The 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan is one of the most significant planning documents in Victoria's history. It still influences transport planning today despite many years of controversy and change.

This starts a series of videos on topics related to the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan. Let me know if you have any requests!


Playlist here:    • Melbourne's Forgotten Freeways  


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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to these places.

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MORE INFORMATION

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SOURCES AND CREDITS

Image source: 'Cabinet to decide traffic plan', The Age: Melbourne. 16 December 1969. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id...

Image source: 'A fight for the city's fringes', The Age: Melbourne. 1 November 1973. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id...

Image source: People sitting on overturned car on Alexandra Parade to protest freeway construction. 'Barricade! :the resident fight against the F19 freeway'. April 1978. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9619159...

Image source: People sitting at a spit roast on Alexandra Parade to protest freeway construction. 7:30 Report, 23 August 2014. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-2...

Image source: 'Axe is set to fall on the freeways', The Age: Melbourne. 14 October 1974. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id...

Image source: 'Road Development 2040', VicRoads: Melbourne. Published in The Age: Melbourne. 11 October 2010. https://www.theage.com.au/national/vi...

Image source: 'United anti-freeway group to stage "brick-in"', Tribune: Sydney. 13 October 1976. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236...

Video source: 'Roads At Work. Transport in Australia Ep 2', The Commonwealth Film Unit. 1966. Published: National Film and Sound Archive.    • Roads At Work. Transport In Australia...  

Video source: 'Archway to Paradise', Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. 1969.    • Video  

Video source: 'North East Link bus video'. North East Link Authority: Melbourne.    • Melbourne's First Dedicated Busway - ...