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Too thick to drink and too thin to plough
In the early 1970s, when I was a student at La Trobe University, I joined a folk club briefly where I was introduced to a number of modern versions of the traditional Australian folk songs that I’d always loved.
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“Under the Clocks” at Flinders Street Station
It was the 1960s and I was meeting a friend in town. We lived in Coburg, so it wasn’t a long journey.
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Rediscover the Flagstaff Gardens
There are many reasons to visit the Flagstaff Gardens.
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Charles Troedel – a great Melbourne lithographer
Charles Troedel was one of Melbourne’s foremost printers in the latter years of the 19th century.
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Napier Waller – a great public artist
Few people passing Newspaper House at 247 Collins St notice the colourful mosaic spanning the exterior of the first floor.
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The “Sands & Macs” - a goldmine
Melbourne historians owe a huge debt of gratitude to a Melbourne publishing company – Sands & McDougall.
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Colonial defence to history and music
At the corner of William and A’Beckett streets, opposite Flagstaff Gardens, nestles a red brick Art Deco building – one of the few remaining low-rise buildings in a sea of tower blocks.
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Melbourne’s first pop-up theatre
Few theatre-goers pushing through the crowded foyer of the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne take note of the brass plaque beside a door leading to the stalls.
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“For women, by women”
The Queen Victoria Hospital opened its doors in 1899 in Little Lonsdale St, near William St.
Read MoreLivin’ in the ‘70s
If you are feeling discomfited by the Metro tunnelling, take heart, it has all happened before.
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33,433 now call CBD home
Council concerned about revised plans for Shell House redevelopment
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