The scientists and the cricket match
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In March 1874, Melbourne played host to an unusual cricket match, featuring some of the most pre-eminent marine biologists in the world.
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On New Year’s Day, 1838, pioneer John Pascoe Fawkner published Melbourne’s first newspaper. Printing presses were scarce in the colony, so Fawkner handwrote the newspaper himself…
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This cherished Aussie Christmas institution is now in its 82nd year, and still bringing people together across the nation.
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To celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday we look at how she continues to influence popular culture and explore the library’s collection of Jane Austen related material.
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Learn how one family’s singular obsession with the natural world contributed to the Melbourne Zoo we know today