Orica House changed Melbourne forever.
Democracy + Dissent
The country we live in today is better because of the courage of people who protested.
The Rabbits!
The first 13 rabbits were released in Australia on Christmas Day 1859. Eighty years later there were 600 million of them.
The Border
Victoria and Tasmania actually have a land border. It’s true.
The Theme Park
Did you know that the face out the front of Luna Park is meant to be the face of the Man on the Moon.
The exploding emporium
Melbourne in 1839 was a booming place. Sometimes literally.
The last conductor
In 1998 the very last tram conducted rode out of the Malvern Depot ending over 100 years of tram conductors.
The democracy sausage
I spoke to ABC Melbourne about the history of the democracy sausage. Now for the real test of character: onions above or below the sausage?
The Melbournites
Melbournites is better term for us than Melbournians.
UNDRIP Inquiry launched
The Senate of Australia has started an inquiry into how the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia is (or isn’t) being implemented into Australian law.
Inquiry into murdered women
The Senate of Australia has launched an inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 June 2022.
The million balloons
On 27 of September 1986 a charity in Cleveland Ohio, as a fundraiser and in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record released almost 1.5 million balloons into the sky. Seriously.
The Tasty Raid
On Sunday, August 7, 1994 at the Tasty nightclub, one of Melbourne’s most popular queer venues, the music stopped and the police came to attack patrons.
The broken cauldron
On Friday 15 September 2000 the whole country held its breath as Cathy Freeman lit the cauldron at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, we would all hold our breath later for a different reason...
The blood in the pool
The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in Melbourne. The so-called “friendly games” ended up turning very bloody - despite that, an enduring Olympic tradition started in Melbourne....