The day that Victoria separated from New South Wales was the day that Melburnians had the mother of all parties. They oiled a pig. Really.
All in History
The world’s biggest war memorial in the world is in Victoria and it’s beautiful
The world’s biggest (and greatest, I think) war memorial is located in Western Victoria. It is 243 kilometres long and spans from Torquay to the City of Warrnambool.
They said it really loud on the radio
Ya boy was on ABC Melbourne
The Hotel Fiasco and the spooks
On 30 November 1983, Australia's CIA, the ASIS, held a terrorism and hostage training session at the Melbourne Sheraton Hotel, the problem was that they didn't tell the hotel they would be walking in armed to the teeth and wearing masks.
The Picasso Ransom Prize Price
34 years ago, Picasso’s “Weeping Woman” was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria by (self proclaimed) Australian Cultural Terrorists and held for ransom in exchange for more arts funding- at the time it was the most valuable painting bought by an Australian gallery.