Welcome and Farewell: The Story of Station Pier

Welcome and Farewell: The Story of Station Pier

This book thoughtfully examines Victoria’s Station piers significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.

The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place.

For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons.

Authors: Jill Barnard & Sonia Jennings

Hardback : 206 pages

SKU: P9379