Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Marvelous Melbourne

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 June 2011 | Views [1468]

Later in 1901 the Australian National Flag was flown for the first time above the dome of the Exhibition Building. This was where the Victoria State Parliament met from 1901 to 1927, when the Federal government moved to Canberra and the State officials got their old building back. The Exhibition Building also hosted many indoor events during the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Probably the most famous event to take place here was the official opening of the first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, on the 9th of May, 1901, in what was the largest building in Australia at the time. The future King George V opened Parliament on behalf of his father, King Edward VII.

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The Melbourne Museum on the right, just behind the Royal Exhibition Building. Another biggie: it is the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere, founded in 1854 but the modern building here only opened in 2000. Currently, King Tut and his golden crown are visiting, his only stop in Australia.

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Marvelous Melbourne

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