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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We came across two versions of "what it means to be Australian"... 1. What it means to be Australian Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then...
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At 1.4 km in length, the Chandler Highway in Kew (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is widely regarded as the world's shortest highway. Chandler Highway (road) began life as a railway track, part of...
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Melborn and Sideny"- The Idlers Five (CBS, 1968) -- Australian Top 40 hit, March 1968 Vocal folk quintet The Idlers Five enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1960s, but they are now virtually...
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Melbourne is a small and attractive market town in a delightful part of South Derbyshire, England. It is about eight miles south of Derby and two miles from the River Trent. It contains a good range...
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Did you know there was once five Beatles not four? The only time it ever happened was in Melbourne on the 14th June, 1964. The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had collapsed and was hospitalized on...
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The emblems of Victoria include... Floral emblem: Pink Heath Animal emblem: Leadbeater's Possum* Bird emblem: Helmeted Honeyeater* Marine Faunal Emblem: Weedy Seadragon *Considered to be...
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The emblems of Victoria include... Floral emblem: Pink Heath Animal emblem: Leadbeater's Possum* Bird emblem: Helmeted Honeyeater* Marine Faunal Emblem: Weedy Seadragon *Considered to be...
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The savoury snack CHIKO Roll is an Australian icon right up there with Australian Rules Football, kangaroos and Holdens, was developed by Francis McEnroe from Bendigo. McEncroe got the idea after...
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The world record for the largest human wheelbarrow race was broken in 2008 on September 9th when Melbourne's own Carey Baptist Grammar School in Kew set out to break the previous record that had been...
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Here is a curious Melbourne based web site with loads of handy 'local' information. Affectionately known as the Black Hole, because once you enter, you can't escape its magnetic appeal! Kids...
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The oldest hotels in Melbourne were all licensed in 1853 and believe it or not are still operating as hotels today. Duke of Wellington (above) According to the Tetlow Index, Melbourne's oldest...
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The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British blue ensign. The state flag of Victoria is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly. The badge...
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The City of Melbourne's Armorial Bearings (or arms) were first granted to the Corporation of the City of Melbourne by Letters Patent of the Kings of Arms dated 30 January 1940. They were based on...
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The official flag for the city of Melbourne features the coat of arms, with the bull, whale, ship and the fleece hanging from a red ring. The flag features a white background divided into four...
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The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British blue ensign. The state flag of Victoria is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly. The badge...
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Two questions from the Crowded House song "Weather With You".. 1. Where is 57 Mount Pleasant Street? 2. What does "walking round the room singing stormy weather"mean? 57 Mount Pleasant...
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What is the oldest 'surviving' building in Melbourne? The answer relates to "WHERE" the building was originally built. 1. Built elsewhere and reconstructed in Melbourne Cooks' Cottage...
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We intially had a giggle when we were asked how many tunnels were under Melbourne, but we decided not to have tunnel-vision (hehe) and we soon found there was more to it. A little research into...
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The Ghost of Old Melbourne Gaol photograph commenced with a simple question posed by a British tourist. It ran for 3 year's gathering thousands of hits and visits from all over the...
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is a sport invented in the railway repair workshops of Newport in the Western suburbs of Melbourne by railway workers in the 1920s. There are only 2 "games" that can be claimed to have been...
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She has graced magazine covers, had wine named after her and poems written to her. She has experienced fame and adoration and has won high acclaim from critics. Her career began, like the many models...
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Melbourne's parks and gardens contain a wide variety of native animals... A study in Royal Park in 1999 revealed the presence of significant fauna species including the large forest bat,...
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Sanitarium's original biscuit, Granose was created in Melbourne by baker Edward Halsey. Over a century ago, in 1898, a small business opened its doors in Melbourne, Australia with the vision to...
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Victoria's landmass of 228,000 square kilometres is about the size of the United Kingdom. By comparison, Australia's size is roughly equal to mainland USA and a little larger than continental...
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Victoria's landmass of 228,000 square kilometres is about the size of the United Kingdom. By comparison, Australia's size is roughly equal to mainland USA and a little larger than continental...
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It is 50 degrees, dusty and very cramped. We are in a service tunnel under Parkville's Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) which supplies steam to the Children's Hospital nearby. The tunnel is more...
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What is a C R O G G Y? A croggy is a ride on the handlebars of a mates push bike. Now we understand Croggy is not a Melbourne bit of trivia, but we do remember as Melburnian's either having a...
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