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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

‘Press together and celebrate’: urban olives turned to oil in homage to Melbourne’s heritage

People bring their olives to the drop off point at CERES in Brunswick in Melbourne northern suburbs in 2022. This year
People bring their olives to the drop-off point in Brunswick East in Melbourne in 2022. This year there has been a bumper harvest of olives, with a record 20 tonnes so far. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Hundreds of people carrying bags full of olives stood in a line at a community garden in Brunswick East in Melbourne’s north.

They were there at Ceres to turn their harvests – collected from back yards, front yards and community olive trees – into oil.

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