West Melbourne Gasworks Railway. In 1962, the works was upgraded to incorporate a catalytic oil gas facility, but this was shiort-lived, and in 1970 the works was closed down, and the remaining structures demolished by 1974. The works was gradually expanded between 1900 and 1910, eventually covering 8 hectares in an area now extending from Waterview Walk to the Yarra River, with the new Collins Street extension and Harbour Esplanade running through the site. West Melbourne Gasworks The West Melbourne Gasworks was a coal gasification plant in West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne was settled in 1835, and by the early 1850s the gold-rushes
South Melbourne FC has held aspirations to return to the top competition for football clubs in Australia. On 14 February 2007, South Melbourne announced their interest in becoming the second Victorian club in the A-League. In June 2008 South Melbourne FC sent a letter of interest to join the league and lodged an application for the second Melbourne licence as part of the Southern Cross FC consortium, but on 26 September 2008 the Football Federation Australia announced it was commencing exclusive negotiations with the rival 'Melbourne Heart FC' bid which went on to join the competition for the 2010-11 A-League season. In March