DID YOU KNOW?
Sebastiano Donelli came with his family from Milan and established a spaghetti factory on Sydney Road. It operated until 1930 when his daughters donated it to what would eventually become the Don Bosco Youth Centre.
There’s a new cuisine in town
Chifa is a fusion of Chinese and Peruvian cuisines. There's a place, located in Brunswick that masters the elegance of balancing different worlds.
Visit Casa Chino to find Innovative and fresh interior design combined with the mixture of cultures, textures, and flavours that will make your palate wish for more.
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John Stone – a multi-front public transport activist
Click here take a deep dive into the history of public transport politics and policies in Brunswick and Victoria.
Through non-violent-direct-action, John Stone, has shaped and performed his role as an environmental, public transport, and accessibility activist.
Factory Cafe Bar
You’d be forgiven for thinking Factory Cafe Bar produced clothes or electronics but you wouldn't for not visiting this jewel nested between a gym and a blind shop on Victoria Street.
Read this article to learn more about Beth's experience at Factory Cafe Bar.
The Commons Social Change Library
Social Movements exist to improve our world. The Commons Social Change Library knows this and they offer free access to materials in a wide range of formats to expand the skills of activists, organisations, and movements interested in changing the world.
Click here and read this article to learn more.
Brunswick’s Oral History
Barry York shares his experience recording conversations with people in Brunswick and other places in Australia. This article is an invitation for the community to create and grow an oral archive of stories because oral records "allows us to experience history in a unique and engaging way... no transcript can capture the accents, intonations, inflections, rhythms and pauses of the human voice".
Make Sydney Road Accessible for ALL
Read this article to learn the accessibility numbers for people who identify as having a profound or severe mobility limitation and why it's important to support this cause.
