Moomba
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Melbourne’s Moomba festival first took place in March 1955 and was initiated to liven up Melbourne and attract tourists.
Articles by: Paul Dee
Victoria’s early horse trams
Social life & customs, Such was life:
In 1884 Melbourne’s first tramway- a horse tramway in Fairfield- was built to promote land sales in the area (100 years of Melbourne’s trams, pg 1). Two horses pulled a carriage containing… Read More ›
Echuca’s anniversary
Cities & towns, Such was life:
In 1864 the railway connecting Melbourne to Echuca opened. This had an enormous effect on the town, with the resultant increase in trade turning Echuca into Australia’s largest inland port.
Melbourne’s historic skyline
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
Melbourne’s skyline developed rapidly once the first passenger lifts were installed. The L. Stevenson & Sons warehouse in Flinders Lane had two of the first hydraulic goods lifts installed in… Read More ›
Olde Melbourne guidebooks
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Wondering what the cab fare rate was in Melbourne in 1973? Or the opening hours of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1911? Or where must imported explosives be unloaded in 1925? … Read More ›
It will look better embossed!
Frank Firestone was responsible for many examples of iconic design and advertising imagery for predominantly Australian brands and products.
Temperance and Melbourne’s grand coffee palaces
Social life & customs, Such was life:
The temperance movement originated in the 19th century and urged for the reduction or prohibition of alcohol. Temperance societies were initially founded during the 1820s in the United States and… Read More ›
Victoria’s budget 1852
In 1852 Victoria was barely one year old, after separation from New South Wales in 1851. It was ‘the period of the greatest social and political disorganisation that the colony… Read More ›
Rob Roy hill climb
The Rob Roy hill climb is a car time trial in Smiths Gully, Victoria. It was initially established by the Light Car Club of Australia and began in 1937 and ran… Read More ›
Food in early Victoria
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Eating in Victoria was a different proposition for the Aborigines than for early Europeans.
