Talk:Northcote, Victoria

added real estate information and demographics

considering the significant changes of Northcote over the last 10 years I thought it was pertinent to show some demographic information, real estate data and other statistics to reflect this. most information comes from the abs census, or from population consulting firms such as Id.

I would also like to try and find more data to show the changes in the business makeup of northcote and such, but it is really difficult to source information. i have good data about the value of the total darebin economy but I feel that doesn't belong here and belongs in the Darebin wikipedia article, which I might update.

I feel like Northcotes page could be longer and more in depth and really deserves more attention as it is such a wonderful suburb. Does anyone have any ideas? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.149.80.78 (talk) 02:51, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

removed

I removed additions made by 210.49.164.61 which were copy-n-pasted from http://home.vicnet.net.au/~nhcs/Nhcstimeline.html Cnwb 23:28, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

eclecticness

Is "eclecticness" a real word? Dictionary.com doesn't list it. I can't think what the proper word would be in this sentence. Cnwb 06:01, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Good call Leon... 10:24, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Wesley Ann

Does anybody know what the Wesley Ann used to be? It's a bar at 250 High Street - inside it has the feel of an old church with roughly-hewn stone walls. Cnwb 15:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Mystery solved - from this Northcote timeline compiled by the Northcote History group: "1854 � Wesleyan church and school opened at 248-250 High St. The bluestone hall still stands and is now part of a cafe". Cnwb 05:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I know a fair bit about the Wesley Ann as it happens: my father and his wife renovated the two buildings 250-252 High Street and opened it as live music and dinner venue "Ruckers" in 2000. When they sold the business in 2003, the business was renamed and continued as "Wesley Ann". Previous to my dad and stepmum renovating the place, it had been the Northcote Auction Rooms which held regular auctions (usually on Tuesdays) of second-hand furniture, deceased estates, etc. At that time, most of the period features inside the main building (250 High Street) were concealed under plaster, so the renovation rated a couple of articles in the local paper. Even earlier than that, 250 High Street - one of the oldest standing buildings in the area - had served as town hall, Wesleyan church, and even the first Court of Petty Sessions. The architect's name was Butters. A good reference for old buildings in the Northcote area is a book by local historian Graeme Butler. Walkingmelways 04:17, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

how come my many hours of work setting up the westgarth site from nothing have now seen it incorporated here? 1/june 2007

This seems to be one of the very rare exceptions when an article about a locality within a suburb should be preserved - it appears to be fairly complete, and as long as it's explicit about its status (I've renamed it to Westgarth (Victoria) for that reason and fixed the lead sentence), I don't see a problem with it remaining as a separate article. Orderinchaos 07:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation

can we add that it's pronounced with a Northern Suberbs accencent? I would say Norfct- I don't know how to use IPA pronununciation lettering- but the TH is definatly an F sound. The 'cote part is even shorter than cut, It's just a CT sound. Sorry for the lack of accedemic rigour on this subject. having had to give my adress as Northcote to Variouse aurthorities across the island, then being corrected as it's pronounced Noth-coat, I don't understand the way other Australians speak English. Westgart isn't Northcote, on the other hand Croxton Park is Thornbury and Northcote. 124.170.115.129 (talk) 08:04, 21 March 2023 (UTC)