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'Whelan The Wrecker Is Here', now in the collection of Museums Victoria
Sign advertising Whelan the Wrecker in 1968

Whelan the Wrecker was a family owned and operated demolition company that operated from 1892 until 1992, based in Brunswick in the city of Melbourne. The company became well known through the 1950s and 1970s when signs stating that "Whelan the Wrecker is Here" appeared on many of the grand Victorian era buildings of Melbourne.

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increasing the building height limit and removing some of the Victorian era cast ironwork. In the years leading up to World War II the Whelan the Wrecker firm...

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