| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Chapter 1; Two Pounds in his Pocket; Chapter 2; Bigger Things; Chapter 3; Out of Hiding; Chapter 4; The Face of the City; Chapter 5; Spaniards, Pies and Monkeys; Chapter 6; Saved From the Wrecker's Pit; Chapter 7; As if Lives Are Being Lost; Chapter 8; A Way of Forgetting; Chapter 9; Forever; Chapter 10; You Never Know What Might be Under It; Chapter 11; Melba Always Stayed There; Chapter 12; Nothing But Memories; Chapter 13; All Buildings Removed; Chapter 14; All Things Come to an End; Acknowledgements; Picture Credits; Index |
| Summary |
"Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain."--Herald, 1925. The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Its famous sign - 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble - was a laconic masterpiece and served as a vital sign of the city's progress. It's no stretch to say that over three generations, the Whelan family changed the face of Melbourne, demolishing hundreds of buildings i |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 8, 2014) |
| Subject |
Whelan the Wrecker Pty. Ltd.
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| SUBJECT |
Whelan the Wrecker Pty. Ltd. fast |
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Construction industry -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History
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Buildings
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Construction industry
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Melbourne (Vic.) -- History
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Melbourne (Vic.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History
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Victoria
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Victoria -- Melbourne
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781922231413 |
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192223141X |
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