Red Hill Community Market History

Since 1976

by Joy Coleman, 1989 I began my stall experience at Red Hill Market in early 1976 when my art group paid one dollar to hire space to show paintings for sale. In those days it was first in, first served, for a site and we decided to hang our work on the northern tennis court…
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The Red Hill Market. Twenty Years On.

by Cathy Thompson, 30 June 1995 If you haven’t been to the Red Hill Market for years, come and meet the new generation of stallholders. It really is “The mother of all craft markets” as it was the first market with the concept of both making and selling the product yourself. People who originally came…
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Reminiscences

by Ruth and Ray Tilley & family My daughter-in law, Elaine, attended the first Red Hill Market in September, 1975, with her cousin, Heather, but only as interested locals, not as stallholders. They liked what they saw and returned the next month with some vegies to sell from the boot of the car. Selling from…
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Red Hill Community Market Stallholder Market Day Rules

We list below your undertakings as stallholders at the Red Hill Community Market. Please read them carefully. 1. Stalls must be set up no earlier than 6 am and no later than 7 am. 2. All goods offered for sale must be home produced by the stallholder. 3. Stall frontage is restricted to 8′ (children’s…
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Red Hill Market Story

by Karen Meyer My father suggested I look into taking a stall at the new Red Hill market after I had arrived home from two years of traveling overseas. On the first Saturday in November, 1975, I parked my Mazda Bongo van amongst a few other stallholders along the dirt track by the oval and,…
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20th Anniversary of the Community Market at Red Hill

by Betty Heywood Congratulations to the pioneers of the Red Hill Community Market, Beth Wilson, Cathy Thompson and Carole Stapleton. Twenty years have flown since the first market had its humble beginnings in a Church Hall for the local folk to sell or swap their craft and hobbies and over-abundant home garden produce. The theme…
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The First Ever Red Hill Community Market

by Marjorie Cleine First it was just a rumor. “They’re talking about holding a market in the Red Hill Hall.” I followed up the rumor and in my column “Around Red Hill” in the then Peninsula Post of September 3, 1975, I was able to write, “There’s been an enthusiastic response to the idea of…
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Is Hill and Ridge the Real Red Hill Market? The Facts & Legacy Revealed

This article aims to clarify the history of the Red Hill Community Market. Learn why Hill and Ridge Market is separate from Craft Markets Australia’s 50-year legacy, and where to find authentic Peninsula markets. The Real Story Behind the Red Hill Market: Legacy, Authenticity, and What You Need to Know For five decades, the phrase…
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