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Postcard of Luna Park precinct ~1910s. 
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The park was called Hi-Lite Park, I remember it in the early 1980's just prior to demolition, the park ended just where the1/2 doz palm trees are to the left of the big wheel..... (so Mostly out of this photo)
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Hi PDH
Its a little confusing as the cars in the picture dont look to be from 1956 as they are in the shot below.
So I think there was another park there before 1956 as shown below.I think it may havep opened before 1956
This one below is supposed to be Hi Lite Park as well but it looks way older.Do you have anymore info?
The cars in this one look more like the late 1940s
Hi-Lite Park was an amusement park in located near Eastern Beach, on the corner of Bellarine Street and Ritchie Boulevard, where the Eastern Beach tram terminus was once situated. The park opened in 1956 and closed c. 1985
This one looks more like the 1950s The Ferris Wheel is in a different position in this shot and a building is on the vacant land on the right..
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Postcard of Luna Park ~ 1920s.
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Keeping the Carnival theme going.
The Mordialloc Creek Carnival 1924- 1968
The success of the first carnival in January 1924 stimulated interest in planning another carnival for the next summer. Late in the year a series of meetings arranged a much larger carnival for the Christmas holiday period. It opened on Christmas Eve and ran until New Year’s Day and then at weekends until January 31 1925. All the attractions were again hired from Briggs who received half the money raised, the one exception being a jazz palais, run in a marquee with a timber floor, where patrons paid for each dance to the dixieland beat of a hired band.
The Carnival operated right through thr second world war.
When Australia entered World War 2 in 1939 Mordialloc Carnival was an annual event enjoying its peak of popularity. The Federal Government wisely allowed a lot of sporting events and other amusements to continue despite the total war effort. Civilian morale had to be maintained. Mordialloc Carnival was a morale booster and also a fund-raiser for the war effort.
Since 1968 there have been several one-off carnivals for short periods, and they still attract crowds, but none of them match the longevity and the atmosphere of the old Mordialloc Carnival.
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Mordialloc Creek from its mouth looking towards the bridge. The Mordialloc Carnival area is to the left,
The Carnival Site1923
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When peace returned in 1945 the Mordialloc Carnival had already been going for over two decades.
Children at this time loved the annual enjoyment of the merry-go round and the rides on ‘whizzy whirls’, as well as the dodgems and the boats. In those days there were no similar attractions at fetes and other gatherings as there are today. Mordialloc Carnival was the biggest local opportunity for exciting fun. For many adults too the Jazz Palais, Jimmy Sharman’s boxing tent and the many side-show games offered a change from ordinary working days. The boxing was very popular with some men who enjoyed seeing hopeful young boxers get bruised by the tough fighters employed to belt their challengers and earn a quid. There was also the ‘Wall of Death’ where motor bikes were ridden in a circular arena until they were travelling almost upside down.Kingston Local History
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The Mordialloc Creek Carnival 1924- 1968
The success of the first carnival in January 1924 stimulated interest in planning another carnival for the next summer. Late in the year a series of meetings arranged a much larger carnival for the Christmas holiday period. It opened on Christmas Eve and ran until New Year’s Day and then at weekends until January 31 1925. All the attractions were again hired from Briggs who received half the money raised, the one exception being a jazz palais, run in a marquee with a timber floor, where patrons paid for each dance to the dixieland beat of a hired band.
The Carnival operated right through thr second world war.
When Australia entered World War 2 in 1939 Mordialloc Carnival was an annual event enjoying its peak of popularity. The Federal Government wisely allowed a lot of sporting events and other amusements to continue despite the total war effort. Civilian morale had to be maintained. Mordialloc Carnival was a morale booster and also a fund-raiser for the war effort.
Since 1968 there have been several one-off carnivals for short periods, and they still attract crowds, but none of them match the longevity and the atmosphere of the old Mordialloc Carnival.
Mordialloc Creek from its mouth looking towards the bridge. The Mordialloc Carnival area is to the left,
The Carnival Site1923
When peace returned in 1945 the Mordialloc Carnival had already been going for over two decades.
Children at this time loved the annual enjoyment of the merry-go round and the rides on ‘whizzy whirls’, as well as the dodgems and the boats. In those days there were no similar attractions at fetes and other gatherings as there are today. Mordialloc Carnival was the biggest local opportunity for exciting fun. For many adults too the Jazz Palais, Jimmy Sharman’s boxing tent and the many side-show games offered a change from ordinary working days. The boxing was very popular with some men who enjoyed seeing hopeful young boxers get bruised by the tough fighters employed to belt their challengers and earn a quid. There was also the ‘Wall of Death’ where motor bikes were ridden in a circular arena until they were travelling almost upside down.Kingston Local History
1953
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Collector. They were the famous River Caves which were unfortunarely demolished in 1981.Postcard of Luna Park ~ 1920s.
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The water was only about 40cm deep and people used to get out and walk in it and you could easily stop the boats and jam them sideways as they were only propelled by the flowing water.
I spent many a time at Luna Park and other St Kilda venues in my teens early 20s.
St Kilda was a very popular entertainment mecca from the 1950s - 1980s with Luna Park and Little Luna Park and with the two big cinemas The Victory and The Palais plus the St Moritz ice skating and Earls Court and Palais de Danse and later the Palace for dancing esp Saturday nights it was the place to be.
By the 1970s as the liquor laws were relaxed the big pubs The Espy,The George,The Prince of Wales,The Ritz ( Les Girls drag show)and the Village Belle Hotel all joined in and started to have bands and live entertainment as well.
Plus there was a nightly drag show Bojangles and night club at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
The decoration was quite bizarre and quite a lot of the ride was in darkness.
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I found some interesting information about the first Fish Market that was where Flinders St Station is now.
1865 First purpose-built Melbourne fish market
From the beginning of Melbourne's European settlement, locally caught fish were traded from the banks of the Yarra River on the grassy slope between the Yarra Falls and Queens Wharf.
In 1841 a small wholesale and retail fish market was incorporated into the Western Market. However, in need of more space, the expanding wholesale fish trade moved to Princes Bridge from the late 1850s, supplying both hawkers and private shopkeepers.
In 1865, a purpose-built Melbourne fish market was opened on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets – the site where Flinders Street Station now stands. An open-air market had previously operated on the site. The new building was claimed to be the first of its kind in Australia.
The first Melbourne Fish Market building
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Between 1865 and 1892, the Melbourne Fish Market occupied the Flinders and Swanston streets south- west corner.
It was of white brick and stucco with a large central chamber 16m high surrounded by 14 slate slabbed stalls, fountains for washing fish, an arcade and room for carts to enter at auction time.
The building housed railway officials attached to Flinders Street Station and, along its Flinders St frontage, refreshment rooms, a newsagency, a tobacconist and a fruiterer.
There had been some conflict with the railway company – then the Melbourne and Hobson’s Bay Railway Company – over the choice of site for the market, but public interest had prevailed.
In 1888, the ownership of this land was transfered to the Railway Commission in exchange for a 2.3 hectare site further along Flinders Street near Spencer Street, where the Fish Market operated from 1892 until 1959.
By the mid 1950's the moving of ever larger trucks into the rapidly expanding post war city became a major problem. As a result the City Council approached the State Government to find a new site for not only the Fish Market, but the wholesale fruit and vegetable market located at Queen Victoria Market which was facing similar problems.
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What’s better than to have some grilled and smoked Australian Barramundi with your family for the weekend? The portions delivered are satisfactory with an amazing taste. Thank You Melbourne Seafood Market for the lovely seafood. melbourneseafood.com.au
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Yep It was on the corner.John Park
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Postcard of Luna Park at night ~ 1930s.
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Luna Park ~ 1970s.
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Some old images of Royal Melbourne Zoo
The first zoo to open in Australia was the Melbourne Zoo, which opened on 6th of October 1862.
Modelled after the London Zoo, it featured formal Victorian-era gardens and just a few specimens of monkeys, as well as a limited display of native animals. The zoo began to change in character with the appointment of Albert le Souef as Director in 1870. He began to acquire a wider variety of exotic animals such as black bears, lions and tigers. As the zoo gained in popularity, the gardens were extended, more animals added and, in 1881, an entry fee introduced.
The Zoo in its early days was part Zoo and part Amuesment Park
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Zoo employees, 1896
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The famous Queenie
Queenie was an elephant who was used to give rides for children at Melbourne Zoo for 40 years.
She was euthanized in 1945 after crushing keeper Wilfred Lawson to death
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People really got dressed up to go to the Zoo back in those days
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The first Lion Wallace was a star of the Melbourne Zoo for almost a decade until his death in 1891.The Lions were kept in cramped cages in those days.
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Eagles 1890
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The hippos arrived in 1913
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The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine now extinct 1920s
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Betty who took over from Queenie.
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Donkey and carriage rides, 1900s
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The beautiful old carousel at the Royal Melbourne Zoo. c.1925
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The Zoo a had its own miniture train rides from 1905
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The miniture "Spirit of Progress" train at the Zoo 1950s
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The first zoo to open in Australia was the Melbourne Zoo, which opened on 6th of October 1862.
Modelled after the London Zoo, it featured formal Victorian-era gardens and just a few specimens of monkeys, as well as a limited display of native animals. The zoo began to change in character with the appointment of Albert le Souef as Director in 1870. He began to acquire a wider variety of exotic animals such as black bears, lions and tigers. As the zoo gained in popularity, the gardens were extended, more animals added and, in 1881, an entry fee introduced.
The Zoo in its early days was part Zoo and part Amuesment Park
Zoo employees, 1896
The famous Queenie
Queenie was an elephant who was used to give rides for children at Melbourne Zoo for 40 years.
She was euthanized in 1945 after crushing keeper Wilfred Lawson to death
1893
People really got dressed up to go to the Zoo back in those days
The first Lion Wallace was a star of the Melbourne Zoo for almost a decade until his death in 1891.The Lions were kept in cramped cages in those days.
Eagles 1890
The hippos arrived in 1913
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine now extinct 1920s
Betty who took over from Queenie.
Donkey and carriage rides, 1900s
The beautiful old carousel at the Royal Melbourne Zoo. c.1925
The Zoo a had its own miniture train rides from 1905
The miniture "Spirit of Progress" train at the Zoo 1950s
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Swanston Street 1868 Past image sourced from Melbourne Library Service
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^^ That image of Swanston Street doesn't look right, as a matter of fact I don't think it is Swanston Street.
Goode House below, south-west corner of Collins and Queen Streets ~ late 1940s.
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Goode House below, south-west corner of Collins and Queen Streets ~ late 1940s.
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Yes I'm with you the more you look at it it dosen't look like Swanston St. Maybe Bourke St?Maybe not even Melbourne.^^ That image of Swanston Street doesn't look right, as a matter of fact I don't think it is Swanston Street.
Goode House below, south-west corner of Collins and Queen Streets ~ late 1940s.
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Interestingly its from the State Library collection
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Past image sourced from Melbourne Library Service for entry in the Snapped: Melbourne past and present photography competition 2010.
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^^ It just needs some love, ok, perhaps a whole lotta love (queue Led Zep's song).
The Union/ANZ Bank (now demolished) on Collins Street ~ early 1960s.
The statues are now in the architecture building at the University of Melbourne.
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The Union/ANZ Bank (now demolished) on Collins Street ~ early 1960s.
The statues are now in the architecture building at the University of Melbourne.
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Flinders Lane, Melbourne in the 1880s
This 1880s photo of Flinders Lane was captioned 'Little Flinders Street'.Supplied: State Library of Victoria
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This 1880s photo of Flinders Lane was captioned 'Little Flinders Street'.Supplied: State Library of Victoria
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Collins Street looking west 1868
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