This opinion piece explores the unique character of Flemington, Melbourne. The writer recounts the suburb's history, from its former association with abattoirs and working-class immigrants to its current transformation into a vibrant hub of diverse communities and hidden gems.
Opinion pieces from local writers exploring their suburb’s cliches and realities and how it has changed in the past 20 years.Apparently, my suburb has a horse race. But those of us who live in Flemington know it is not a one-trick pony.draws in both the modest punter and the pampered celebrity, and my suburb, too, is one of surprising contrasts.
The Doutta Galla hotel, now a family-friendly bistro, was known as the “bloodbath”. Meanwhile, the beautiful bluestone Pastoral Hotel, a stalwart for the cattle saleyard, was mysteriously bulldozed one night in the mid-1980s, not long after the cattle bridge over Racecourse Road was removed. Flemington lies in the Moonee Valley Council municipality, but we are like the delinquent adopted lovechild separated at birth from our Kensington twin and raised by their natural Melbourne City Council parent. I suspect Moonee Valley would happily give us back as we seem to sit uncomfortably with their largely white middle-class demographic.
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