A circa-1966 aerial view of the complex. It had been built over a city block of Burwood, the commercial centre of the Municipality of Burwood, a western suburb local government area.
Photo from the Westfield Development Corporation, Limited
BURWOOD WESTFIELD SHOPPINGTOWN TENANTS 1969:
FARMER'S (with Calico Kitchen restaurant, Beauty Salon and Supermarket) / WINNS / COLES VARIETY STORE / COLES NEW WORLD supermarket / MARK FOY'S / A.V. Scalone barber / Angus & Coote Jewelers / Approved Health Foods / Auto-Bake, The Barrow Fruitrers / Best & Less apparel / Brien's News Agency / Bruce's Engraving / Burwood Town Milk Bar / Bush's Hy-Grade Meats / Carnaby Fashions / Carol's Cards / City Fashions / Clark Rubber Stores / Coach House Inn / Coffee Tavern / Darrell Lea Chocolates / David's Ladies' Wear / Downflake Donuts / El Parque hairdresser / Fruit Tree / Gale's Pharmacy / Gallery Bistro licensed restaurant / Gay Shoes / Glover's Pharmacy / Hospitals Contribution Fund / J.D. Camera Centre / J. & M. Electrical / John Coiuffeur hairdresser / Land Butchery / Lawrence Dry Cleaners / Lawrence Heel Bar shoe repairs / Los Angeles Bag Store handbags & accessories / Manhattan Men's Wear / Mansours, Limited linens / Olivia Fashions / Paige Fashions / Playland Toys / Radio Rentals / Reeves Blue Ribbon Cakes / Salon Rubette hairdresser / Singer Sewing Centre / Stuarts Cakes / Swire Bardley Travel / Waltons Frocks & Coats / Watson's Bakeries / Wela Fabrics / West's Music Store / West's Sound Bar / White's Shoes / Wig Shop / Younger Brothers Jewelers
The BURWOOD SHOPPINGTOWN was the first "incline mall" built by the Westfield organisation (there would be three). The unique design utilised a series of ramps, stairs and escalators to connect two shopping concourses. The mall's west (Burwood Road) end was lower than the east. This allowed for 2 levels of retail on the west end.
