FULL LIST OF ARTICLES
Ada Gunn and The Loungers Club
Underneath Flinders Street Station was once a unique Melbourne institution: a private club for women run by Ada Gunn ...
The Largest Ever Crowd at the MCG
In March 1959, US evangelist Billy Graham came to Melbourne and set a record that still stands: the largest ever ...
The Lost Blue Lake of Melbourne
The lost blue lake of Melbourne was part of a wetland west of the city, swallowed up by Spencer Street ...
Jack the Ripper in Melbourne
One of history’s greatest unsolved crimes has a tantalising local connection: was Jack the Ripper in Melbourne? ...
Camp Murphy: Troops at the MCG
During World War II in Australia, a shortage of military bases led to a creative solution: thousands of troops at ...
Who Is Melbourne Named After?
Who is Melbourne named after? Viscount Melbourne: a two-time British Prime Minister and political centrist who was never far from ...
Marshalite Clocks and the First Melbourne Traffic Lights
Melbourne’s first traffic lights were manually operated and confusing, the city then turned to a unique signal system: the Marshalite ...
The Crystal Ballroom
In 1978, a former residential hotel was transformed into Melbourne’s hottest music venue: welcome to The Crystal Ballroom ...
Melbourne’s Oldest Buildings
Melbourne is a young city; only a handful of structures remain from before 1850, here is a list of Melbourne’s ...
Cliveden: Melbourne’s Largest House
Near the MCG, where the Pullman Hotel is today, used to stand ‘Cliveden’, Melbourne’s largest and most opulent house ...
When Prince Charles Was on Countdown
In 1977, Prince Charles appeared on Australian music TV show ‘Countdown’. It remains one of the most famous moments in ...
The Legend of the Queenscliff Treasure
Southwest of Melbourne, the legend of the Queenscliff treasure has kept people searching for 150 years ...
The Great Vault Sculpture Controversy
In 1980, a public artwork in Melbourne’s new city square provoked outrage. This is the great Vault sculpture controversy ...
The Flinders Street Station Ballroom
The Flinders Street Station Ballroom was built to provide leisure activities to railway workers. It is now used as an ...
Holt’s Matrimonial Agency
Holt’s Matrimonial Agency provided a matchmaker service to turn-of-the-century Melbourne. It was also the place, for a quickie wedding ...
The Yarra Waterfall
The Yarra Waterfall used to stretch across the river where Queen Street is today. It was demolished in 1883 ...
The 1978 Melbourne Landmark Competition
The Melbourne Landmark Competition was launched in 1978 to find a southern equivalent to the Sydney Opera House. It was ...
The Southern Cross Hotel
In 1962 the Southern Cross Hotel opened on Exhibition Street, and the international jet set came to Melbourne ...
A Video History of Fed Square
The history of Fed Square in Melbourne is short, but rich. The site has already gone through a number of ...
Prince Charles at Geelong Grammar
In 1966 the heir to the British throne came to Australia for two terms of high school. This is Prince ...
The Disappearance of Willi Koeppen
In 1976, celebrity chef Willi Koeppen disappeared from his restaurant in the Dandenongs. The case has never been solved ...
Salvatore: The Yarra Seal
Salvatore, the Yarra Seal, is currently frolicking around the river in Richmond and Abbotsford. He has been visiting, on and ...
Prince at Bennetts Lane
In 2003, a world famous musician played a secret gig at a small Melbourne night club. This is Prince at ...
Wirth’s Circus
For 70 years, Wirth’s Circus stood where the Arts Centre is now, and was one of Melbourne’s top attractions. It ...
Northcote’s ‘Carnegie Library’
In 1911, an American philanthropist gifted a library to Melbourne. Northcote’s ‘Carnegie Library’ still stands on High Street, and is ...
Underground History: The Degraves Street Subway
The Degraves Street Subway is a thirty metre underpass, connecting Flinders Street to Flinders Street Station, with a long and ...
Hotel Hell: A History of The Gatwick
From upmarket apartments, to a low budget boarding house, and back again: this is the story of The Gatwick Hotel ...
Television City: The Bendigo Street Studio
The Bendigo Street Studio has a long history: it was a piano maker's, a Heinz factory, and the most famous ...
Williamstown Racecourse
Bayside Williamstown is one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs. Until the 1940s, it was home to one of the city’s most ...
Yarra Bend Asylum and the Lost Cemetery
Yarra Bend Asylum was Melbourne's first, and biggest, mental hospital. The grounds are now a public park, but traces still ...
Before Melbourne Central
Melbourne Central is one of Melbourne’s most well known landmarks. But before Melbourne Central, that part of the city looked ...
A Guide to Melbourne Public Art
Melbourne is an artistic city, and our public spaces are like an open air gallery. Here is a guide to ...
The Tied Election
In the Victorian State election in 1985, something straight out of a bad Hollywood movie went down. A tied election, ...
When Houdini Came to Melbourne
In 1910, Harry Houdini came to Melbourne. He performed magic, flew a plane, and jumped into the Yarra shackled in ...