Anna Edwards

Research Fellow in Urban Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

Animation of train travelling through train station at night with a map of Melbourne stations over the night sky

Politics & Society

Is Melbourne really a 24-hour city if public transport stops?

Sometimes Melbourne’s public transport goes dark. Our Map of the Month shows it makes life hard – even dangerous – for those in our night-time economy

Two nurses pushing a person on a trolley into a hospital at night

Politics & Society

Mapping the hidden lives of Melbourne’s night workers

The term night-time economy evokes images of people enjoying late-night activities, but our Map of the Month asks, what of the workers that keep the city running while the rest of us sleep?

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