Melbourne Museum

source:Yasser Alghofily

Jamestown Catholic Church built in 1929. Impressive for rural South Australia.

 Jamestown . John Bristow Hughes took out the first pastoral lease in this area in 1841. The country is high, with good and reliable rainfall and ideal for pastoralism. He named his property Bundaleer. This was later held by Charles B Fisher. The other early pastoral run near the township was Old Canowie established by Daniel Cudmore. The hundred was surveyed in 1870-71 and the land opened up to small farmers. The town itself was surveyed in 1871 and named after the Governor of South Australia, Sir James Fergusson. The Scottish influence is still present in Jamestown with many Scottish street names. The Main Street is called Ayr Street and is especially wide for a country town. The District Council was formed a few years later in 1875 and the first Mayor appointed in 1878. Within a few years the town was well established and was one of the largest towns in the mid north in the 1882 census after Port Augusta and Port Pirie. In 1882 the town had almost 1,000 people. Today it is not much bigger with 1,400 people! Jamestown is situated on the banks of Belalie Creek. The first shop or business in Jamestown was a saddlery which opened in 1872. The butcher’s shop in Jamestown is meant to be the oldest butcher shops in South Australia. Dr Cockburn’s House built in 1876 still stands in the extension of the Main Street. Other old buildings in the Main Street area include the Lutheran Church, built in 1876 for the Presbyterians; St James Catholic Church, built in 1929, the Memorial Hall built as the Institute in 1876, the Belalie Homes for the Aged behind the Main Street and formerly the site of the Humphris Factory and home, and The Uniting Church nearby, built as a Wesleyan church in 1878.

Jamestown. Barley fields of South Australia near Jamestown.

 Jamestown . John Bristow Hughes took out the first pastoral lease in this area in 1841. The country is high, with good and reliable rainfall and ideal for pastoralism. He named his property Bundaleer. This was later held by Charles B Fisher. The other early pastoral run near the township was Old Canowie established by Daniel Cudmore. The hundred was surveyed in 1870-71 and the land opened up to small farmers. The town itself was surveyed in 1871 and named after the Governor of South Australia, Sir James Fergusson. The Scottish influence is still present in Jamestown with many Scottish street names. The Main Street is called Ayr Street and is especially wide for a country town. The District Council was formed a few years later in 1875 and the first Mayor appointed in 1878. Within a few years the town was well established and was one of the largest towns in the mid north in the 1882 census after Port Augusta and Port Pirie. In 1882 the town had almost 1,000 people. Today it is not much bigger with 1,400 people! Jamestown is situated on the banks of Belalie Creek. The first shop or business in Jamestown was a saddlery which opened in 1872. The butcher’s shop in Jamestown is meant to be the oldest butcher shops in South Australia. Dr Cockburn’s House built in 1876 still stands in the extension of the Main Street. Other old buildings in the Main Street area include the Lutheran Church, built in 1876 for the Presbyterians; St James Catholic Church, built in 1929, the Memorial Hall built as the Institute in 1876, the Belalie Homes for the Aged behind the Main Street and formerly the site of the Humphris Factory and home, and The Uniting Church nearby, built as a Wesleyan church in 1878.

source:denisbin

Blue Whale skeleton

source:Binayak Dasgupta

Melbourne CBD

 Melbourne City Centre (officially known simply as Melbourne or colloquially as The City or CBD) is a locality (suburb) within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area (the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia). Melbourne City Centre's Hoddle Grid is the anchor of the city's Central Business District and it forms a major component of the city's Central Activities District (officially known as the Capital City Zone) It is the administrative centre of the City of Melbourne Local Government Area and a major administrative centre (along with East Melbourne) for the State government of Victoria. Its area consists of the original settlement is known as the Hoddle Grid - a one mile long (1.6 km) by half mile wide (0.80 km) grid of streets and lane ways, located on the northern bank of the Yarra River (approx 10 km upstream from the river estuary) and several adjoining areas stretching south along St Kilda Road. Major cultural icons include Federation Square, the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne Immigration Museum, and St Pauls Cathedral and Chinatown and the Queen Victoria Market. The Central Activities District has extended beyond the original Hoddle Grid and the borders of the current Melbourne City Centre to include bordering areas such as Melbourne Docklands and Southbank.

source:Jorge Láscar

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source:Travis

Rise & Fall 

The Loch Ard Gorge is part of Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, about 10 minutes drive west of The Twelve Apostles. It is a visible example of the process of erosion in action. The gorge is named after the clipper ship Loch Ard, which ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island on 1 June 1878 approaching the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne.

source:Shubham

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