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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

“Once the haunt of aborigines who fished for eels along a minor creek, this area of swamp land
below the Footscray Park was filled with over 500.000 of cubic yards of household refuse when it was
the site of the municipal garbage tip 35 years ago and later when hundreds of unemployed men were
given work during the depression of 1929 – 1931 converting the big area into playing fields.

Several full size sports ground had resulted-including one used by the Footscray Rugby Union Football
Club. In the distance (left) are attractive water lily ponds. The area of the Footscray Park and
incorporated playing fields, 72 acres is the largest of the city’s park. A Feature is the massing of trees
of all description –the botanical collection at this reservation is one of the finest in Australia and
includes species found in few other public gardens.”

Footscray First 100 Years: The Story Of Great Australian City, The Advertiser in association with
Footscray City Council, 1960

Construction and landscaping of Footscray Park, 1920

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider