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Marree Man
Unsolved Mysteries

Marree Man

museumoflostby museumoflostDecember 9, 2021December 9, 20211

In the remote desert northwest of Adelaide you can find Marree Man: a giant glyph of unknown origin and purpose.

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The Sinking of the SS Casino
Disasters

The Sinking of the SS Casino

museumoflostby museumoflostNovember 20, 2021March 15, 20231

For 50 years, the SS Casino hauled cargo and customers along Victoria’s south coast. In 1932, it foundered in Apollo Bay.

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A Video History of Fed Square
The Melbourne Files

A Video History of Fed Square

museumoflostby museumoflostNovember 11, 20211

The history of Fed Square in Melbourne is short, but rich. The site has already gone through a number of iterations, before arriving in its present day form.

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Prince Charles at Geelong Grammar
The Melbourne Files

Prince Charles at Geelong Grammar

museumoflostby museumoflostOctober 15, 2021September 8, 20220

In 1966 the heir to the British throne came to Australia for two terms of high school. This is Prince Charles at Geelong Grammar.

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The Real ‘Back to the Future’ House
Forgotten Places

The Real ‘Back to the Future’ House

museumoflostby museumoflostOctober 2, 2021October 2, 20210

Japanese architecture, wealthy industrialists, and Doctor Emmett Brown; the real Back to the Future house has quite a backstory.

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The Disappearance of Willi Koeppen
The Melbourne Files

The Disappearance of Willi Koeppen

museumoflostby museumoflostSeptember 19, 2021November 22, 20250

In 1976, celebrity chef Willi Koeppen disappeared from his restaurant in the Dandenongs. The case has never been solved.

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Pando: The World’s Largest Organism
The Natural World

Pando: The World’s Largest Organism

museumoflostby museumoflostSeptember 12, 2021January 15, 20220

Pando is the world’s largest organism: a clonal colony of quaking aspen trees, that has been growing in Utah for the last 14 000 years.

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Jetpack Man (and the History of Jetpacks!)
Weird and Wild

Jetpack Man (and the History of Jetpacks!)

museumoflostby museumoflostSeptember 5, 2021September 19, 20211

‘Jetpack Man’ has been spotted over LAX international airport several times in the last year. Is it a clever prank, or has someone finally created a real jetpack?

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Who Invented the Pavlova?
Drinks and Foods

Who Invented the Pavlova?

museumoflostby museumoflostAugust 29, 2021May 7, 20232

A fixture at get-togethers in Australia and New Zealand, and claimed by both, this humble sweet remains a cause of ongoing debate: who invented the Pavlova?

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Salvatore: The Yarra Seal
The Melbourne Files

Salvatore: The Yarra Seal

museumoflostby museumoflostAugust 19, 2021October 2, 20211

Salvatore, the Yarra Seal, is currently frolicking around the river in Richmond and Abbotsford. He has been visiting, on and off, for 7 years.

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The Degraves Street Subway

Underground History: The Degraves Street Subway

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Melbourne Fish Market

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The Westall UFO, Melbourne Australia

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The Stand By Me bridge

The Real ‘Stand By Me’ Bridge

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Flagstaff Hill

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The first Anzac Day football

The First Anzac Day Football

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Australia's oldest building

Australia’s Oldest Building

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The PB/5 pedestrian crossing button

The PB/5 Pedestrian Crossing Button

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The history of Scrabble

The History of Scrabble

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Grace Crowley

Grace Crowley: Pioneering Modernist

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Interstellar movie trivia

Interstellar Movie Trivia

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museumoflost - The Bogle-Chandler Case

Love this: thanks for sharing!

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…

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