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Draining of Elwood Swampland
Major works being to drain Elwood swamplands and build Elwood canal. -
First electric tramline in Victoria opened
from St Kilda station via Elwood to Brighton. -
Elwood Park Created
Rifle range (eleven acres) closed at Elwood Beach to become Elwood Park. -
Shops and Local Clubs open
Elwood Life Saving Club is the first recreational club on the foreshore. Elwood’s earliest shops open in Ormond Road. -
Elwood Primary Developed
Elwood Primary School opened on former swampland -
Flats Built
Early flats built at 73 Mitford Street, the housing type that will eventually comprise 65% of Elwood’s living space. -
Business Expansions
Elwood village grows to almost thirty businesses. -
Polio Epidemic
Polio epidemic alarms population. Elwood canal feared as ‘Plague Canal’. -
Marina Opened
St Kilda Marina opened on twenty acres of land reclaimed from the sea.