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The postbox preserver: one man’s mission to revive Melbourne’s forgotten pillar boxes
For most Melburnians, the city’s cast-iron, Victorian-era pillar boxes blend quietly into the urban backdrop – unnoticed relics of another century.
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Gas streetlights in Melbourne
In the early days of Melbourne, streets were dark and dangerous. The only lights that enabled you to see your way along the street were the oil lights that publicans were obliged to have outside their hotels.
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When police cars first got radios
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, a policeman patrolling the inner suburbs of Melbourne could only call for assistance or report a crime if he could reach a telephone or call-box.
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Statue of Victorian feminist and social activist to be celebrated
The first woman nominated for Australian parliament, Vida Goldstein, will be honoured with a statue in a historic move that aims to close the gap on gender inequality of statues in the City of Melbourne.
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Dr Julian Smith: surgeon and photographer
One of East Melbourne’s more notable residents was Dr Julian Smith; a remarkable man, famous in two very different fields, surgery and photography.
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Through the eyes of surgeons
A great deal of modern medicine’s success can be attributed to our ancestors’ constant arduous experiments ending in remarkable discoveries and inventions.
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From Brazil to Mordialloc, and finally, at Melbourne General Cemetery
In 2001 author Caroline Petit toured the house and grounds of Mayfield, a 12-room mansion in Mordialloc, built by François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, the Count of Castelnau. He was appointed Consul-General to France in Melbourne in 1864.
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Through the eyes of surgeons
The postbox preserver: one man’s mission to revive Melbourne’s forgotten pillar boxes
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