The Melbourne Centenary was a 1934 centennial celebration of the founding of the city of Melbourne, Australia. As Victoria reeled from the severe economic...
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Centennial (redirect from Centenary)
(1910) Centenary of Western Australia, in 1929, which included the Western Australian Centenary Air Race across Australia. 1934 Centenary of Melbourne Canadian...
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MacRobertson Air Race (redirect from The London to Melbourne Centenary Air Race)
the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Harold Gengoult Smith, and the prize money of £15,000 was...
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Melbourne City Council installs the city's first set of traffic lights at Collins & Swanston Streets 1934 – Centenary of Melbourne 1934 – Shrine of Remembrance...
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1933, plans for the celebrations for the 1934 Centenary of Melbourne began to be made, and a Women's Centenary Council was formed to ensure women's opinions...
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Maltezos, 1934-35 Centenary of Victoria and Melbourne, Tuesday, 16 April 2013, urban.melbourne Centenary Grand Prix, The Argus, Tuesday, 2 October 1934, page...
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Completed in 1935, the building's name references the 1934 centenary of the founding of Melbourne. Centenary Hall replaced an 1881 Protestant hall which in turn...
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Centenary 1000 cycling race was a one-week road bicycle race over seven stages covering 1,102 miles (1,773 km). The race was run in 1934 as part of the...
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son of Alice Jean McCullough and Hugh Milner Black. He became a world-famous aviator when he and C. W. A. Scott won the London to Melbourne Centenary Air...
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period 1934 Centenary of Melbourne World War II Post World War II 2000s Melbourne in the 21st century COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne Culture of Melbourne Architecture...
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Cooks' Cottage (category Buildings and structures in the City of Melbourne (LGA))
Grace Cook, and was brought to Melbourne in 1934 by the Australian philanthropist Sir Russell Grimwade. It is a point of conjecture among historians whether...
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Harold Gengoult Smith (category Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne)
chaired many of the organising committees for the 1934 Centenary of Melbourne. He originated the idea of the MacRobertson Air Race to draw international...
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Ormond College (redirect from Ormond College (University of Melbourne))
Ormond College is the largest of the residential colleges of the University of Melbourne located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is home...
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Luna Park Melbourne is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria. It opened on 13 December...
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Carey Baptist Grammar School (category Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from October 2023)
(2005) – netball player for Melbourne Vixens Nick Daicos (2020) – AFL Footballer for Collingwood Magpies Brian Eaton (1934) – Royal Australian Air Force...
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Arthur Upfield (category Writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction)
Outback. Melbourne Herald, 28 July 1934 A Tale of Two Worlds. Melbourne Herald, 9 August 1934 Ringers of the Bells: Secrets of an Ancient Art. Melbourne Herald...
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Nino Borsari (category Sportspeople from the Province of Modena)
October 1934. p. 13. "Centenary thousand surprise". The Argus (Melbourne). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 24 October 1934. p. 19. "Cyclists...
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the use of the Centenary Flag under section 6 of the Flags Act was issued by the Governor-General and the flag is now used as the official flag of state...
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Kings Domain (redirect from King's Domain, Melbourne)
opened in 1935 during the centenary year of the founding of Melbourne. The Kings Domain Resting Place is a memorial for the remains of Indigenous People marked...
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Station Pier (redirect from Station Pier, Melbourne)
Station Pier, the service was discontinued in October 1939. In 1934 the Victorian Centenary Bridge was built over the railway lines, carrying Beach Street...
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Agricultural Society of Victoria. The following heritage buildings were also restored: Centenary Hall, an art-deco hall built in 1934 and now restored to...
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formed the Women's Centenary Council with Gillan as treasurer in 1933. The Women's Centenary Council published a Centenary Gift Book in 1934 and they constructed...
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Love of Friends: A Centenary History of the Melbourne Savage Club, 1894-1994 A History of the Yorick Club 1868-1966, Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne 1994...
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Jimmy Melrose (category Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1936)
number of flying records, and was the youngest and only solo flier to finish the Melbourne (MacRobertson) Centenary Air Race in 1934. Jimmy was a son of James...
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"Great cycle road race for centenary". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1934. p. 10. "Mithouard Reviews Race:...
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Harry Watson (cyclist) (category Place of birth missing)
for centenary". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1934. p. 10. "Centenary Thousand". The Argus (Melbourne). Melbourne...
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Metropolitan Golf Club (category Sports clubs and teams in Melbourne)
1929, the Australian Open in 1930, and the Melbourne Centenary Open in 1934. The Australian Open returned in 1934 when it was won by Gene Sarazen, and again...
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short by the outbreak of World War II. In 1934 Melbourne celebrated its centenary and acquired another great landmark, the Shrine of Remembrance on St Kilda...
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Uiver Collection (category Collections of museums in Australia)
the Centenary Council was formed in 1931 to arrange celebrations for the centenary of the settlement of Victoria (1834–1934), and of the founding of Melbourne...
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Macpherson Robertson (category Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
of the centenary celebrations including the MacRobertson Bridge over the Yarra River at Grange Road, a fountain in front of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance...
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