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The View from Flagstaff Hill
The Melbourne Files

The View from Flagstaff Hill

museumoflostby museumoflostMay 8, 2026May 8, 20260

Flagstaff Hill has been there from the start of colonial Melbourne: cemetery, signal post, scientific observatory, and lunching spot.

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The First Anzac Day Football
Sports & Games

The First Anzac Day Football

museumoflostby museumoflostApril 26, 2026April 27, 20260

The first Anzac Day football occurred a decade after Gallipoli, starting a century of debate around the meeting place between football and military commemoration.

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Australia’s Oldest Building
Forgotten Places

Australia’s Oldest Building

museumoflostby museumoflostApril 19, 2026April 19, 20260

Australia’s oldest building is probably not where you think: located on a desolate, uninhabited island off the coast of West Australia.

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The PB/5 Pedestrian Crossing Button
Everyday Items

The PB/5 Pedestrian Crossing Button

museumoflostby museumoflostApril 5, 2026April 5, 20260

The PB/5 pedestrian crossing button is an Australian icon: an accessibility device that has been adopted worldwide, and found its way into popular culture.

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The History of Scrabble
Sports & Games

The History of Scrabble

museumoflostby museumoflostMarch 28, 20260

The history of Scrabble involves the New York Times, a depression era lawyer, and a forgotten precursor game called ‘Lexiko’.

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Grace Crowley: Pioneering Modernist
All of the Arts

Grace Crowley: Pioneering Modernist

museumoflostby museumoflostMarch 26, 20260

Grace Crowley was a pioneering local artist who helped bring modernist ideas to Australia.

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Interstellar Movie Trivia
All of the Arts

Interstellar Movie Trivia

museumoflostby museumoflostMarch 14, 2026March 14, 20260

Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic has become his most beloved film, one with a great backstory. Here is, Interstellar Movie Trivia.

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Ada Gunn and The Loungers Club
The Melbourne Files

Ada Gunn and The Loungers Club

museumoflostby museumoflostFebruary 28, 2026April 27, 20260

Underneath Flinders Street Station was once a unique Melbourne institution: a private club for women run by Ada Gunn.

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The First Australian to Win an Oscar
Firsts and Lasts

The First Australian to Win an Oscar

museumoflostby museumoflostFebruary 24, 2026February 24, 20260

The first Australian to win an Oscar winner was Ken Hall, a self taught film maker who teamed with a fearless newsreal cameraman during World War II.

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Forgotten Winter Olympic Sports
Sports & Games

Forgotten Winter Olympic Sports

museumoflostby museumoflostFebruary 8, 2026February 15, 20260

The 2026 winter Olympics starts today, an event that has seen many changes through its history: here are 7 forgotten winter Olympic sports.

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Coles Book Arcade

Cole’s Book Arcade

May 12, 2018January 29, 2022
Who was saint kilda?

Who Was Saint Kilda?

November 4, 2017February 3, 2022
The Virgin Mary at Coogee Beach

The Virgin Mary at Coogee Beach

December 29, 2017March 31, 2024
The Degraves Street Subway

Underground History: The Degraves Street Subway

June 14, 2021July 25, 2024
Melbourne Fish Market

Melbourne’s Lost Buildings

October 7, 2018April 24, 2024
The Westall UFO, Melbourne Australia

The Westall UFO

June 26, 2017April 11, 2026
The Stand By Me bridge

The Real ‘Stand By Me’ Bridge

July 17, 2017March 3, 2024
Flagstaff Hill

The View from Flagstaff Hill

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026
The first Anzac Day football

The First Anzac Day Football

April 26, 2026April 27, 2026
Australia's oldest building

Australia’s Oldest Building

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026
The PB/5 pedestrian crossing button

The PB/5 Pedestrian Crossing Button

April 5, 2026April 5, 2026
The history of Scrabble

The History of Scrabble

March 28, 2026
Grace Crowley

Grace Crowley: Pioneering Modernist

March 26, 2026
Interstellar movie trivia

Interstellar Movie Trivia

March 14, 2026March 14, 2026
Lawrence Hargrave - The Bogle-Chandler Case

I remember how smelly the river used to be.

The View from Flagstaff Hill - The Yarra Waterfall

[…] of the Yarra River, adjacent to a small waterfall that prevented further passage upstream (see, The Yarra Waterfall). The…

Stej - The Waiter’s Restaurant Siege

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37 Songs From the '60s and '70s With Meanings No One Caught the First Time - Festivaltopia - Surprising Backstories of 1970s Hit Songs

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Ada Gunn and The Loungers Club - The Flinders Street Station Ballroom

[…] Work began on the new station in 1900, and took a decade to complete (read more about the history…

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