About Us
History
Founded in 1973, the Darebin Parklands Association (DPA) was instrumental in establishing the Darebin Parklands -tirelessly lobbying for the site to be retained as a public space after thwarting plans for the Darebin Creek to be converted into a concrete culvert.
Sue Course, DPA co-founder known as ‘Mother of the Park’ was honoured with a 2021 Medal of the Order of Australia for work to establish the Darebin Parklands.
The park is an integral component of the Darebin Creek, Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay catchments, which connects DPA to a wide network of like-minded groups.
Wasteland to Wildlife Haven
A pictorial history of the DPA and the parklands.
The attached Power Point presentation covers how volunteer-power has transformed the parklands over almost 40 years (1973-2011) from a degraded horse paddock, tip and quarry into a beautiful conservation bushland park.
