Greek royal family opening the 1896 Gamesfollowed by British Prince of Wales and Russian Duchess OlgaPinterestThe first Olympic Games in the Southern Hemisphere EVER were in Melbourne in 1956. These Games put our beautiful city on the map, got my f...
James Cook Snr brought his large family from Scotland in 1736 where he had secured more reliable employment on estate farms. As a bonus, he could send young James to school at his employer’s expense. &nbs...
Jews, Christians and Muslims, Peoples of the Book, shared a common basis of their religious beliefs in the Jewish Bible aka the Old Testament. Recognising the two older systems as precursors to their own, Muslims granted freedom of worship to...
Jews, Christians and Muslims, Peoples of the Book, shared a common basis of their religious beliefs in the Jewish Bible aka the Old Testament. Recognising the two older systems as precursors to their own, Muslims granted freedom of worship to...
Born Josef Braun (1918-2009) in Lodz Poland, he arrived in Australia with his father and siblings in 1933. At 15 he settled in Melbourne and attended Princes Hill Central School. Brown showed an early talent for drawing and was first exhibit...
Albert Bert Spencer (1886-) was born in Balmain Sydney, younger son of Henrik Henry Spencer, a Danish labourer and his wife Alice. The father died when Bert was a toddler, meaning the 3 siblings were raised by a struggling mother. Hill of Co...
Miriam Deliva moved to Singapore with her ex-boyfriend in 2018. It was expensive and stressful, and she missed her lifestyle and family in Australia.