#melbourne history

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January 31, On this day in 1971:

Crowd attacks Nazi HQ

MELBOURNE, Sunday - Members of the National Socialist Party were in hiding tonight after a riot which wrecked their headquarters in Carlton this afternoon. An angry crowd of more than 500 stormed the Nazi headquarters in Nicholson Street and smashed through the plateglass front window and door. Four men were later arrested and police took possession of two loaded shotguns and an automatic .22 calibre rifle found on the premises. One police officer was pushed through the broken window as the crowd surged forward to rip down signs bearing party slogans and swastikas. Trouble flared about 3 pm, when the stormtrooper-dressed members of the party failed to arrive on the banks of the Yarra for an organised rally. Members of the Yarra bank crowd, many tattooed with German con- centration camp numbers, marched and drove to Nicholson Street. They hurled stones, soft drink cans and fruit through the already broken front window of the headquarters. Stormtroopers who stood at the door of their headquarters and taunted the crowd locked themselves inside, on police advice. Screaming, hysterical women in the surging crowd shouted obscenities at the party members and yelled, "Murderers, rapists." A 24-hour police guard has been placed on the building following threats of bombing and further damage.

[paleo-cafnir]

Victoria the T.rex

Real 139kg skull on display at the Melbourne Museum, Australia.

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Yes, having a crush on a fictional character is bad. But have you ever had a crush on a fictionalised version of a vaguely problematic historical figure??

[humanoidhistory]

Telephone exchange in Melbourne, Australia, ca. 1930.

(State Library Victoria)

[kemetic-dreams]

Adut Akech was born in Sudan (in an area that later became part of South Sudan), but was raised in Kakuma, Kenya. Akech was born on Christmas Day, on the way to Kenya. She was 7 years old when she moved from Kenya along with her mother to Adelaide, Australia as South Sudanese refugees seeking asylum. They also had relatives there. Akech has five siblings.

 Akech was known as "Mary", her Christian second name in Adelaide, as Australian teachers found it difficult to pronounce her name.

Be proud of African names, and stop falling into the trap of saying all African names are hard to pronounce. Like European names are easy

[hippography]

Sir Harry Chauvel's horse with the rider's boots set in reverse. The horse followed the gun carriage during the funeral procession to Springvale Crematorium.

Accession Number: 087280

Maker: Lee, John

Place made: Australia: Victoria, Melbourne

Date made: 6 March 1945

Australian War Memorial

[grahamkennedy]

Technically nothing I process at the archives is secret if it's been officially published, and I'm allowed to take and share photographs of non sensitive material, so if anyone was wondering what was happening in the western suburbs of Naarm/Melbourne (where I live) in November of 1978 well the answer is A LOT

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I've become so disillusioned by a certain someone that now I can't see any nice thing she does as anything but pr and well crafted com. It's a horrible feeling to experience after years of only seeing positivity and genuineness in everything she did.

[bibliophilicstranger]

Things I learned today:

As a child, Queen Victoria occasionally played with Sir John Conroy's daughters (one was also named Victoria)

There is an opera/ballet called Kenilworth based on Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, and Amy Robsart.

Queen Victoria "went to the opera and saw the ballet, of which she was very fond, several times."

Queen Victoria had a whole set of dolls based on this ballet. She made Amy and Robert Dudley herself.

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Indians logo design ☆☆☆

[hardfloor]

Melbourne / Australia 1994

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Young ladies at the beach near Melbourne, Australia in 1910.

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this isn’t new

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/mar/18/australia-news-live-extreme-heat-total-fire-ban-victoria-nsw-south-australia-aukus-protest-china?page=with:block-641526bd8f086bbc8500f8fb

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/

[victorianchap]

🔸Portrait of Mrs Batten & Kitten, circa 1904, Melbourne, Australia by Mark James Daniel, from the Mark Daniel’s photographs of family, friends, scenes and events in Melbourne, 1898-1907. #victorianchaps #vintage #1900s #edwardian #kitten #goodolddays #oldphoto #melbourne #australia #nostalgia #retro #pastlives #portrait #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CpX0CPBjRpk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pynkhues]

Hey Sophie, I'm going to be in Melbourne soon! Do you have any tips for what to do, see, or eat?

Hey! Ah! How exciting! Melbourne's a really fun city to visit, and I feel really does have something for everyone.

Hmmm, tip wise, I think I'd say:

grab a Myki card for public transport. You can buy these at any news agent, train station or petrol station. Melbourne has a free inner-city tramzone, which is great for getting around the CBD, but you should also take advantage of Melbourne's incredibly good train network which'll open up the broader city to you. A Myki card works on all forms of public transport - buses, trams (for trams outside of the free tram zone) and trains - so they're pretty straight forward.

On that note, the PTV app is pretty useless for public transport (you're better off using Google maps tbh), but it does let you top up your Myki instantly via your phone, which makes it useful. The TramTracker app is very good for trams though, especially because you can type in the number of the tram you're on and know exactly which stops you're heading towards. The logos look like this: (trust the doggo)

Don't drive in the city - it's a layer of hell.

Have a little bit of cash on you. Most places take cards or smart watches, but you'll need gold coins for certain things too, particularly accessing certain gardens or markets.

Pack for all weather. Melbourne's known for having four seasons in a day, and having lived here for almost five years now, it's not an exaggeration. Layering is your friend, and always have an umbrella!

Hook turns are a real thing here, and whether you're driving or just crossing the road, they're worth being aware of.

Places to visit

Melbourne's famous for its street art, and while you can just wander around and observe yourself, doing a tour is particularly fun (and makes sure you see the best stuff!)

Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is one of my favourite places to show out-of-towners (although that's probably partly just because it's me, haha). It's a museum of film, tv and games, and explores the moving image as both a form of commercial entertainment and as a form of art. Their cinema is often playing really interesting films too.

National Gallery Victoria is always worth checking out.

Chapel Street is known for it's little galleries, restaurants and indie shops, and makes for a fun day out.

Queen Vic Market and South Melbourne Market are both iconic and for good reason. They've been operational since the mid-1800s, and you can often feel that when you're in them. They can get packed though, so just a heads up.

I love love love heritage buildings and exploring history through place, so will always recommend checking out the National Trust's historic sites in Melbourne. Rippon Lea Estate is a personal fave and only about 20 minutes out of the CBD on the train. They shot parts of Miss Fisher there, and even if you don't get to tour the house (although I recommend you do!) even just exploring the gardens are beautiful.

Abbotsford Convent & Collingwood Children's Farm are right next door to each other and a pretty amazing day out.

If you fancy seeing a movie, my all time fave cinemas are The Classic and The Lido, which are owned by the same family. Either spot is worth checking out.

If you're looking to see a show or performance, you can look for the big ones at any of the big theatres, but for smaller, exciting indie stuff, I'd check out the programs at Malthouse, La Mama, Art House, Meat Market, and Footscray Community Arts Centre,

What to eat

Wellllll, this ultimately depends on your budget, haha, since Melbourne restaurants can run the gamut. Some of my favourite restaurants that are a bit more on the expensive side but great for a special occasion:

Maha's probably my favourite restaurant in Melbourne? It's modern Middle Eastern cuisine and their seafood in particular is divine. It's a set menu, and like I said, a little exy, haha.

Mabu Mabu is modern Australian First Nations (Torres Strait Islander) cuisine and is very good! They sell some of their own sauces too, and I highly recommend snagging their pineapple hot sauce! It's also very easy to get to, as it's located in Fed Square right next to the Koori Heritage Trust which often has Indigenous exhibitions on (and a great gift store if you're looking for anything to take home)

Chin Chin's - delicious South East Asian fusion cuisine. Again, a little exy.

Transformer - incredible vegetarian restaurant. They do both ala carte and a fixed menu. Highly recommend their fixed menu! They're also very good with dietary requirements, particularly if you're gluten free or if you have annoying allergies for a vegetarian restaurant like me, haha (tomato and eggplant).

Cheaper eats that are also delicious:

A little out in the South Side 'burbs, but Saigon Mamma is my favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne.

Rice Paper Scissors is good too, as is Chocolate Buddha, Green Man's Arms, and oh! Studley Park Boathouse is a fave. It's beautiful location-wise with pretty standard (but good) pub eats, and they've got a lot of water birds you can feed and boats you can hire pretty cheap ($30 for a kayak, $40 for a row boat) to row along the Yarra River. It's also really close to the Convent + Children's Farm if you fancy making a day of it.

If you're willing to travel a little further out of inner Melbourne, I'd also suggest:

Healesville Sanctuary - the bird show is i n c r e d i b l e. I took my nephews last year and the older one still talks about it, haha.

Mornington Penninsula Hot Springs - Mornington Penninsula is a great day trip from Melbourne. It's only just over an hour drive, and it's pretty stunning. Full of wineries and beachy walks. The hot springs are so relaxing though, and really centring if you need it.

Mount Macedon - home of the Hanging Rock of Picnic at Hanging Rock fame! Plus it's just a beautiful area.

Cranborne Gardens - the Royal Botanical Gardens in the city are beautiful too, but I'm particularly partial to these ones.

Hope this gets you started, and just let me know if you have any other questions!

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An old Dutch board game -- "The London to Melbourne Race" -- 1934.

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