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Footscray Wharves Precinct

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Saltwater River Crossing Site and Footscray Wharves Precinct
Saltwater River Crossing Site and Footscray Wharves Precinct

The Footscray Wharves Precinct, also known as the Saltwater River Crossing Site and Footscray Wharves Precinct, is an historical former working port, wharves, river crossing location, disused industrial site, and the location for early residential housing, situated on the west bank of the Maribyrnong River, located in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The site contains significant archaeological remains which illustrate the colonial development of the area in terms of the presence of public houses, residences and intensive industry. Located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Bunurong people, the precinct was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 11 December 1997 in recognition of its historical, archaeological and social importance. Various other elements of the site were added to non-statutory heritage lists, including the bluestone steps on the wharf. Since the early 2020s, the Victorian Government and City of Maribyrnong have redeveloped some of the site for community use and increasingly high-density residential apartments.

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Footscray Wharves Precinct
Saltriver Place, Melbourne Footscray

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N -37.80136 ° E 144.90841 °
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Saltriver Place 1
3011 Melbourne, Footscray
Victoria, Australia
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Saltwater River Crossing Site and Footscray Wharves Precinct
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