Melbourne Fragments: Archive

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Mar 25th

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Mar 19th

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Mar 18th

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Mar 18th

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Mar 18th

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Mar 16th

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Hotel Spencer

text from the Hotels website Back in the day, 1904 to be exact, mankind was making all manner of progress. The New York subway was opened to the public, digging of the Panama Canal commenced, Japan invaded Russia and Cornelius Wrinklewright invented the ice cream cone. Amidst all these advancements and activities Melbourne’s first gastro pub was granted a liquor license and the Hotel Spencer...

Mar 16th

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Mar 16th

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Mar 16th

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Mar 16th

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Sands & Mcdougall's Warehouse, Spencer St.

Mar 16th

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Mar 14th

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Mar 14th

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Killkenny Inn, King St.

Mar 14th

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Old High Court Building, Little Bourke st.

The former High Court of Australia, built in 1926, as Melbourne was still the capital of Australia at the time. Many important cases were heard inside it’s walls, including the Chifley Labour Governments attempt to nationalise the banks, and the Menzies Governments later unsuccessful efforts to ban the Communist party.

Mar 13th

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