Article 6YHWG Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century

Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century

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Cait Kelly
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Literature lovers braved wintry weather to pass thousands of books from Hill of Content's original Bourke Street premises to its new home

On the street, in a huge line, undeterred by rain, they gathered to pass books.

Bibliophiles, builders from nearby construction sites, kids with their parents, all stood for hundreds of metres along Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD on Thursday morning in a human chain.

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