Welcome to the NWMA website

The North & West Melbourne Association was founded in 1967 to work towards a better community: ensuring strategic and statutory planning meet local goals, protecting heritage buildings and streetscapes, improving parks, gardens, open spaces and the environment, improving community facilities, taking up social issues and protecting the local area from through commuter and truck traffic.

Members of the Association work on these issues at local and government levels.

The Association welcomes new members. In 2009 our meetings will be held at 7.30pm at the North Melbourne Library on the third Wednesday of the month, with the exceptions of March and May 2009, where meetings will be held on the fourth Wednesday (25th March at 8.00pm) and second Tuesday (12th May at 7.30pm) respectively.

What do you think about these issues?

We have supported the proposal to extend the railway line from the Flemington racecourse and Showgrounds to the new housing proposal  for the old munitions site in Maribyrnong.  It could connect to the Victoria University and Highpoint Shopping Centre.  Read the report from The Age: Maribyrnong Railway

Professor Chris Ryan spoke about E-City at the NWMA’s  AGM in April. In early May another proposal emerged for E-Gate to construct another football stadium on the site. A sample response has been prepared and sent to Tim Pallas (Minister for Major Projects) with a copy to Bronwyn Pike. We encourage you to send your own letter of support. (email addresses as follows- tim.pallas@parliament.vic.gov.au bronwyn.pike@parliament.vic.gov.au ) Download the sample letter (PDF)

Current Projects

Key current projects include

• Graffiti in North and West Melbourne
• Traffic and access
• Democracy in the City of Melbourne
• Police Community Consultative Committee
• Queensberry Street School, North Melbourne
• North Melbourne Railway Station Redevelopment
• 401 Bus