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Annear Robyn |
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A city lost & found : Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne / / Robyn Annear |
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Melbourne, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (395 p.) |
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Construction industry - Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - History |
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Melbourne (Vic.) History |
Melbourne (Vic.) Buildings, structures, etc History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Chapter 1; Two Pounds in his Pocket; Chapter 2; Bigger Things; Chapter 3; Out of Hiding; Chapter 4; The Face of the City; Chapter 5; Spaniards, Pies and Monkeys; Chapter 6; Saved From the Wrecker's Pit; Chapter 7; As if Lives Are Being Lost; Chapter 8; A Way of Forgetting; Chapter 9; Forever; Chapter 10; You Never Know What Might be Under It; Chapter 11; Melba Always Stayed There; Chapter 12; Nothing But Memories; Chapter 13; All Buildings Removed; Chapter 14; All Things Come to an End; Acknowledgements; Picture Credits; Index |
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"Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain." - Herald, 1925.The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Its famous sign - 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble - was a laconic masterpiece and served as a vital sign of the city's progress. It's no stretch to say that over three generations, the Whelan family changed the face of Melbourne, demolishing hundreds of buildings i |
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