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  • October 7, 2018September 3, 2020

Melbourne’s Wonderful Lost Buildings

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The Magpie

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Foy’s Rooftop Funpark

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The Melbourne Files

The Tied Election

May 26, 2019September 5, 2020

In the Victorian State election in 1985, something straight out of a bad Hollywood movie went down. A tied election, decided by a lucky dip.

Enigmatic Characters

An Artist Named Turbo

May 16, 2019September 5, 2020

From the riverbank in Mildura, to the streets of Melbourne, to the world’s most prestigious art galleries: this is the story of Trevor ‘Turbo’ Brown.

The Melbourne Files

When Houdini Jumped in the Yarra

May 2, 2019September 5, 2020

At the start of the 20th century, Harry Houdini was the world’s most popular entertainer, and one of its most famous celebrities. In 1910, he came to Melbourne.

Weird and Wild

The Strange Origins of 8 Common Phrases

April 25, 2019September 5, 2020

The English language is littered with common catchphrases. Here are 8 with an unlikely, but true, origin story.

Weird and Wild

The Secret History of MDMA

April 22, 2019September 5, 2020

German scientists, CIA experiments, avant-garde therapy; the back story of THE party drug of my generation is suitably wild.

Weird and Wild

Kitten Overboard

April 17, 2019September 5, 2020

Henry Fielding is a literary legend; the 18th century author of the classic ‘Tom Jones’. In 1754, he witnessed a kitten go overboard.

All of the Arts

Impossible Objects

April 8, 2019September 5, 2020

They cannot be constructed, they serve no practical purpose; why would anyone make an Impossible Object? This points to a deeper, philosophical question: why does anyone, do anything?

All of the Arts

The First ‘House’ Music

March 31, 2019December 23, 2020

House music is one of the defining genres of my life time. It was started by one DJ, at one night club, in Chicago’s West Loop district.

The Melbourne Files

Princess Caroline of Brunswick

March 16, 2019September 5, 2020

Brunswick is a province in Northern Germany. So how did its name get attached to one of Melbourne’s hip, inner north suburbs? The answer, involves a long ago scandal.

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The Eight Hour Day

February 25, 2019September 5, 2020

170 years ago, most people worked 6 or 7 days a week, and about 12 hours each day. But the eight hour day, was coming. And it started right here in Victoria.

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