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  2. BROWN COAL.

    No other single industry affects the economic and domestic life of Victoria more than the vast enterprise that has been developed at Yallourn by the State Electricity ...

    Article : 402 words
  3. EUREKA STOCKADE.

    The famous Eureka Stockade episode at Ballarat in 1854 had its genesis in the imposition on all gold diggers two years earlier of a licence fee in order to meet the ...

    Article : 552 words
  4. BUSY PORT.

    Behind the vast network of wharves and piers that constitute the port of Melbourne is a story, expressed in the colourless terms of imports and exports and tonnage, that ...

    Article : 768 words
  5. EXPLORATIONS.

    The opening up of the country now embraced in the State of Victoria was not such a formidable task as was the case with other parts of the continent. In many respects the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 718 words
  6. THE "ROARING FIFTIES."

    The production of substantially more than £300,000,000 worth of gold in Victoria in little more than 80 years provides one of the most absorbing chapters, not only of Australian life, but also of world history, for, unlike many other spectacular and famous gold rushes, the ...

    Article : 121 words
  7. THE ARTS.

    Victoria passed quickly through the rugged pioneering age when the urgent business of winning a livelihood from virgin country allowed no leisure for indulgence in the arts. ...

    Article : 1,200 words
  8. POLITICAL HISTORY.

    Victoria's political history really began in December, 1854, with the Eureka Stockade riot, which is described in another column. That [?]uggle epitomised the spirit which ...

    Article : 1,474 words
  9. LURE OF GOLD.

    From the other colonies, and from across the world, adventurous, hopeful spirits flocked into Victoria in their countless thousands and joined in the early gold rushes. Many won ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,395 words
  10. BUSHRANGING.

    Like New South Wales and, to a lesser degree, Tasmania, Victoria has experienced the depredations of the bushranger, but whereas the systematic practice of highway ...

    Article : 491 words
  11. SPORT.

    Early records of racing in Victoria are meagre. Newspapers of the day paid scant attention to the results and even the early Melbourne Cup races were dismissed with ...

    Article : 410 words
  12. PROVINCIAL CITIES.

    Victoria possesses three important provincial cities. They are, in order of population, Geelong (39,225), Ballarat (37,409), and Bendigo (29,131). Ballarat and Bendigo became world ...

    Article : 282 words
  13. MELBOURNE FROM THE AIR.

    The comprehensive view of Melbourne which forms the principal feature of the composite picture on this page embraces the main business section, extending from Flinders-street to ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. MUSIC FESTIVAL.

    A choir of about 3000 voices and six bands, led by the Grenadier Guards Band, will take part in an open-air musical festival in Como Park, Melbourne, on the afternoon of Sunday, ...

    Article : 65 words
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