton Post that approximately $20 billion worth they need. supermarkets have over consumer habits and the Newmarket Saleyards communal garden of food in Australia goes to landfill every year, “Everything is about convenience and ease,” how this is causing waste at an individual lev- owner Astrid Ryan told The Age. “People are nearby. and this includes losses occurring at all stages el — which is why The Inconvenience Store disengaged with where their food is coming It is wonderful to see such community ini- of the food supply chain. However, tellingly, is such a timely pioneer. Not only does it save from.” tiatives working together to combat our waste- half of this $20 billion worth of food is lost at perfectly edible food, sourced from ALDI and Indeed, beyond the colourfully painted ful ways. We hope the City of Melbourne will a household level. the Preston Market, from going to landfill, but soon be able to provide similar composting doors of the aptly named store, there is none of Without doubt, the supermarkets that throw it also offers a much less wasteful and more facilities for North and West Melbourne resi- the overwhelming selection one finds in Coles dents and restaurant owners. or Woolworths, given that stocks fluctuate de- pending on what is available from supermarket The Inconvenience Store is located at 562–564 surpluses. In addition, customers are only al- High Street, Thornbury, and anyone is wel- Wherever you want to go… lowed a maximum of 6 kilograms of each item come to visit! We have great value deals to get you on your way

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A selection of vegetables available at The Inconvenience Store, collected in partnership with non-profit organisation SecondBite Photo: Imogen Anne Bower 20 TRAVEL & FOOD North and West Melbourne News SPRING 2018 Springtime on the Mornington Peninsula

Shamira Natanagara the clear blue sky and water looked like they had merged together, as if there was no line separating them. “I’m from the Mornington Peninsula — it’s Our first stop was The Milbri in Point really pretty,” a classmate told us, her face Nepean Road, Rosebud. The Milbri could have brightening up. been on Melbourne’s top-10 brunch list had it That’s a given. Everyone knows that. been in the CBD. But the picture was different “But I hate it during the summer,” she here. Instead of groups of young adults, added. “The population can go from around enjoying their food and coffee while taking 300 to 1000.” pictures for the ’gram, only two families were Well, luckily for me, I have a week’s break in this restaurant, enjoying a casual lunch, in spring. when we walked in. Located to the south of Melbourne, the Several of us ordered the smashed avo. Its Mornington Peninsula is Victoria’s classy yet tasty, savoury flavour didn’t disappoint, and adventurous nature getaway. The region begins it was certainly enough to fill our stomachs just below Frankston South and Pearcedale while we tackled the next item on the agenda: and extends all the way to Portsea. Famous kayaking. tourist destinations include hot springs, water “They decided to cancel kayaking due to the sports, culinary venues and wineries — plenty weather.” of must-visits for a summer holiday. The friend who spoke to the attendant to When planning a visit to the peninsula confirm our booking came back with this during early spring, though, keep in mind that disappointing news. I guess that’s the risk you might need to pay a bit more attention to you take when you visit a summer destination certain details. in spring. That left a gap on our itinerary, so The breathtaking Cape Schanck Photo: Shamira Natanagara My friends and I had planned this trip a little we decided to just hang around the beach for over a month prior. Looking back, somehow a little while. We didn’t stay long, though, and rocks. two common qualities of beer that I dislike. the early spring wind didn’t come to mind. We as the merciless wind was blowing from all When you get to the beach you will find all Rather, it was slightly sweet and crisp. If just thought it would be nice to take a break directions, but the company of my friends, the serenity you could ever wish for: the salty you don’t like your beer sweet, Mornington from the hectic city ambience even for just joking around at the beach, lifted my mood. smell of sea, the sound of waves crashing into Peninsula Brewery offers brown and lager- two days — and we were right. We did get Our next destination was Sunny Ridge rocks, the cool breeze, a hint of sunlight just style beers that have more of the bitter taste a chance to relax, despite a few unexpected Strawberry Farm. Well, it was next on the list, to brighten up the mood — the kind of setting that many people prefer. Once we’d ordered events. until we found out that it would be closing you might imagine during stressful days at our drinks, we slouched into a couple of cosy We left the city at 10.00am on a Saturday, in half an hour. Having thought the weather school or work. But do bear in mind that you sofas, holding tightly onto our beers. taking the quickest route through the inner-city was the only thing that could fail us, I have to will have to share this peacefulness with other What a day! Failing to visit two destinations suburbs. As expected, the atmosphere became admit that this time it was entirely our fault tourists, mostly couples and families, which because of minor problems that some quick more and more serene as we got closer to for not checking the opening hours. Without some might find irksome. research before we left home could have the peninsula. The drive wasn’t long; it took further ado, we set off for the next doable After returning via the boardwalk and a avoided, was quite a letdown. With better approximately 20 minutes from the Melbourne destination on our agenda: Cape Schanck. cardio workout courtesy of the climb back to planning we could have tried out more of the CBD to the Mornington Peninsula. Cape Schanck has neither opening hours the top of Cape Schanck where our rental cars peninsula’s touristy offerings. I could tell we had arrived the moment I saw nor weather hazard. Though it’s a popular were parked, we drove past some strawberry “Don’t they sell pizza?” my friend suddenly the astonishing sea, painted in gradations of tourist destination, its beauty is hidden in the fields and headed for the Mornington asked. blue. hills on the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula Brewery for some refreshments. His thought was way better than mine, “Hey, you can open the windows if you Peninsula. You wouldn’t be the biggest fan of I’m more of a cocktail person, so I asked the which had got stuck on regretting avoidable want,” the friend who was driving told the rest Cape Schanck if you hate long walks. It takes bartender for some beer recommendations that mistakes. Our tired faces lit up and we of us. around 15 minutes on foot from the top of the would suit my sweet tooth. immediately ordered two pans of cheese pizza So we rolled down a couple of windows. hill down to Cape Schanck’s rocky beach. “Our IPA and Pale Ale are the bestsellers. (it was 10/10, by the way). On our left were greens and suburban houses, It was worth the trek, however, and even Also, this one — it’s not on the menu — this Great beer, great pizza and great company. lined up neatly, evidently built for small a self-proclaimed couch potato like me one’s Hop Culture. It’s similar to IPA but it’s What more could one ask for? I could have families, and on the right were the cliff and would definitely recommend to anyone with fruitier and crisper,” she said, giving me three wished to turn back time and take more care the sea. The wind was crazy but it didn’t make a healthy heart to keep going to the end of shot glasses for free tasting. planning this trip. But right now, I’m not us shut the windows. We could still feel the Cape Schanck’s wooden boardwalk, which is Hop Culture definitely pleased my complaining. The Mornington Peninsula has reassuring sting of the sun’s rays. From afar, surrounded by wild bushes, vivid green grass tastebuds. It wasn’t bitter and it wasn’t frothy, been good to us. Coffee for a cause: CafeSmart 2018

Shamira Natanagara Melbourne’s famous Auction Rooms and The Smith, a BeanTo coffee shop located at the Lort Smith Animal Hospital in Villiers Street. n 3 August this year, StreetSmart, an “We absolutely love and applaud the cause,” Australian organisation dedicated Chris Roest of Auction Rooms told the News. Oto supporting local homelessness “There was a definite positive response from services, brought back CafeSmart, an annual all customers as shown by the donation box fundraising program that unites local commu- contributions.” nities and their favourite cafes, encouraging If you missed out on this year’s CafeSmart, people to get their daily caffeine fix and help be sure to mark your calendars because the fund homelessness services at the same time. campaign will return for its 11th year in 2019. The way it works is quite simple. Partici- Applications for CafeSmart 2019 have opened, pating cafes and coffee roasters from all over and cafes and coffee roasters interested in join- Australia donated $1 for every coffee sold on ing can contact Sharna at sharna@streetsmar- 3 August, with the money raised being donated taustralia.org. to various homelessness services. Last year’s In the meantime, look forward to CafeSmart raised a whopping $285,500 and StreetSmart’s next campaign for this year, helped fund 156 homelessness projects across DineSmart, which will run from 21 November the country. CafeSmart 2018 had a goal of raising to 31 December. DineSmart has a similar con- $300,000, aiming to surpass last year’s total by cept to CafeSmart, although instead of cafes nearly $20,000. “It takes us quite a few months and coffee roasters, restaurants will be partic- to collect in the donations,” StreetSmart found- ipating. So far, over 80 restaurants in Victoria er and CEO Adam Robinson told the News. have been confirmed, including “We are probably on track for over $200,000.” Agraba Lebanese Mezze and Errol’s, both lo- Robinson also said that 805 cafes and 50 cated in Errol Street. coffee roasters had participated in this year’s You can also support StreetSmart by donat- CafeSmart, which is an increase from last ing through their website at StreetSmartAus- year’s 763 participants, as reported by Broad- tralia.org/donate, and be sure to follow their sheet. West Melbourne’s Apollo Cafe took Instagram @StreetSmartAust for up-to-date part in this year’s campaign, as well as North information on future programs. Auction Rooms promoting CafeSmart 2018 (Leon Holdsworth in photo) Photo: Inge Duister