Blondin and his imitators
People & professions, Such was life:
In the 1870s, a visiting French tightrope walker inspired others to try the same- often with disastrous results.
Archive for March, 2020
The marvellous and macabre Waxworks, part one: ‘…the more murderers, the more it thrives.’
March 4, 2020
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Before true crime podcasts and books on serial killers, where did Melburnians go for their taste of the macabre? To the waxworks of course.
EBooks for Family Historians
March 2, 2020
Did you know that the State Library provides access to over 16,000 eBooks on a wide range of topics? Our eBooks can be accessed by anyone within the Library and,… Read More ›
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