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From Separation or Dennis Streets to Dundas Street was formally known as Plenty Road.
High Street, along with Hoddle Street, Punt Road and Barkly Street together form the 'Hoddle Line'. This was the north-south axis drawn by Robert Hoddle when surveying Greater Melbourne and Victoria. It was exactly two miles east of Batman's Hill. All roads were measured from this line.
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John Cain's funeral in High Street Northcote. [LHRN218-2]
John Cain's funeral in High Street Northcote. [LHRN218-3]
Looking north from Bastings Street. [LHRN245]
Looking north from Bastings Street. [LHRN245-1]
Looking south from Robbs Parade. [LHRN246]
Looking north from Bastings Street. [LHRN246-1]
Looking south down High Street. Hairdressers shop to left. [LHRN665]
Adamson's winebar is the centre building. It was formerly Shade's ironmongery [LHRN467]
High Street looking south down High Street in 2005. Same view as the 1885 photograph. [LHRN1803]
Cable tram in Thornbury. [LHRN954]
High Street as Northcote becomes a city, 1914. [LHRN959]
Parade for the visit by the Duke and Duchess of York to Northcote in 1927, [LHRN961]
Traffic in High Street, Northcote. [LHRN1039]
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip passing in front of Northcote Town Hall, 1954. [LHRN1054]
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High street looking towards Separation Street intersection. [LHRN1104]
The wine bar was the double storey building on the right of the photograph. The building was later demolished. [LHRN1105]
The Northcote Theatre on the corner of High Street and Bastings Street. [LHRN1106]
High street looking southwest. Commercial Hotel to right. [LHRN1107]
Looking north up Rucker's Hill. [LHRN1109]
Looking north towards Westgarth. [LHRN1111]
Housing Commission flats on High Street, Westgarth. [LHRN1112]
Looking north towards Westgarth. [LHRN1146]
From the Northcote Town Hall looking north. [LHRN1212]
View north up High Street from the Northcote Town Hall. [LHRN1355]
Looking north from the Merri Creek bridge. [LHRN1432-1]
Railway crossing over High Street. [LHRN1432-2]
High Street bridge over the Merri Creek. [LHRN1562]
View down High Street, Northcote in the 1920's. All Saints Church is visible on left. [LHRN1733]
High Street Thornbury around 1926. The wine bar is half way down the block on the left. [LHRN1734]
Looking south. Mitchell Street is on the left. [LHRN1735]
The Plaza Theatre in High Street Northcote, c.1950s. [LHRN1138]
High Street looking south from Separation Street, abt. 1930. [LHRN1775]
Tram crossing Merri Creek into Northcote. All Saints Church is in the background. [LHRN202]
Cable tram crossing into Clifton Hill. [LHRN1125]
Ruckers Hill as seen from Westbourne Grove. Weaver's General Store may be one of the buildings shown on the left of this photograph from the 1890s. [LHRN1135]
Tram approaching Northcote from Clifton Hill. [LHRN1141]
Dennis Memorial Clock Tower, High Street, Northcote. Looking south towards Clifton Hill. [LHRN1110]
High Street flooded in 1911. View is from just above Separation Street looking south. [LHRN2024]
High Street Northcote with Wesleyan Methodist Church. [LHRN4727]