The history beneath our feet

We’ve recently been involved in the Goods Shed No. 5 on Birrarung/Yarra’s Northbank again. This time to discover what might lay beneath the wharf for Icon Construction who are currently working on the site. It’s not exactly archaeology because we didn’t get a chance to get down and dirty in the mud, but we did find a few interesting things you can read about here.

When thinking about places it’s just as interesting to look beneath as well as around and into a place. Often the layers of history beneath us are just as contributory or influential as those that are more obvious.

This article is courtesy of Madeline Pentland, our student intern from Australian Catholic University. Maddy is doing her history honours year and completing her internship with us this semester as well as her honours thesis, which she has written about here.

Image: ‘North Wharf No. 14 Melbourne’, c.1890, State Library of Victoria, H4417.