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Established by Balwyn Rotary in 1976, the Camberwell Sunday Market has become a Melbourne weekend institution. Our market is known for specialty items that are retro, vintage or nostalgic. We love being part of 'old Melbourne' and helping you find things you will find nowhere else. And environmentally friendly - wow - we have been lowering the carbon footprint of Melbourne for years by recycling and reselling second hand items in nearly 400 weekly stall. Discover a Treasure. Discover a Cause. Discover Camberwell.
40th Anniversary 1976 - 2016, Discover a Cause, Discover a Treasure, Discover Camberwell

Our last market day for 2016, see you in 2017. Thanks for a great 40 years!

Wow 40 years! Who would have thought that the humble beginnings of 1976 would go on to creat one of Melbourne’s most popular, unique and successful weekly markets ever.

For our last Market Day of 2016 on December 11th and a beautiful top of 20 degrees,  we are next open on Elvis Presley’s birthday of January 8th, 2017. That’s a three week break  to relex, enjoy family and friends and prepare for a great 2017!

Thank you for sharing the last 40 years with. In that time we have entertained hundreds of thousands of visitors, send the bizarre, awesome, weird and wonderful with you on Sundays in Camberwell. Thank yo for being part of it!

Together, we have had fun and raised millions of dollars for charitable and worthy causes – changing lives with relief aid for earthquake victims, providing specialised medical training facilities to support for local Boroondara literature awards, plus so much more.

Thank you, all our visitors from across Australia and all around the world! To our weekly stall holders, thank you for searching out millions of the most unique and wonderful  items to be found anywhere – and carting them to Camberwell every Sunday.

And of course a massive thank you to hundreds of volunteers, who give up their time to create a special gathering place for Melbournians each Sunday.

Thank you for being part of four great decades. We will see you next on Sunday, 8th January, 2017 to:

  • Discover a Treasure
  • Discover a Cause
  • Discover Camberwell



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Last Market Day of 2016 (Dec 11) & first of 2017 (Jan 8th)

Slight change to our Market Days over the Christmas & New Year break. Dates are as follows:

  • Sunday Dec 11th, 2016: OPEN for last Market of the year!
  • Sunday Dec 18th & 25th 2016 and Jan 1st 2017: CLOSED. Merry Christmas Day and a Happy New Year!
  • Sunday Jan 8th, 2017: OPEN for the first Market Day of the New Year.

It will be a odd January, as we will be talking about President Trump from January 20, 2017! Remember when George W.Bush became President? Wow that was 2001, 16 years ago!

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Made in Australia: Telematic New System Telephones!

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Telematic New System Telephones Pty Ltd – The Guarantee of Quality & Efficiency!

Friday was the end of an era in Australian auto manufacturing with the last Ford Falcon, the last Ford, to be made in Australia after 91 years.

How things change over time and this is reflected by the treasures that can be be found at the Camberwell Market in different industries from cars to communications, Australia, “The Empire” and beyond.

In telecommunications, the first telegram in the Southern Hemisphere was sent from Melbourne (now the south west corner of the Supreme Court of Victoria building) to Williamstown in 1854. When the line was extended to Geelong  later that year, the first telegraph was said to have informed Melbourne of the Eureka Stockade.

You can find historic, antique and collectibles for specialty collections or retro home furnishings or decor.

This “Australian made” telephone is wooden,  hinged and has an interesting feature of a copper covering piece for the handset microphone.

These days it would be hard to find an Australian made telephone anywhere. Search long and often enough, you will be amazed at what you can discover at Camberwell on a Sunday. The amount of old telecommunications, tools, instruments and relics you can find is surprising.

Soon you will be able to find treasures from the ‘old days’ when cars were manufactured in Australia and you could purchase a new Ford Falcon.

40th Anniversary 1976 - 2016

NUMBER 8: EIGHT FUN FACTS ABOUT OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY

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Courtesy of the Camberwell Camera Club

No matter where you seem to go, parking in Melbourne is seemingly non-existent with time limits and permits around every corner, but at the Camberwell Market, you’ll find free all-day parking only five minutes away on Inglesby Road, opposite the local council offices – as if anyone needed another reason to love the market.

On Sunday, August 28th, the Camberwell Market celebrated its 40th anniversary. Since 1976, the weekly market has been luring patrons with vintage trinkets, knickknacks, and hot jam donuts. Founded by Balwyn Rotary, the market started with 48 stalls, and it has since grown to almost 400, with stallholders waiting weeks to secure a spot at the market. Treasure hunters can comb through second-hand clothes and records, antique toys, jewellery, artwork, keepsakes and a variety odds and ends from dawn until midday in search of rare gems. In celebration of this milestone, here are eight facts about the Camberwell Market.

Originally posted in The Culture Trip theculturetrip.com by Monique La Terra and interview by Lucy Slade.