Posted on March 28, 2008 by livingisdetail
Eight hours work. Eight hours recreation. Eight hours sleep.
I passed this monument the other day walking down Swanston St past the union buildings and cafes. Somehow, I have never noticed it before but it attracted my attention this time, maybe serendipitiously, while ‘Work Choices’ is being binned.
The monument is dedicated to James Galloway, the [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by livingisdetail
This has been a big week for Australia. At last our Prime Minister, Mr. Kevin Rudd, has apologised to the Aboriginal people for the terrible and shameful treatment they have endured in the past.
The apology is directed at The Stolen Generation of Aboriginal children who were taken from their parents for various reasons (usually [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2007 by livingisdetail
Yesterday I posted about the little garden next to this building. What is this place? That is the question I send out to all who spend a little time looking around with me.
This section of the property opens onto the grassy verge and it seems to have delivered or taken in deliveries. I [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2007 by livingisdetail
Ned Kelly walked through this gate to his execution by hanging on the 11th of November 1880. Things have changed and as you can see he would be walking somewhat through air to reach the gate if the architecture stood then as it does today. This gate is set in the thick wall of [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2007 by livingisdetail
A while ago I found an evocative and fascinating article on the archaeological
dig carried out in Little Lonsdale St Melbourne in the early 90’s. It is a recommended
sift through time. I have also been told (thanks Jayne) that The Melbourne Museum has artefacts discovered during the dig on display.
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Posted on November 20, 2007 by livingisdetail
This partially completed church sits in a paddock in Greendale Victoria.
I took photographs of the building on two different visits so the first image
is quite moody but the others are full of sunlight and lush greenery. It is
true, Greendale is green.
The area of Greendale had a population surge after 1855 when gold was
discovered in nearby [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2007 by livingisdetail
The corner door.
This is the main doorway to The Cosmopolitan hotel in Trentham. Tragically,The Cosmopolitan was gutted by fire on the 26th of June 2005. According to The Age the fire started in the laundry of the building (caused possibly by lint in a dryer) and the inhabitants had two minutes to evacuate [...]
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