Letter 7 - Luna Park
At St Kilda, beneath the famous moon-face entrance, Luna Park offered Melbourne a world of electric lights, laughter and seaside enchantment. The park opened in December 1912, when thousands passed through Mr Moon’s mouth into a new kind of pleasure ground — bright, noisy, modern and irresistible.
By the winter of 1924, Luna Park was already woven into Melbourne’s idea of romance and escape. The foreshore carried the scent of salt and machine oil, the music of amusements, and the thrill of being briefly unobserved in a crowd. For Isabel, Christian, and Clytie, Luna Park was a carefree and joyful destination.
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Before it became known as Station Pier, Port Melbourne’s great landing place was remembered as Railway Pier, the salt-air threshold where ships, trains, farewells and arrivals met. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, passengers stepped from sea voyage to shore with Melbourne waiting beyond the rails. For many, it was their first sight of Victoria; for others, it was the last place they waved goodbye.
By the 1920s, the pier carried more than luggage. It held longing, nerves, reunion and escape. Its timber boards belonged to travellers, migrants, sailors, families and dreamers.
