Melbourne

grown to include two buildings, NGV International and NGV Australia, located in Melbourne that house a variety of art and artifacts from around the globe including Europe, Asia, and Africa. From 18th century European oils of royalty, to aboriginal masks and sculpture, the NGV has a whole remains Australia’s premier center for artistic education and preservation. The museum’s history is closely tied to that of Melbourne, and the infamous gold rush of the 1850s and 1860s. Beginning…

idea for the game came from a Victorian man called Thomas Wills. There is a statue next to the MCG in remembrance of the first match Melbourne Grammar Vs Scotch College. The VFL was established in 1896, the following year the League’s first games were played among the first clubs Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne. AFL was created from the idea of Gallic…

%20DATA/2014/2014%20Time%20Series%20Graph.pdf) Australia's biggest cities are Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0/). Melbourne is Australia's biggest student city and has seven universities and with 28 % international students. Melbourne has 60 000 international students (http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/qs-best-student-cities/melbourne) Sydney has 25 % international students, which means 40 000 international students at…

Docklands is Melbourne city’s waterfront and is located south of Victoria towards the northern point of Port Phillip Bay and 2km west of Melbourne’s CBD. Docklands embraces the waterways of Victoria Harbour and approximately 3km of Yarra River frontage. It is similar in size to Melbourne’s central city. Docklands is close to Melbourne's main transport networks and industrial areas, which include, Southern Cross Station, Etihad Stadium and a large number of modern buildings. It’s well known for…

Midsumma Festival has recognised this change, which is why they pursued Yarra Trams to become more involved this year. Thanks to 1/3 of Yarra Trams being covered with Midsumma relevant imagery, as well as distributing the posters, brochures etc. across Melbourne, Midsumma has garnered a profit for the last two years in a row. This has not occurred since the inception of Midsumma…

people play a lot of sports. Seventy percent of people play a sport once a week. Canberra is the the capital of Australia, because Sydney and Melbourne argued about it. Melbourne has been voted two years in row the most livable city. The lungfish can only be found here. The lungfish is a living…

Bruce Steel Kingsbury was born in Preston just outside of Melbourne on the January 8th, 1918. He was a second child and his parents are Philip Blencowe Kingsbury and Florence Annie Steel. He attended Windsor State School and (on a scholarship) Melbourne Technical College. After graduation, Bruce worked in his father’s real estate business. He was not happy working in the real estate business and was missing his best friend Alan Avery. Enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on May 16, 1940,…

an overall length of 263 feet and a tonnage of 1693 tons. On the first of March 1878, the vessel ‘Loch Ard’ departed from England to Port Philipp in Melbourne under the command of Captain George Gibb. Moreover, the ship carried seventeen crew, thirty-seven passengers and a mixed cargos. On the first of June 1873, as the ship was approaching Melbourne, the passengers and crew were busy preparing to celebrate the end of the three month journey. Unfortunately, the captain…

The Melbourne Declaration recognises major shifts in the world political climate that are placing new pressures on educational goals for young Australians to be successful learners. The aims of the Melbourne Declaration (MCEETYA, 2008, p. 13) establish outcomes that the educational programs ought to pass on to students. It can be seen in ACARA as the learning…

STORY Ned Kelly’s parents were married in Melbourne on November the 15th 1850, four years later their first son Ned was born at Wallan. The Kelly’s lived at Beveridge for a short time before relocating to Avenel. It was at Avenel that ten year old Ned saved the life a five year old child from drowning in the local creek. Ned’s father died shortly after and the family left Avenel in 1867. The Kelly family moved to the Eleven Mile Creek outside of Greta and at the age of thirteen Ned took up with…