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Daughters of West deliver The daughters of the west delivered a commanding display and kicked off their AFL Women’s campaign with an historic victory. Playing to a near-capacity crowd of 10,100 at Whitten Oval on Saturday night, the rampaging Western Bulldogs showed plenty of bark and bite to power home against Fremantle, chalking up a 32-point win. Emma Kearney led the charge to take best on ground honours for the Bulldogs with 23 disposals, while skipper Katie Brennan slotted home two important goals. The Saturday night telecast attracted a peak audience of 498,000 viewers, hot on the heels of the 896,000 viewers of Friday night’s AFLW opener between Carlton and Collingwood at a capacity Princes Park. The Bulldogs return to Whitten Oval at 7.35pm this Friday night to take on the Adelaide Crows. Benjamin Millar
Scenes from the AFLW match between the Western Bulldogs and the Fremantle Dockers. (Pictures: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)
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“The Reverence isn’t for sale – the building is,” he said. “The sign was a really big shock to us. The whole talk with the current owners was that we were going to get another lease. Every chat we had with them, they were indicating we could have another five years.” Mr Bodiam, who grew up in Footscray, said he would be devastated to lose the Reverence, but would also hate to see the building torn down for redevelopment. “It would be terrible if this building was lost,” he said. “But we are definitely not closing before we have to – we would stay here forever if we could.”
The Footscray Historical Society has committed to help preserve the building, which is listed on the Heritage Council database. National Trust of Australia advocacy manager Felicity Watson said Melbourne’s pubs were increasingly under threat from residential and commercial development. “We hope that potential purchasers of ‘the Rev’ will recognise its importance to the Footscray community and to Melbourne’s music scene,” she said. If Melbourne is to uphold its reputation as a liveable city, we need to protect the places that make it vibrant and an exciting place to live.”
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Music fans and heritage advocates are vowing to fight tooth and nail to protect iconic Footscray music venue the Reverence. A billboard seeking new owners, placed on the hotel on Friday, pitches the site at developers. An online listing describes the property, built in 1876 and formerly known as the Exchange, as a “fantastic freehold development” with “potential to build to up to six levels”. The pub comes with an asking price of $3.5 million, putting it out of the reach of most hotel operators.
Agent Mark Durnan said he had been told not to discuss the sale, but denied social media speculation the property had already been sold. “People are looking at it, but it’s still on the market.” Leaseholders Matt and Melanie Bodiam, who created the Reverence music venue in 2012 on a six-year lease, intend to remain until at least May, 2018, when the lease expires. Mr Bodiam said the hotel has been on the market throughout their lease, but the prominent advertising came as a surprise and created confusion for people who thought they were selling out. 1219971-HM10-16
By Benjamin Millar