History

The Fight for a Park

Running along the northern boundary of North Carlton and through North Fitzroy is a long thin park now known as the Inner Circle Linear Park. In 1970 this was a largely disused strip of railway land along which a goods train occasionally ran. It was also the scene of a bitter struggle between local residents and a developer.

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For more information on the railway line, see our latest publication by CCHG president Jeff Atkinson:

The Inner Circle Line : The Melbourne Suburban Rail Line that disappeared

This book tells the story of the development of Melbourne’s suburban rail lines, and in particular of the ill-conceived Inner Circle Line that ran through the inner northern suburbs from 1888 until its final closure in the 1970s. It tells of the political events that led to the line being built, the life and death incidents that occurred along the line when it was in operation, and after it had closed, the struggle of a residents’ group to have the land and a station building converted into facilities for community use.

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