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John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner bought 2,000 k2 of land around the Yarra river from the Wurundjeri people. John Batman signed a contract indicating that Batman and Fawkner would receive the land and in return the Wurundjeri people would receive from thew men scissors, knifes, flour, hour-glasses and other substantial items.
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Robert Hoddle sketch of the streets of the Centeral Business District were laid out.
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Governer Bourke declared Melbourne an administrative centre and a legal port. Making it a major trading centre and for immigration.
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Melbourne's first ever hospital is built in Melbourne's inner-city.
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Edward Hargraves struck gold at the tributaries of the MacQuarie River and thus the rush was on.
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The university opened only two yearsafter the gold rush commenced.
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Holds over 1.5 million book and if theydon't have a book you weant they order it free so they own it.
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First telegraph sent in Williamstown
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Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe inagurated
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It is the biggest mueseum in the southern hemisphere. It has seven main galleries.
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It is now called Southern Cross station.
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Melbourne football club is the first football club associated.
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Home to many famous artworks including ' The Pioneer' by Frederick McCubben.
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AIt was originally held over two miles.
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When the zoo was opened there was no entery fee for the first twenty years but they added the entery fee to raise money for other animals to be collected.
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Orginally it was a brancdh of the Britain Royal mint but untill 1927 it only made Australian coins.
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There are 9,000 people burried under the sheds
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Australia becomes part of the Commonwealth association.
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It was first played at the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre. It was played in many cities in Australia and New Zealand but only Melbourne since 1972.
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First radio station bradcasted (3AR)
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The first set of traffic lights are put up Along Collins street and Swanston Street
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HSV - 7 (channel seven) was the first channel to be broadcasted across Melbourne.
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Many countries refused to come due to the repression of the Hungarian uprising.
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Sidney Myer designed the bowl after visiting the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Prime Minister Robert Menzies officially opened it in front of an audience of 30,000.
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35 construction workers die when they make an error in constructing the Westgate bridge.
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ATV0 introduces colour when it devices the Pakenham racing.
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Ash wednesday was a terrible bushfire around Melbourne.
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Being the tallest building in the southern hemisphere at the time of completion it is now the 178th tallest in the world. Being 251 metres tall.
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Thewre were 4,500 contestents compeiting.
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The biggest bushfire in Australian history commenced, around Melbourne.
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Space aliens come to melbourne
