This area is on the edge of the Fairfield industrial estates to the south while to the north-west is the John Cain Reserve.
In the early days this reserve was the home to several small quarries extracting gravel and bluestone. In 1881 there were 11 working quarries listed in Northcote alone and as a result many of Northcote's early residents were quarrymen.
In 1943 the Northcote Council made a bold parkland purchase - forty acres of rocky outcrops and shallow quarries along Darebin Road.
Over the following years the quarry holes were filled in and by 1960 the John Cain Reserve was ready for public use.
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