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For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Melbourne's Little Lonsdale Street - locally known as 'Little Lon' - was notorious as a foul slum and brothel district, occupied by the itinerant and the criminal. The stereotype of 'slumdom' defined 'Little Lon' in the minds of Melbournians, and became entrenched in Australian literature and popular culture.
The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne tells a different story. This groundbreaking book reports on almost three decades of excavations conducted on the Commonwealth Block - the area of central Melbourne bordered by Little Lonsdale, Lonsdale, Exhibition and Spring streets. Since the 1980s, archaeologists and historians have pieced together the rich and complex history of this area, revealing a working-class and immigrant community that was much more than just a slum. The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne delves into the complex social, cultural and economic history of this forgotten community.
Contents
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List of plates
About the authors
1. Introduction and context
Tim Murray
2. Agencies of change: government perspectives on Little Lon
Kristal Buckley and Jeremy Smith
3. The first campaign: Little Lon
Justin McCarthy
4. Assemblage analysis and outcomes: phase 1
Tim Murray
5. Smaller investigations between phase 1 and phase 2
Tim Murray
6. The second campaign: Casselden Place
Richard Mackay
7. Assemblage analysis and outcomes: phase 2
Tim Murray
8. Little Lon and Museum Victoria: a tale of benign neglect, restoration and a bright future
Charlotte Smith
9. Diversity and change in Little Lon: ongoing historical and archaeological research
Sarah Hayes and Barbara Minchinton
10. An update on the Commonwealth Block project: a second phase of targeted feature cataloguing
Bronwyn Woff
11. The 2017 excavations: 271 Spring Street, Melbourne
Geoff Hewitt
12. Little Lon and the archaeology of the modern world
Tim Murray
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