Maribyrnong is an anglicised version of the Aboriginal term ‘Mirring-gnay-bir-nong’, which translates as 'I can hear a ringtail possum'. There are over 130 restaurants in Footscray, including; 30 Vietnamese, 20 Indian, 17 Chinese and several; African, Australian, Indonesian, Italian, Thai, Turkish and Japanese. The wholesale market at the Footscray Road, West Melbourne site was officially opened by then Victorian Premier Sir Henry Bolte on October 30, 1969. In the meantime, … Footscray also has one each of the following restaurants; Croatian, Korean, Malaysian and Portuguese. From 1842 to 1978, the City of Melbourne controlled and managed all the markets. The history of Footscray and surrounds. In April 1996 the National Flower Centre (NFC) was established. The area around Footscray was originally home to the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation for more than 40,000 years. Footscray Market is a large indoor market with a wide range of fresh produce and general goods, opposite Footscray Railway Station and with easy access from trams and buses. In the early 1980s, Asian immigrants constructed a market, just like in their homeland, full of fresh produce. Subway and Nandos are the only multi-national corporate food outlets in central Footscray. Trading started in December that year. Footscray has been the first home for each wave of immigrants to settle in Australia. Just a few years after the establishment of Melbourne, the wool price collapsed in the London market. More recently, African immigrants hae settled in Footscray. See more ideas about Marketing, Melbourne, Fresh food market. Convenient cheap parking is onsite, there are 800 car park spaces available for those arriving by car. Throughout its history, Footscray had its ups and downs and in its early years, it struggled to survive due to lack of potable water, floods that caused damages year after year and lack of transport facilities. Jun 3, 2017 - Explore Footscray Historical Society's board "Footscray Market" on Pinterest. In 1978 the Wholesale Market passed into the control of a Market Trust and then in 1993 the Melbourne Market Authority was established to take over from the Trust and to manage the Footscray Road site.