The Commonwealth Block, MelbourneFor much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Melbourne's Little Lonsdalelocally known as 'Little Lon'was notorious as a foul slum and brothel district, occupied by the itinerant and the criminal. The stereotype of 'slumdom' defined 'Little Lon' in the minds of Melbournians and became entrenched in Australian literature and popular culture. The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne tells a different story. This ground breaking book reports on almost three decades