Tour Overview
This tour of Spotswood provides an insight into the people, industries and businesses that transformed this landscape from a dairy farm to one of the Victoria's most important manufacturing hubs.
Stops
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Tips and Tricks for the Tour
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Information to Help you Prepare for the Walk
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Stop 1: Introduction to Spotswood
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Stop 2: Scienceworks-Serious Fun
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Stop 3: The Pumping Station at the Heart of the System
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Stop 4: Straining the Sewage
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Stop 5: The Women, The War and Wallpapered Views
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Stop 6: Pumping it Uphill
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Stop 7: The Great Wall of Spotswood
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Stop 8: The West Gate Bridge
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Stop 9: Stony Creek Quarries
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Stop 10: Canned Mutton
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Stop 11: Old Headquarters
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Stop 12: Machines and Munitions
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Stop 13: Wartime Flats
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Stop 14: Spotswood: Home of the Stubbie
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Stop 15: Old and New
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Stop 16: Keeping the Sewage Flowing?
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Stop 17: Champion Cricketers
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Stop 18: The Glassworks Today
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Stop 19: Cycling and Recycling
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Stop 20: Housing Migrant Workers
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Stop 21: Classic Cottages
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Stop 22: Fuse Factory
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Stop 23: Wm Goetz & Sons Ltd
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Stop 24: Williamstown Railway
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Stop 25: The Manager's Mansion
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Stop 26: Spotswood Railway Station
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Stop 27: Early Spotswood Houses
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Stop 28: Keeping the Railways Running
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Stop 29: Family Businesses
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Stop 30: Signals and Safety
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Stop 31: At The Local
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Stop 32: Railway Sidings
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Stop 33: Lennon’s Agricultural Implement Works
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Stop 34: T Robinson & Co Agricultural Implement Works
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Stop 35: Pass the Oleomargarine
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Stop 36: Atlantic Union Oil
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Stop 37: International Harvester Company
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