Richmond (Streets Beneath Our Feet)

Streets Beneath Our Feet invites readers to see familiar neighbourhoods with fresh eyes. Buildings, laneways, pubs, bridges and signage are not just parts of the everyday streetscape; they are material clues to the lives, labours and pleasures of those who came before us. This series reveals how ordinary suburban places can be read as rich historical texts, full of hidden stories and unexpected magic.

Written by urban historians Professor Robert Pascoe and Dr Chris McConville, each book guides walkers through local history, street by street. Drawing on oral histories, newspapers, police and court records, artworks and novels, the authors bring past residents vividly to life, the workers and migrants, larrikins and eccentrics, publicans, children and dreamers who shaped these streets.

Each volume includes three carefully tested walking itineraries, supported by detailed maps, photographs, and biographical sketches of local figures. Designed for easy, accessible walking, the routes encourage readers to explore further and make discoveries of their own.

This volume explores Richmond, a suburb shaped by waves of industry, migration and reinvention, from nineteenth-century retreat, to working-class stronghold, to today's Silicon Yarra. Streets Beneath Our Feet shows how history lives on beneath every step we take.