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  2. From Black Trooper to Wireless Patrol Car

    IN fewer than 100 yenrs the strength of the Victorian police force has increased from two to more than 2,000. The time ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,069 words
  3. Social Life in Other Days

    ONE of the side issues, of the business of welding the States of Australia into a Commonwealth was that Victorians lost, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,278 words
  4. THE SALLE DE VALENTINO

    Where Richardson's Imperial Hotel now stands at the top of Bourke street there existed, in the earlier 'fifties, the Salle de Valentino—a ramshackle ...

    Article : 171 words
  5. COMET FRIGHTENS ABORIGINES

    On March 3, 1843, occurred the first recorded appearance of a comet over Melbourne. It was at first shaped something like a dart; then It ...

    Article : 165 words
  6. "THE LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS"

    "A MOST delicate monster [?]" cried a shipwrecked sailor of Shakespeare's' fancy as he stumbled upon the deformed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,937 words
  7. HISTORIC INN AT NORTHCOTE

    The Peacock Inn, which still stands —though not as originally—in High street, Northcote, was built in 1854 by two members of an old ...

    Article : 213 words
  8. A CITY FOUR-SQUARE

    Are you a good judge of distance? You may test your judgment in Melbourne, for the city provides many standard measurements. The skyline ...

    Article : 258 words
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