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Cocky Marr
Sports & Games

Cocky Marr

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Between the wars, Cocky Marr was the Carlton Football Club’s unofficial mascot: a crested cockatoo who loved the Blues, and despised bad umpiring.

Clement Wragge: The Man Who Named Storms
Remarkable Characters

Clement Wragge: The Man Who Named Storms

museumoflostby museumoflostMarch 10, 2025March 10, 20252

Hurricanes, cyclones and other major storms are given human names to make them easily identifiable. The idea came from Queensland meteorologist Clement Wragge.

The Greatest TV Shows of All Time
All of the Arts

The Greatest TV Shows of All Time

museumoflostby museumoflostMarch 1, 2025March 1, 20251

Our definitive guide to the greatest TV shows of all time, as determined by scientific research and analysis.

The Crystal Ballroom
The Melbourne Files

The Crystal Ballroom

museumoflostby museumoflostFebruary 10, 2025February 11, 20251

In 1978, a former residential hotel was transformed into Melbourne’s hottest music venue: welcome to The Crystal Ballroom.

Yvonne Audette: Australia’s First Abstract Expressionist
Remarkable Characters

Yvonne Audette: Australia’s First Abstract Expressionist

museumoflostby museumoflostJanuary 31, 2025September 13, 20255

Yvonne Audette was a pioneering local artist, one of the first to bring the radical ideas of Abstract Expressionism to Australia.

Ngorongoro Crater
Forgotten Places

Ngorongoro Crater

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Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania is the world’s largest volcanic caldera, a lost world style home to an array of iconic animals.

2025: What Happened 20, 50 and 100 Years Ago
Years Past

2025: What Happened 20, 50 and 100 Years Ago

museumoflostby museumoflostJanuary 12, 20250

As 2025 begins, its time for our annual look back at the top stories and events of 20, 50 and 100 years ago.

Did the Nazis Invent Fanta?
Drinks and Foods

Did the Nazis Invent Fanta?

museumoflostby museumoflostOctober 6, 20240

The world’s most popular orange drink has its unlikely origin in World War II Germany: did the Nazi’s invent Fanta?

AFL Teams That Changed Their Name
Sports & Games

AFL Teams That Changed Their Name

museumoflostby museumoflostSeptember 27, 2024May 26, 20250

The VFL/AFL has seen many changes in the last 120 years; here are the AFL teams that have changed their name.

History’s Greatest Coincidences
Weird and Wild

History’s Greatest Coincidences

museumoflostby museumoflostAugust 10, 2024August 10, 20240

Unsinkable predictions, perfect eclipses, and a prophetic license plate: here are history’s greatest coincidences.

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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, 2017October 3, 2025
The Stand By Me bridge

The Real ‘Stand By Me’ Bridge

July 17, 2017March 3, 2024
Blue Lake of Melbourne

The Lost Blue Lake of Melbourne

December 14, 2025
Ruth Hollick

Ruth Hollick: Intuitive Pictorialist

December 9, 2025
The world's largest flower

The World’s Largest Flower (and the World’s Smallest Bear)

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025
The birthplace of The Ashes

The Birthplace of the Ashes: Sunbury

November 21, 2025
The Field Collection

The Field Collection

November 16, 2025
The Ta Prohm Stegosaur

The Ta Prohm Stegosaur

November 10, 2025
Jack the Ripper in Melbourne

Jack the Ripper in Melbourne

October 17, 2025October 24, 2025
The Lost Blue Lake of Melbourne - The Museum of Lost Things - The Yarra Waterfall

[…] The Yarra River, as it came to be known, originally followed a long, looping curve inland, before running into…

The Disappearance of Willi Koeppen - The Waiter’s Restaurant Siege

[…] Chopper is known as an unreliable narrator. His popular ‘true crime’ books are riddled with exaggerations and furphies, it…

E.M.Wilson - The Legend of the Queenscliff Treasure

By all means then spill the beans. Inquiring minds want to know.

dirk peeman - Foy’s Rooftop Funpark

whatever happened to the foys santa ? regards dirk

Jack the Ripper in Melbourne - Holt’s Matrimonial Agency

[…] Under the name Duncan, Deeming spent a few days at a Melbourne hotel. There he arranged to sell some…

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