Melbourne Trivia
Melbourne Trivia - History: Colonial 1835 > - Reference - Around Melbourne
We come across all sorts of interesting Melbourne tit-bits that are often difficult to categorise, so this is where they end up...
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Australia's favourite biscuit has changed - at least according to the latest national consumer satisfaction research. While Tim Tam Original topped Arnott's 2024 sales rankings, a 2026 survey of...
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Did you know Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world? Stretching an epic 14,500 km (9,000 miles), it loops around the entire continent, connecting every major city & stunning...
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A lamington cake is a sponge cake coated in chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut. Lamingtons were named after Lord Lamington (Governor of Queensland 1896 to 1901), or his wife, Lady...
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While there isn't a single "best croissant" in the world, Lune Croissanterie in Melbourne is cited worldwide as producing the best croissants globally. In 2016, The New York Times named...
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Meaning of the word: sneaklash - when things sneak up on you. If an event or day sneaks up on you, it arrives before you are ready for it.. and known as 'sneaklash' Thanks Ross and Russ - 3AW...
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FRAMED - The "True" Story of the Theft of Picasso's Weeping Woman Stuart Rosson Paperback "Framed" blows the lid off one of Melbourne's most puzzling secrets: Who stole Picasso's Weeping...
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When the sun descends in precise alignment with the central business district's east-west streets, its radiant sphere slips seamlessly between the towering buildings, crafting a unique phenomenon...
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Wangaratta-based 15th Earl of Loudoun, Simon Abney-Hastings has been shown to be the true next King of the United Kingdom (not Charles). When King Charles is crowned in Westminster Abbey next...
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Ten previously forgotten Aboriginal names for 19th century sites and suburbs of Melbourne have been recently unearthed at the Melbourne Museum. These include the names for Fitzroy (Ngár-go),...
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Sounds Of Melbourne by whereiskapa reminds us all of the sounds we've missed duiring lockdown, and a few we don't miss. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kapa...
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Snot block, snot box, snot brick, pus pie, phlegm sandwich, vanilla slice and vanilla cake.. are just some of the names Australians like to call the humble Vanilla Slice. Vanilla Slice What is...
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Have you seen Carrot Man? Legend has a man who walks inner city Melbourne holding a giant papier-mâch© carrot with green plastic leaves. July 2019 - Carrot Man has returned. The mysterious,...
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Dacomb is a form of shorthand devised and taught by Melbourne sisters Beatrice & Clara Dacomb. Dacomb shorthand was created as an alternative to the more complicated Pitman shorthand. It became...
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I had to have FAGS in our trivia section. I loved FAGS. I had a box of FAGS most days after school long before they became "unfashionable". FAGS was a candy stick made by Riviera Confectionery (a...
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Polly Waffle is an Australian chocolate bar, a waffle wafer tube filled with marshmallow and coated in compound chocolate. Hoadley's Chocolates made the first Polly Waffle bar in Melbourne in...
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Try these trivia quizzes about Melbourne and test your knowledge. 10 mysterious Melbourne urban legends This excellent quiz by timeout.com will have the proudest Melburnian thinking. Take the...
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The P Turn allows the driver to make a right turn by going through the intersection, make a U turn into the left lane, then make a left turn. How to do a P-turn on Hoddle Street To go right...
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It may come as a surprise to discover the humble "Hot Jam Doughnut" is a Melbourne invention. A doughnut or donut is a fried dough confectionery food popular in many countries with the HOT JAM...
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When it comes to BIG, they don't get much bigger than the list of 44 of Victoria's Big Things to Visit by Gayle Beveridge | weekendnotes.com. Gayle is an accountant (shh) with way too much time on...
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Borsari's Corner is on the corner of Lygon Street and Grattan Street in Carlton. Named after Nino Borsari (14 December 1911 - 31 March 1996), an Italian cyclist who won a gold medal in the 4000...
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Swallows Ice Cream factory was located at Port Melbourne Swallows ice-cream was crunchy; by dint of the particles of ice in it. The ice-cream flavour was very distinct; unlike any other around...
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Melbourne's obsession with black is a cultural badge of honor tied to the city's artistic heritage, unpredictable weather, and European identity. It acts as a foolproof, easy-to-layer "unofficial...
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Melbourne street names with a funny twist. This fabulous list of names shows our town planners have a sense of humour. BATMAN AVENUE Who wouldn't want to live in a street named after a...
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Debuted at the 2015 Melbourne Day Concert by Soli Tesema Melbourne Our Town Melbourne is our town Melbourne is our city Come on, take the tram around Look at all the beauty Underneath the...
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Jack Howard (Hunters & Collectors) song about Melbourne, debuted at the 2016 Melbourne Day Concert at Federation Square. Home is Where the Heart is Drove home around the Western Ring Road, From...
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The day the fashion world's eyes turned to Melbourne. British actress and model Jean Shrimpton caused a sensation when she arrived for the Victoria Derby wearing a white shift dress which ended 10...
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Any memory of Melbourne and icecream must include Mr Whippy. I have wonderful memories of Mr Whippy vans. Hearing the music brings back memories of youth, summer, friends and mum, can we have...
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Melbourne Song | Lyrics and music by Bettina Spivakovsky Melbourne is our town Melbourne is our city Come on, take the tram around Look at all the beauty Underneath the Southern skies And...
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Marchants Lemonade Lemonade manufactured by Marchant & Co. Richmond, Victoria, circa 1950s. In 1886, British migrant George Marchant purchased a Brisbane ginger beer manufacturing plant. By 1890,...
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The Nylex Clock is one of Melbourne's iconic signs positioned on top of storage silos in Cremorne, Richmond next to the Yarra River and the Monash Freeway. The Nylex Clock displays the time and...
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The term MILK BAR for a corner shop is unique in Australia & New Zealand. Elsewhere milk bars are called a convenience store, corner shop, general store or 7/11. The local milk bar was part of the...
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The city of Melbourne is regarded as the fox capital of the world. Depending on what you read, living in Melbourne, you are never more than 50 metres away from a fox. Red Fox | Vulpes...
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20 AUSTRALIAN WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE USA. The Yanks (Americans - Septic Tanks) are fascinated by the differences that exist between the Australian vocabulary and their...
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Lets look at all things miniature in Melbourne. Mini Melbourne Scienceworks Melbourne We start with the best Miniature Melbourne, the creation at Scienceworks that has kids (+ big kids)...
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What possible trivia connection could there be between the Eurovision Song Contest and Melbourne you ask? Believe it or not (ripley) there have been two (yes 2) singers from Melbourne who have...
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The world went mad when star Beyonce Knowles appeared in Brunswick, a Melbourne back street to film a music video clip in October 2013. Where: Beith Street, Brunswick When: October 2013 Who:...
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Sitting waiting for the traffic lights at Kew Junction, we see an interesting stone memorial to Raoul Wallenberg with a curious inscription. RAOUL WALLENBERG 1912 - Who is/was Raoul Wallenberg...
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Have you heard the saying: Buckley's and None? What does it mean and what are it's origins? The saying basically means you have "no chance" of achieving something. The uniquely Australian...
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Kiwi Shoe Polish was invented by William Ramsay and Hamilton McKellan in a small factory in Melbourne in 1906. The brand name Kiwi was named after the bird from New Zealand and the home country...
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WOW, we spotted this... Location** Very important!! There are two 153 Johnston Street's within one kilometre of each other!!! We are in Collingwood (close to Hoddle Street / Abbotsford) not in...
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The term MILK BAR for a corner shop is unique in Australia & New Zealand. Elsewhere milk bars are called a convenience store, corner shop, general store or 7/11. The local milk bar was part of the...
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Brands you may remember.. What about LOY'S, SLADES, CRYSTAL and GOLD MEDAL brands all sold direct to the public - they were delivered to homes in wooden crates. A conversation over dinner...
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A friend recently asked what was unusual about Melbourne. Unlike me, I didn't have an immediate answer. Yes, I know, most unlike me, who knows everything (well, supposedly) about Melbourne. I...
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Now I'll be the first person to put up my hand up and say I had not heard of Sennitt's Ice Cream but I do remember the polar bear logo. In December 2012, Stan mentioned a sign of Sennitt's Polar...
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James Harrison was the first to invent and patent a mechanical system to create ice for refrigeration. A model of the first industrial refrigerator (pic above), invented by James Harrison of...
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Signs Signs Everywhere Signs went the song... It was with delight (and some pride) that I asked my 10 year old son to look up out the left side window of the car so he could see one of the most...
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Melbourne's Flinders Street Station has seen a lot over the years - but Platform 10 has a resident that never quite caught his last train. Meet George. According to local legend, he's the ghost of...
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We are always looking for trivia about Melbourne, so Urban Legend fits the bill perfectly. Firstly, what is an Urban Legend? An urban legend is a myth, sometimes true, sometimes false more often...
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We love BIG, but the only big things in Melbourne are Big M (flavoured milk) and Big Coxy (sorry mate), so we turn to big things in Victoria! Here are our TOP 10 BIG THINGS in Victoria.. 1....
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Technically speaking, this article is about the Oldest Building in a Melbourne suburb rather than Melbourne's Oldest Building, written by C Mervyn Archdall in September 1947, published in Walkabout |...
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If you are like me, you have always wondered whether Ava Gardner actually said.. Melbourne was the ideal place for a film about the end of the world. Then I spotted this article in TheAge, which...
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Melbourne's best known ghost is that of Italian-born British opera singer Anatole Baker or his stage name - Federici of the Princess Theatre. Federici was the stage name of Anatole Frederick...
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An unexpected memorial found in Melbourne Cemetery is the Elvis Presley Memorial Garden. The memorial was commissioned by the President of the Elvis Presley Fan Club of Australia in November 1977....
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As the National Gallery of Victoria celebrated its 150th birthday in February 2011, it emerged that many important events took place in Melbourne during 1861.. -:- Melbourne Museum of Art...
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Billy Connolly has enjoyed a longstanding career as one of the world's best-loved comedians. His live shows have been enthralling audiences around the world for over three decades. He has toured...
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The first Tupperware party in Australia was held by Mary Paton in her mother's home in Camberwell in 1961. Mary's sister Ruth became the first Australian Demonstrator. Craig and Mary Paton...
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Where in the city are you going to find this plaque? We found this wonderful post by Susan Pate on Facebook Melbourne & Victoria - Through The Decades. Melbourne's first BRICK building...
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Reading an old book about the Menzies Hotel, I was suprised to read there once was a racecourse in Richmond. The racecourse was bounded by Bridge Road, Westbank Terrace and Stawell...
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With the recent visit by Tiger Woods to Melbourne, the question was asked on radio this morning, "who is the most 'famous' person to have visited Melbourne?". The list of famous was impressive...
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Melbourne is the only city in the world that has a Hook Turn. A Hook Turn enables a driver to make a right turn in selected intersections. Hook Turns are clearly sign-posted. Hook Turns were...
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Houdini's achievement of Australia's first powered controlled flight will be commemorated at the Houdini-Centenary Air Show in March 2010 with a 3 day festival of flight. At dawn on 18 March...
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Melbourne's busiest road shares 3 names, Hoddle Street, Punt Road and Hoddle Highway, but why? Hoddle Highway (route 29) is a highway linking CityLink (south) and the Eastern Freeway (north). The...
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The first Google Earth 'alphabet', featuring all 26 letters has been created from satellite images of Melbourne and Victorian features and buildings. Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer from...
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Why is that people either love Melbourne or hate Melbourne, but there does not seem to be any in-between. With its cosmopolitan charm, most Australians appear to love Melbourne, except for people...
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Commonly asked: What happened to or Where is it now ? Things that we came to know and love, but then moved with the hands of time. By the way: if you want to know where something is, then ask...
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Where is the Longest Bar in Australia? Longest bar in Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As with any stat, there are a number of claims for the title "the longest bar in...
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National Gallery of Victoria conservators are restoring Melbourne 1888 by Frederick McCubbin, but half of it is missing and they want your help to find it. In a quite remarkeable story, the NGV...
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Leaps and Bounds is a song written by Paul Kelly with Chris Langman. I'm high on the hill Looking over the bridge To the M.C.G. And way up on high The clock on the silo Says eleven...
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Here is a 1982 TV advert with Elle Macpherson promoting TaB cola made by Coca-Cola. ...
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Enjoy signs of Melbourne.. Sign over a Gynaecologist's Office: Dr. Jones, at your cervix ************************** In a Podiatrist's office: Time wounds all heels...
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At first glance, this is a rather plain black & white photograph of Sandridge (now Port Melbourne) taken in 1873 except if you look closer, you will see something quite remarkable. A rotary...
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Melbourne is not only known for many 'Australian' firsts, but is also known for many "world" FIRSTS, paving the way in many areas and proving that Melbourne truly is a remarkable city... World...
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Melbourne has more than its fair-shair of Australian firsts... One of the first women only gyms, in Victoria and possibly Australia, was established by Harriet Elphinstone-Dick, who lived from...
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For the people of Melbourne in 1858, it must have been as mind-blowing as watching man land on the moon. On February 1, 1858, Australia's first successful hot air balloon flight took off from...
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February 1, 1858 - William Deane was the first person to fly a lighter-than-air craft in Australia when he ascends in the balloon 'Australasian' made for George Coppin by C. H. Brown and/or Henry T....
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Peters Ice Cream was founded in 1907 by American Fred Peters in Manly. In 1927 his Peters American Delicacy Company opened a Melbourne factory in Meyers Place, Melbourne followed by a factory in...
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Redheads matches were manufactured in the Bryant and May factory located in Church Street, Cremorne (Richmond). Bryant and May was well known for providing workers with excellent working...
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Seeing this iconic picture postcard of Ron Clarke lighting the Olympic cauldron at the M.C.G in 1956 reminded me of two bits of trivia. Firstly, the well known fact that Ron Clarke had burnt his...
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Melbourne is a modern city constantly changing and leading the world in many technologies. Here is some curious bits of trivia about Melbourne you might not know.. Curious Melbourne...
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We quite enjoy the odd stuff in Melbourne, a city known for its funny facts or as we show here, Melbourne's crazy laws.. Below are a few laws that you should be aware of to keep you out of...
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Like many cities, Melbourne has its share of iconic clocks that Melburnian's know where to find when they need to tell the time. Melbourne Clock Locations Melbourne CBD Flinders Street...
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Australia's great ideas and vision can be seen by the many inventions that originated in Melbourne that have helped improve the lives of people all over the world. From medical (headache tablets)...
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3AW's breakfast shows Ross and John took callers with new names for existing suburbs in Melbourne. Scum-bry for Sunbury Crazy burn for Craigieburn Freakston for Frankston Chernobyl Park for...
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WHAT'S in a street name? Residents in many suburbs may wonder about the curious names of some of their streets and how they came to be. An area south of Riversdale Rd along Elgar Rd, opposite...
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Travelling on the CityLink motorway you will pass under 39 large red poles and an enormous yellow pillar tilted over the traffic below. The 70-metre yellow steel beam and the accompanying 39 red...
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Eye-witness accounts in Melbourne early morning on 30 June 1908 of a cylindrical object travelling extremely fast from south-south-east to south-east. Where was it headed? The answer appears to be...
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On March 18, 1910 whilst on a visit to Australia and in a Voisin biplane (purchased for US$5,000 in Hamburg, Germany prior to the trip, Harry Houdini made the first controlled, powered flight of an...
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The Four'N Twenty Meat Pie is Victoria's best selling meat pie and was invented in Bendigo by LT. McLure in 1947. The meat pie is enormously popular in Australia and considered a tradition to eat...
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Yes, the humble dim sim was invented right here in Melbourne. The Dim Sim was developed by Chinese chef William Wing Young for his restaurant "Wing Lee"in Melbourne around 1945. A dim sim is a...
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Of all the pages we publish here at OnlyMelbourne, our page of Guinness World Records related to Melbourne would have to be the most trivial.. Longest running cartoon strip Who: Jim Russell...
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You've might have heard someone say telling furphies or that was a bit of a furphy and wondered what they meant or where the expression came from. FURPHY | FURPHIES | FURFY The word furphy is a...
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Youve might have heard someone say telling furphies or that was a bit of a furphy and wondered what they meant or where the expression came from. FURPHY | FURPHIES | FURFY The word furphy is a...
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We simply wanted to see if we could get the term Our Melbourne [ourmelbourne] ranked as a search term @ Google or Yahoo. It was suggested that Our Melbourne or www.ourmelbourne.com.au would have...
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The question of "why are shoes hanging by the laces from power lines?"has popped up a number of times, we decided to do a little research. Shoes hanging from power lines suggestions ! - Drug...
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The question of "why are shoes hanging by the laces from power lines?" has popped up a number of times, we decided to do a little research. Shoes hanging from power lines suggestions ! - Drug...
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Victoria's Christmas Bush is a Prostanthera lasianthos Lamiaceae. It is a variable shrub or small tree, from 2 m to 10 m high. Often has a compact habit when in shrub form. Leaves are lanceolate...
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Vegemite dates back to 1922 when Fred Walker and Cyril Callister developed a spread from one of the richest known natural sources of the vitamin B group - Brewers Yeast. Walker turned to the...
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Vegemite dates back to 1922 when Fred Walker and Cyril Callister developed a spread from one of the richest known natural sources of the vitamin B group - Brewers Yeast. Walker turned to the...
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How many songs have been inspired by our marvellous Melbourne with lyrics about suburbs, place names and objects? Anyone growing up in Melbourne remembers Balwyn Calling by Skyhooks but how many...
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Tarax was the brand-name of an independent Melbourne soft drink bottler and a market innovator including sponsorship of the Tarax Happy Show and the development of new packaging, such as the steel...
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