Victoria In Brief
Victoria was once Australia’s most affluent state. In 1851, gold was discovered in Victoria. With that, both the population and the wealth of the nation soared. Bendigo was the greatest of all goldfields, stretching for 360km2 and offering 35 ... [... more]
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Sydney Opera House
In the year 2000, a Swiss group called “The New 7 Wonders Foundation” began selecting a short list of monuments for people to vote on as the new “Wonders”. There were 21 landmarks on the list and people were asked to either call in or log in to ... [... more]
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Melbourne's Bathing Beauties
People are willing to part with good money because they believe they are actually paying for a part of the beach that is now ‘theirs’. These bathing boxes also offer the best beach views. Being sometimes only metres ... [... more]
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The Ugly Side Of Fashion
That goal of filling their shopping bags resulted in some very ugly scenes – items were snatched out of the hands of unsuspecting shoppers by fellow shoppers, mannequins came under attack, having displayed pieces ripped off their frames, women in ... [... more]
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Australia In A Week
For example, say you want to experience the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, and the Outback. A typical itinerary for this would often include going to Cairns and Ayer's Rock, usually with a stay in a major city. With only a week's ... [... more]
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Melbourne's Favourite Playground
St Kilda Beach is a convenient 20 minutes tram ride from the city. Running parallel to the beach is a beautiful palm tree lined esplanade, where you can roller blade, bike or jog along. Commonly called the Bay Trail, the esplanade runs for 6km, ... [... more]
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St Kilda Festival
The St Kilda Festival is a very popular summer festival celebrated on the picturesque Port Philip Bay in Melbourne. Usually held on the second Sunday of February, this Festival has been running for 26 years today. ... [... more]
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Queen Victoria
 Lytton Strachey, the brilliant Cambridge graduate who revolutionized the art of biography, grew up in Victoria's reign. He was not one of her sympathetic subjects. Thus, when this biography appeared, it was unsurprisingly irreverent. What surprised was ... [... more]
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Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria 2005 (Frommer's Complete)
You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go-they've done the legwork for you, ... [... more]
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Queen Victoria (Very Interesting People)
Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and ... [... more]
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Queen Victoria
In the year 1819 the family outlook of the British royal house was not a very bright one. The old king, George III., was lingering on in deep seclusion, a very pathetic figure, blind and imbecile. His son the Prince Regent, afterwards George IV., had not ... [... more]
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Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera
Queen Victoria fell in love with the Riviera when she discovered it on her first visit to Menton in 1882 and her enchantment with this 'paradise of nature' endured for almost twenty years. Victoria's visits helped to transform the French Riviera by ... [... more]
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