The rise and fall of Waverley Park

It might seem unthinkable today but there were very real plans to move Australian football away from its spiritual home at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and out into the distant suburb of Mulgrave.

Called 'VFL Park', 'Waverley Park' or colloquially as 'Arctic Park', this mammoth building was never fully completed and only lasted a few decades.And with a lack of high-quality public transport, the stadium demonstrated the chaos when a stadium of this size tries to rely almost entirely on cars.

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MORE INFORMATION

YouTube channel on this topic in more detail:    / @historyofwaverleyvflpark8517  

Lots of terrific old footage from Gezza1967 on VFL Park and many other things. Make sure you check out their channel here:    / @gezza1967  

One of the many forum threads with people's memories: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thread...

More photos and videos here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thread...

My website: https://philipmallis.com

Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20...

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SOURCES

https://philam.github.io/videonotes/w...

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung
people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.