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Breakdown outside the Windsor Hotel, 1920s
Eight men, one broken-down car and a wagon to cart it on. This dismal winter’s day was not going well for the driver, seen here on the far right of the photograph in chauffeur’s outfit, complete with greatcoat to ward off the worst of the Melbourne weather.
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Giuseppe Buzzi and his fried fish shop
This photo taken between 1908 and 1912 shows a sleepy Latrobe St afternoon. The image is dominated by a giant telegraph pole with a fire alarm.
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It’s raining, it’s pouring: Elizabeth St a raging torrent, 1863
December 15 to 22, 1863 – a week to remember for the citizens of Melbourne. It rained and rained and rained some more and when the rain stopped, and the sun emerged, more than 127 millimetres had fallen.
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Jingle Lane: A Chinatown Christmas Festival
Step into a Winter Wonderland like no other at Jingle Lane, a harmonious blend of cultures and a feast for all senses.
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Read all about it! The Argus office makes news
Seventy people arrested in Lisbon for taking part in anti-English protests. The attempted poisoning of the Russian Tsar proves to be untrue. Australian and New Zealand mail believed to have been destroyed when a train caught fire in Nebraska is found and rescued.
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The Lamb Inn, a “roystering place for shepherds with cheques”, c. 1840
Tucked away in the bottom right-hand corner of this watercolour by W F E Liardet are two small windblown figures battling Melbourne’s notorious north-westerly winds.
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Autumn Moon at the Chinese Museum: Be enthralled, engaged, and entertained
On the weekend of September 30 and October 1, Chinatown, Melbourne will celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival, when family and friends come together, for the seasonal harvest and the recounting of the many associated ancient legends.
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Observing the universe: the Great Melbourne Telescope, 1875
The open-air reflector telescope at the back of the Great Melbourne Telescope Building faces up to the skies, its seemingly delicately filigreed barrel looking like something from a circus act.
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An afternoon concert in Little Bourke St in the 1880s
Seven bandsmen, dressed in flat caps and uniforms, perform outside a substantial bluestone building, believed to be the premises of R Goldsbrough & Co, wool and grain agents, a company that had large grain and produce stores around the city.
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Hold the front page! Melbourne’s first printing office
This image of a derelict building in a laneway off Market St was the scene of great activity in the early years of the colony ...
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Police launch Operation Ride Safe to clamp down on illegal e-scooter use
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