Originally a fertile hunting ground for the local Aboriginal people, later a small boat harbour and a good spot for fishing, the old Sandridge Lagoon became a central element of life in Port Melbourne. It was gradually filled in by 1929, but you can still see many traces of it today, and this tour takes you around some of them, from the bumpy topography, to the streets that follow its old outline.
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by pastportprojectView of the former saltwater Sandridge Lagoon from the Sugar Works, taken in 1873. The Graham Street Bridge is to …
pastportprojectView along the jetty of the Sandridge Lagoon besides Harpers Oatmeal and Starch Factory complex. You can see the remnants …
pastportprojectThe Sandridge Lagoon looking towards Rouse St in 1920. The Lagoon, which ran all the way up to Ingles Street …
pastportprojectIn this photograph you can the Metropolitan Gas Company Works, just behind the old Graham Street Bridge. William Westgarth writing …
pastportprojectAerial view of Port Melbourne and Sandridge Lagoon, 1931. You can still see the outline of the former inland body …
pastportprojectThe Sandridge Lagoon and the wharf outside Harpers Oatmeal and Starch Factory complex, 1900-1929.
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