GJM Heritage are experienced historic heritage professionals based in Melbourne who bring together expertise in architecture, urban planning, interpretation, architectural history and history.
Working across Australasia, our multi-disciplinary team specialises in the development of heritage policy and strategy, undertaking heritage assessments, and providing specialist heritage input into land use and development of heritage places.
We offer services in the fields of historic heritage research, policy, planning, interpretation, impact statements, documentation of conservation work, independent peer reviews of heritage assessments and permit applications, and expert witness work.
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OPEN HOUSE MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 27 JULY 2024
On Saturday 27 July, as part of Open House Melbourne, members of the public were treated to a walking tour of Olympic Boulevard led by GJM Heritage Director, Jim Gard’ner, with a special guest appearance by renowned architect (and one of the architects of the iconic Olympic Swimming Pool), Peter McIntyre. On a typically wet and soggy Melbourne winter’s day, Jim and Peter led an engaging and lively discussion about the precinct’s stadiums and venues and explored how the area’s reputation took off after it was developed for a range of competitive sports facilities during the hosting of the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956.
The 1956 Olympic Games were a coming of age for Australian sport and proved that Melbourne, and Australia, was capable of hosting a global event never before held outside of Europe or the United States of America. Perfectly timed to coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Open House Melbourne walking tour explored the incredible transformation of Olympic Boulevard and Melbourne’s premier sporting precinct.
(Images courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, the State Library of Victoria and Open House Melbourne)
