The expansion of metropolitan train services bypassed Doncaster. Attempts were made to get train services, but unsuccessfully. A homemade tourist attraction was the building of a lookout tower in on a hill beside Doncaster Road. It attracted visitors from the International Exhibition in Melbourne in The exhibition also featured an electric tram, which became a prototype for a service from Box Hill to Doncaster in The service lasted until , and tram trips to the lookout tower were a popular recreation.
Between and Doncaster was part of the Bulleen Shire. On 30 May Doncaster was made a separate shire. Fruit growing became the mainstay of Doncaster's rural economy. A fruit grower's association was formed in , the forerunner of cooperative ventures in fruit and jam processing, export refrigeration and local cool stores. Fruit growing remained prosperous until the Depression and the rural landscape was only a little altered by suburban growth until postwar years.
In G. The corner then had a landmark two storey general store, but it was an ideal green-fields drive-in shopping centre site where the only transport could be bus or private car. Later in the decade Westfield built Doncaster Shoppingtown at Whites Corner, and by the s its lettable floor area was 90, sq metres. A little eastwards is the site of the old lookout tower, the old shire offices and the modern civic centre.
When the lookout tower was constructed in Doncaster it took advantage of an already elevated location with degree views.
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I'm OK with that Manage cookies Cancel. IE10 and below are not supported. Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox. Petra remembers catching the funny little bus with the cutouts to see the Panto outside Myer every summer holidays.
It was very early days but people back in thought it would be a big success. Peter worked as a waiter at Room at the Top, the top floor of the tower — the 8th floor was a function centre hosting many weddings. Pinny would collect her grandma and go to Doncaster for a shop in the late 70s, the highlight the frog in the pond at the Myer cafeteria. Doncaster's top level car park was a great gathering on New Year's Eve for Morag, as the vantage point for the midnight fire works is brilliant.
Ian saw Conchord fly over from that top deck in the s, and Mal would skateboard there before Sunday shopping. It wasn't just shopping: Sue was there the day Elvis died in for her year 12 formal that was held at the trendy nightclub on the top floor of the tower.
Brian was eight when the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was on display at the centre to promote the film. He was overwhelmed by all the excitement. Matthew says they put dogfish in the pools at Shoppingtown so you could catch them!
Many others saw Cliffy Young win the Westfield ultra marathon in In the s, Emma, her nanna and her similarly-aged friend lost their car in the carpark! Cathy and Doug both say the car park was the place to practice when learning to drive. April has worked there since and believes she is the longest-serving trader!
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