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WATCH: The Mount Dandenong house with an underground bomb shelter

WATCH: The Mount Dandenong house with an underground bomb shelter

The five-bedroom house recently sold for $760,000.

Yarra Ranges

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The man who turned Melbourne’s east into a mudbrick experiment

The man who turned Melbourne’s east into a mudbrick experiment

“The house is part of the environment and the environment is part of the house.”

Property

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Meet the man building and maintaining Eastern Melbourne’s pipe organs

Meet the man building and maintaining Eastern Melbourne’s pipe organs

Regular maintenance jobs include St Paul's Cathedral and the Melbourne Town Hall.

Boroondara

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WATCH: The story of Bayswater’s stationary steam train

WATCH: The story of Bayswater’s stationary steam train

The locomotive at Marie Wallace Park hasn't moved an inch in more than 60 years.

Knox

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WATCH: The history of Mitcham’s 1800s stone cottage

WATCH: The history of Mitcham’s 1800s stone cottage

The house is a unique example of Prussian architecture - complete with "communication holes" connecting each room.

Whitehorse

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WATCH: What happened to Australia’s milk bars?

WATCH: What happened to Australia’s milk bars?

A Mooroolbark business has re-energised the idea of what a corner store can be.

Yarra Ranges

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WATCH: The story of Warrandyte’s gold rush

WATCH: The story of Warrandyte’s gold rush

Did you know Warrandyte was the site of Victoria's first gold discovery?

Manningham

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Gym, cinema and basement for 140-year-old Camberwell villa, but conditions apply

Gym, cinema and basement for 140-year-old Camberwell villa, but conditions apply

A new pool has to be on ground level, not the first floor.

Property

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WATCH: The history of Wobbies World

WATCH: The history of Wobbies World

Open from 1980 to 1999, the theme park had helicopters, trams, mini golf and even a flight simulator inside a real plane.

Whitehorse

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The 1938 Mount Dandenong plane crash that sent shockwaves through the country’s air traffic control systems

The 1938 Mount Dandenong plane crash that sent shockwaves through the country’s air traffic control systems

One of Australia’s deadliest aviation disasters sparked drastic reforms across the industry.

Yarra Ranges

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Locals save 109-year-old store as heritage buildings find new life across Melbourne’s east

Locals save 109-year-old store as heritage buildings find new life across Melbourne’s east

A growing push to preserve local landmarks is turning heritage-listed buildings into modern destinations.

History

Meet the lederhosen-clad German who built a “Swiss alpine village” in Bayswater

Meet the lederhosen-clad German who built a “Swiss alpine village” in Bayswater

The former enemy alien “smoked a fearsome meerschaum pipe with a pepper pot lid”.

Knox

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A golden age under the stars: The rise and fall of eastern Melbourne’s drive-ins

A golden age under the stars: The rise and fall of eastern Melbourne’s drive-ins

The heyday of open-air theatres ran from the mid-50s until about 1990.

History

What happened to the Croydon drive-in cinemas?

What happened to the Croydon drive-in cinemas?

Eastern Melbourne was home to the first Village theatre.

Property

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How 1,000 unemployed men paved the way for Kew’s “Golden Highway”

How 1,000 unemployed men paved the way for Kew’s “Golden Highway”

Couples with multiple children were given $40 a week, inflation adjusted, for food.

History

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The history of Mount Dandenong's TV Towers

The history of Mount Dandenong's TV Towers

Way up there on the mountaintop...

History

WATCH: The history and future of Lilydale's old quarry

WATCH: The history and future of Lilydale's old quarry

How did Lilydale's limestone quarry become the second-largest housing development in Victoria?

Yarra Ranges

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A home among the trees: The tale of how Wyreena became Croydon's art hub

A home among the trees: The tale of how Wyreena became Croydon's art hub

In the mid-1970s this magnet for creatives was saved from a developer's wrecking ball by local activists.

Maroondah

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Horse races, a farm for orphans and a business park: The history of Tally Ho

Horse races, a farm for orphans and a business park: The history of Tally Ho

Whitehorse Council is set to approve a plan for Tally Ho’s development over the next 15 years. But how did Tally Ho come to be?

Whitehorse

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WATCH: The ballot to name Box Hill

WATCH: The ballot to name Box Hill

From being the town's postmaster to the builder behind the suburb's iconic old pubs, Silas Padgham was a true pioneer of Box Hill.

Whitehorse

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