Melbourne Trivia
Melbourne Trivia - History: Colonial 1835 > - Reference - Around Melbourne
We come across all sorts of interesting Melbourne tit-bits that are often difficult to categorise, so this is where they end up...
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Here is a 1982 TV advert with Elle Macpherson promoting TaB cola made by Coca-Cola. ...
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Tarax was the brand-name of an independent Melbourne soft drink bottler and a market innovator including sponsorship of the Tarax Happy Show and the development of new packaging, such as the steel...
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The day the fashion world's eyes turned to Melbourne. British actress and model Jean Shrimpton caused a sensation when she arrived for the Victoria Derby wearing a white shift dress which ended 10...
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is a sport invented in the railway repair workshops of Newport in the Western suburbs of Melbourne by railway workers in the 1920s. There are only 2 "games" that can be claimed to have been...
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Eye-witness accounts in Melbourne early morning on 30 June 1908 of a cylindrical object travelling extremely fast from south-south-east to south-east. Where was it headed? The answer appears to be...
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It is 50 degrees, dusty and very cramped. We are in a service tunnel under Parkville's Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) which supplies steam to the Children's Hospital nearby. The tunnel is more...
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We intially had a giggle when we were asked how many tunnels were under Melbourne, but we decided not to have tunnel-vision (hehe) and we soon found there was more to it. A little research into...
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The first Tupperware party in Australia was held by Mary Paton in her mother's home in Camberwell in 1961. Mary's sister Ruth became the first Australian Demonstrator. Craig and Mary Paton...
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A friend recently asked what was unusual about Melbourne. Unlike me, I didn't have an immediate answer. Yes, I know, most unlike me, who knows everything (well, supposedly) about Melbourne. I...
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We are always looking for trivia about Melbourne, so Urban Legend fits the bill perfectly. Firstly, what is an Urban Legend? An urban legend is a myth, sometimes true, sometimes false more often...
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Snot block, box, brick, pus pie, phlegm sandwich, slices and cakes. A traditional Vanilla Slice is a rectangular pastry consisting of thick custard sandwiched by flaky puff pasty topped with...
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Vegemite dates back to 1922 when Fred Walker and Cyril Callister developed a spread from one of the richest known natural sources of the vitamin B group - Brewers Yeast. Walker turned to the...
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Vegemite dates back to 1922 when Fred Walker and Cyril Callister developed a spread from one of the richest known natural sources of the vitamin B group - Brewers Yeast. Walker turned to the...
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3AW's breakfast shows Ross and John took callers with new names for existing suburbs in Melbourne. Scum-bry for Sunbury Crazy burn for Craigieburn Freakston for Frankston Chernobyl Park for...
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WHAT'S in a street name? Residents in many suburbs may wonder about the curious names of some of their streets and how they came to be. An area south of Riversdale Rd along Elgar Rd, opposite...
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Commonly asked: What happened to or Where is it now ? Things that we came to know and love, but then moved with the hands of time. By the way: if you want to know where something is, then ask...
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We came across two versions of "what it means to be Australian"... 1. What it means to be Australian Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then...
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The question of "why are shoes hanging by the laces from power lines?" has popped up a number of times, we decided to do a little research. Shoes hanging from power lines suggestions ! - Drug...
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The question of "why are shoes hanging by the laces from power lines?"has popped up a number of times, we decided to do a little research. Shoes hanging from power lines suggestions ! - Drug...
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Technically speaking, this article is about the Oldest Building in a Melbourne suburb rather than Melbourne's Oldest Building, written by C Mervyn Archdall in September 1947, published in Walkabout |...
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Melbourne is not only known for many 'Australian' firsts, but is also known for many "world" FIRSTS, paving the way in many areas and proving that Melbourne truly is a remarkable city... World...
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James Harrison was the first to invent and patent a mechanical system to create ice for refrigeration. A model of the first industrial refrigerator (pic above), invented by James Harrison of...
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At 1.4 km in length, the Chandler Highway in Kew (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is widely regarded as the world's shortest highway. Chandler Highway (road) began life as a railway track, part of...
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As the National Gallery of Victoria celebrated its 150th birthday in February 2011, it emerged that many important events took place in Melbourne during 1861.. -:- Melbourne Museum of Art...
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