As a person who lives in Melbourne myself, short videos or long I don't mind. I'm enjoying hearing your perspective of things I may pass by regularly without thinking about it, like Kew junction for example. And plan to have a proper look at less familiar places, like Fed Square. Your narrative skill is commendable and I look forward to more 🙂

I had no idea this area of fed square existed! I love these little videos about Melbourne, thank you so much for sharing!

@philipmallis

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Philip, I never knew this was there. I really enjoy your videos, telling the history of Melbourne. Being older I'm much more interested in the city I grew up in.

How did I not know that existed? Been there so many times including just last week. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Philllip for sharing this on U tube I had no idea about this and look forward to visiting this. Many thanks 🙏👍

I'm often at Beer DeLuxe and wander over here just to hang out in a quiet space, a great one in one of the busiest parts of the city. I have leant over this balcony several times and never realised

Enjoyed this video about Fed Square and like others did not know the existence of the display there. I very much enjoy all your videos, the narrative and editing. Wonder how you went from being a City Councilor to a videophile?

@philipmallis

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Glad you enjoyed it! It's been a bit of a journey, have always had an interest in local history so it's something that I can do with my time now :)

Federation would of been especially a time of celebration in border areas. Prior to Federation there were customs posts on the borders and there was customs dues to be paid on goods when going over the border. So when going between eg NSW and Victoria you would have your bag checked and have to pay duty. Up at Yarrawonga there is still the customs house on the lake. Prior to Federation, farmers would swim their horses over the Murray to evade paying duty on them. We now take it for granted driving from Sydney to Melbourne and not stopping at all.

Thank Phillip

Ahh, Federation - My great grandfather Henry Foster was a member of parliament during Federation. He was the Minister of Mines when the Welcome Stranger Nugget was found. His name is in the monument - my only claim to handed down family fame lol Oh, and he had a town named after him. It was originally called Ellesmere, they changed it to Fosterville.

Thanks Phillip. ill give that a read next time im there

I had no idea this existed! Next time I'm in marvellous Melbourne I'll have a look 😁

I went up today to check this out, and all of those boards were covered over with black vinyl. Not sure why, a bit disappointing. Although there are 20th anniversary events going on for Fed Square at the moment, so maybe something else is planned for it.

@philipmallis

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Ah that's a shame, hopefully it'll be back soon

@simonberryman4966

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I was there today; still covered ☹

@simonberryman4966

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I emailed Fed Square about its removal and got the following response: "The timeline that was found in The Atrium balcony has been removed as we are considering how we continue to use this space for storytelling in the future. We’re also currently looking at how and where we share First Peoples history about the land on which Federation Square sits, as well as the post-contact industrial history and the creation (and architectural vision) that is Fed Square as we know it today."

Ta. Will check it out next time I’m in town.

Thanks; hope to visit soon!!

Thank you for the info !

Thanks, very interesting!!

@philipmallis

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Glad you liked it!

Interesting. Not sure about why Ned Kelly or pre-colonial Australia has anything to do with Federation apart from box ticking & self esteem of people not wanting to be left out of anything.