Sporting Precinct
AAMI Park
Newspaper clippings about new plans for sporting precinct. Gosch's Paddock to be used by Collingwood and Melbourne Football Clubs for training; new rugby league and soccer stadium (temporarily known as the rectangular stadium) to be built near Olympic Park. Includes an associated plan to build car parking under Yarra Park. April 2006.
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Abandoned Melbourne
A collection of photographs taken during Melbourne's first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. Gavin John, an established landscape photographer, turned his talents to scenes closer to home. Well-known sites around Melbourne, normally buzzing with people, are shown deserted. The forms and shapes of the city are revealed without the usual distractions.
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If you build it...
Newspaper clipping about a proposed makeover plan for the MCG and precinct.
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Mis-use of public parkland
Newspaper articles about the threat to public parks through redevleopment and inappropriate usage. Discusses parkland all over Melbourne, but includes as examples the suggestion to fence off part of Yarra Park for entertainment during the Boxing Day Test, and redevlopment of Flinders Park to create the Tennis Centre. December 2005.
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Swimming in Rod Laver Arena
Newspaper clipping about the World Swimming Championships to be held in a temporary pool constructed inside the Rod Laver Arena. Preliminary troubles included leakage. After the Championships most of the water in the pool was to be piped to the lake in the Royal Botanic Gardens, and the rest to water distressed elms.
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Tennis Centre to be updated
Newspaper cuttings about plans to overhaul the tennis centre. Margaret Court Arena to have a retractable roof, and Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena to be refurbished. This will ensure that Melbourne hosts the Australian Open until at least 2036. From January 2010.
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