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The Chinese Museum was established in 1985 to preserve and
display the history of Chinese Australians since the mid-1800s. It
has become a living part of Melbourne’s modern Chinatown,
with its five levels of galleries, showcasing artefacts and
photographs depicting the life and culture... see full details
This cottage was originally built in the village of Great Ayton
in Yorkshire, England, in 1755 by James and Grace Cook, the parents
of Captain James Cook. When the cottage was offered for sale in
1933 it was bought by a prominent Melbourne... see full details
A visit to Melbourne would not be complete without a good look
at its main river system, the Yarra River. Often the centre of many
jokes due to its brownish colour, it is actually not dirty, just
muddy. The Yarra has become the... see full details
Government House is the official residence of the Governor of
Victoria, located within the Botanical Gardens. The house is built
in the style known as Italianate, and is one of the finest examples
of this type of architecture in Australia. The house was... see full details
Victoria's oldest surviving remand prison gives visitors a
chilling insight into prison life in a model 19th-century gaol.
Behind the thick and forbidding walls Ned Kelly, the infamous
bushranger, was one of 135 men and women who were hanged on the
gaol's scaffold. Visitors... see full details
Established in 1846 by the first Governor of Victoria,
Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens are considered one of the worlds
finest. They contain extensive landscaped gardens covering 35
hectares (86 acres) and are home to more than 51,000 individual
plants, representing over 12,000 different species.... see full details
The National Gallery collections are divided between the redeveloped gallery at St Kilda Road, which houses Victoria's impressive international collections (including Picasso's Weeping Woman) and the Ian Potter Centre, the spectacular new home for the country's most important Australian collection.
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The Eureka Tower is the tallest building in Melbourne and the
tallest residential building in the world, standing at just over
984ft (300m) tall, offering 360-degree views over the city. There
is a public observation deck on level 88, the Skydeck, which
affords visitors... see full details
A fascinating museum complex situated in the Carlton Gardens,
the Melbourne Museum is the largest in Australia, with over 30
different exhibits covering history, culture, science, animals and
more. Its most notable galleries include the Bunjilaka, which
explores the history of Aboriginal culture in... see full details
Occupying a whole city block, Federation Square is one of
Melbourne's major attractions. A cultural nucleus, Federation
Square hosts over 2000 events a year, in its outdoor public spaces,
St Paul's Court and The Square and vibrant covered space, the
Atrium. Renowned for its... see full details
If you are planning a picnic at Birrarung Marr or the Botanic
Gardens or just looking for some affordable souvenirs, head to the
Queen Victoria market, one of the largest open-air markets in the
Southern Hemisphere, with almost 50 percent of the market... see full details
Housing more than 350 different animal species, Melbourne Zoo is
a worthy stopover, in a country famous for nature conservation and
interesting diversity of animals. Built in 1862, certain areas of
the zoo have been preserved as historic zones, demonstrating to
visitors the significant... see full details