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Seamus O’Hanlon

Collins by Judith Raphael Buckrich (with Keith Dunstan, Rohan Storey and Marc Strizic) & Go! Melbourne edited by Seamus O’Hanlon and Tanja Luckins

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March 2006, no. 279
Neil Clerehan reviews ‘Collins: The story of Australia’s premier street’ by Judith Raphael Buckrich and ‘Go! Melbourne: Melbourne in the sixties’ edited by Seamus O’Hanlon and Tanja Luckins

Two new books with Melbourne as their subject couldn’t be more disparate in size, form, content and accuracy. Collins: The Story of Australia’s Premier Street is a big, well-designed book. It has a mysterious provenance and more than a smattering of inaccuracies: but it has pictures. These are mostly from the State Library of Victoria, and even those dating from the early years of outside photography provide clear details of the buildings and people of the time. They will enchant even those who dare think that our premier street is not so very different from the main streets of Manchester or Madison.

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