for for much of the smoke such as the free catalogue ~ ~ from smelting in 1864, fitzroy became first the – as wellin dustrias from domestices heating – municipality in melbourne city melburnians 19th century, {and one of the first in australia} itselfof legislated melbourne for residents thickened the air to establish regular to leave their rubbish in boxes couldempty bottles return to a melbourne ~~~ although optional ~~~~ ~ was a mucky city ~ in the early 1870s, but rubbish was empty tins and bottles collections for domestic rubbish still regularly thrown into lanes local shop very different from both the ~~~~~ OR ~~~~~ kitchen scraps emerald hill leaving those places bottle depot ‘citymarvellous of popular imagination’ oyster shells, old boots {south melbourne} ‘in to and city of quickly followed be the liveable today andin 1865was anunsightly washed ‘ ’ dead dogs employing men and offensive condition by and refilled sewage and trade waste and other rubbish clogged the to clean the streets and poisoning the atmosphere themid-twentieth city s lanes and vacant blocks and rights-of-way with council polluted the city’s ’ and collect the noxious effluvia centuryrubbish the salvation army ofdecomposing animaland collections were supplemented and boy scouts waterways rubbish by a range of other ~~~~~~~~~ collected newspapers EXHIBITION FROM 5 APRIL 2006 from private premises vegetable matter.’ disposal methods for recycling while from the mid-nineteenth century residents and traders however, fishshops and greengrocersand chip would rubbish were ~~~ without buy to ~~~~~ ~~~~~ sweepersemployed were left regular old newspapersuse garbage, junk to clear the city of dust and rubbish refuse collections ~ in 1913, as part of a ~ one councillor, forwrappingand filth, squalour sweeping the streets, and often street cleansing crusade, hosing the footpaths ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ‘the melbourne city council decided to purchase’ objecting to the plan packaging and the disposed of galvanised partly on the grounds that streetflushing channels with ‘rubbish by dumping’ wire litter it was borrowed from sydney, councils also allowed it in 30to baskets also claimed that there was residents to use backyard disinfectant their backyards be or placed on street corners incinerators on no for ~ for regular ~ a brigade of ‘orderly’ onany vacant streets bit of land by exhibition but need caitlin stone curator or ‘scoop’ boys not everyone ‘a clean city like melbourne burn offs aged garbage was scrap merchants approved of this innovation to adopt the basket system’ ‘of leaves and other rubbish’ from also buried such as marine store dealers collected14 horse manure18 in backyard and ‘bottle-os’ collected common rubbish such as ~ and other litter ~ cesspits glass, metal and rags – or fed to – in more recent years the and a quarter of to of the focus has moved increasingly in 1987, a new litter act by the waste ~ theeditor theargus focussed on individuals’ 2002 pigs toreducingand role in disposing of collected from after an absence of about certainly i see wonderful one recycling rubbish rubbish responsibly melbourne see and new a year and a half changes, but i also the may households was from melbourne by tramcartr forave miles andl in the 1960s, a state-wide penaltiesintroduced for littering recyclable material many of my friends ask me mostand untidy habits never lose sight with pride in their expression can for an instant of say without fear anti-littercampaign led to the creation by ‘well waste paper… of the s what do you think ofthat contradictionmelbourne and its suburbs, thekeep australia manylate melbourne 198 councils0 of the change in taken as a whole, rival anything j. cosmo newbery, beautiful council had introduced kerbside efforts i have seen on the continent argus, 21 january 1889, 6 {victoria} in 1967 ~~~~~~~ recycling programs to to cleanmelbournes marvellous encourage residents to streets – and to prevent’ or in great britain their them for empty from melbourne? the careless untidiness recycle bottles getting so messycontinue ’ – dirty tins, papers, broken bottles and today are everywhere aluminium cans in the first place – in the lead up to the recent crockery commonwealth games ~ .56 % ~ melburnians a group of melbourne scavengers c. 1890 a street litter basket were encouraged to broken composition of melbourne straw {city of melbourne art + heritage collection} from the early 1980s clean up at the games glass house garbage and channel refuse or fibre ‘ ’ ~ 1.44 % ~ {not including street sweepings} in 1900 ~ 1.63 % ~ extracts from the diary tuesday, 21 march 1899: by putting their refuse rubbish in bins ofassistant william sexton thrown cinders screenings,sand, or fine dust vegetable rags iron inspector of nuisances offensive ~ 1.68 % ~ ~ .33 % ~ for the city of melbourne from restaurant ~ 42.81 % ~ matter in coke ~ % ~ and it ~ 26.55 % ~ 13.28 tuesday, 4 january 1898: oyster shop a foul every15 loads day, and were a foul, depositesickening stenchd ‘ occupied by livingstone ‘sickening arose from it, while a stream of clinker, bones monday, on stones, &c. ~ 1.03 % ~ refuseon emptiedeast ‘7 february 1898: to stench filth water trickled old tins paper 132 spencer st ’ the ~ 1.11 % ~ ~ 1.32 % ~ ~ 7.36 % ~ to vacant landside fowls kept. land on north side of premises; from its base into a melbourne city council of 83 newry street yard dirty. ~ mr livingstone not in ~ at yesterday’s meeting of the moonee ponds creek footpath sweeper, c. 1980 cautioned board of public health, which is about 17 yards away could not find who did it, ~ to ~ – left word with mrs l inspector dunkley it reported that he had visited the tip was quite uncovered gave note to driver of lime wash is for mr ~ and ~ to see that placed a tip to the when he inspected in and belonging it on the 13th inst., mitchell remove rubbish city council and situated within did no.to have 44rubbish removed – very offensive’ removedrecep threetacles times a week ~ the city of brunswick ~ and he not see any ’ ~ rats about it, ~ it was, he said, a dumping ground little thursday, 17 november 1898: for of the but there wasdoubt cautioned tenant the refuse and garbage city that they were there… to keep receptacles in yard it and see to it that dustmen is almost useless remove for householders to refuse clear their premises regularly of theverminif no two melbourne city council proper effort is made garbage collectors, c. 1980 to exterminate them bottle-o ~ at the tips ~ at sixpence in every town in every street, the age, 22 march 1900 a head ‘just on rats like a pliceman his beat, there there goes’ a man you’re sure to meet, the inspector were thousands he is the bottle-o. ~ purchase of ~ of at of bottles he can t get enough, his sack with them he’ loves to stuff, motor-sweepers brightonnuisances reported to the local council on monday ofthat might rats at any time and in a voice that’s loud and gruff, he calls out bottle-o. after an inspection ~ the city engineer ~ that 888 premises and as hes drawing near, ‘of {mr h. e. morton}said yesterday that ‘a tin on wheels endangerthe health of the town these ’ the city councils most tests and ~ had been visited ~ words new motor sweeper’ hand brush ring in your ear, at work on dusty roads, had beensuccessful made on st. kilda road, ’ 721 of which bottle-o, bottle-o …’ the public works committee sydney road, and wellington parade to charlie jackson, ex-overseer ashad only 20 yesterday ‘of collingwood city, our best wishes were found been decided to and by thepurchased council he moved ella ogilvy, ‘bottle-o’ recommend early street-cleaning, he said, for a lengthy and pleasant clean that the price should be term of retirement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with drains in the purchase of more ~~ knocked inup good order, raised to 6d. horses“ by 9 o’clock themorning” while were ~ per head ~ three machines, but charlie commenced work in the 26 at a cost of £1,125 each the motor sweeper, municipal sphere in 1902 as a sweeper for withouthad drains, the age, 9 may 1900 after rapidly completing the bad melbourne city council 44and 79 yardsdrains, had the motor sweeper promises to one of the main city streets, at the princely wage of eleven shillings accumulations at miles per week with an added one shilling for ~ revolutionise ~ an hour, working saturday afternoons, of rubbish… spedto begin the off cleaning, 1of5 another being street-cleaning methods his run from flinders street ~~ in the city ~~ long thoroughfare over princes bridge and then rubbish truck outside argus, 7 june 1922 flinders street to russell street auto-eductor the melbourne town hall (motor vehicle) during a street cleaning municipal employees procession in june 1959 his equipment was a tin the counsellor: attendant {city of melbourne hand scoop and brush, official organ of the $40.25 {per week} (melbourne city council) award, 1968 art + heritage collection} which federated municipal later advanced and shire employees’ auto-eductor water flusher public record office victoria, to a tin on wheels union of australia (motor vehicle) ~~~~~ selected ~~~~~ vprs 9448, unit 1, diary of the melbourne metropolitan foreman garbage (motor vehicle) and 6 3 (1959):15 $53.00 {per week} assistant hand brush edition, vol. , no. inspector of nuisances, ’ driver truck driver 25 december 1897-3 july 1899 $46.50 {per week} (motor vehicle) $48.00 {per week} references garbage ~~~ other ~~~ catherine $44.35 {per week} the counsellor: bulldozer official organ of the best, alleyn, carltonfederated vic.: acknowledgements hockey, employee