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Melbourne Cup - Australia's Culture PortalPhotograph courtesy of the Victoria Racing Club. Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup....
People born during this period became known as baby boomers. Combined with an increase in European migration to Australia, the baby boomers changed Australia (and the world) in the second half of the 20th century. Australian journalist Mark Davis argues...
Nicola Finetti, Dress of silk georgette, silk chiffon and metallic embroidery on silk organza. Fashion can be defined by colour, cut, cloth, garment type, garment styles and interpretation of looks. Chinese silk embroidered shawls and Chinese surcoats b...
For those living in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, football usually refers to Australian Rules Football. In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland, it could mean rugby league ...
When Australian Edward 'Ned' Trickett won the world sculling championship on London's Thames River in 1876, he became Australia's first sporting star. Cashman, R, Sport in the National Imagination, Sydney, Walla Walla Press, 2002, p. Cashman, R, Sport i...
The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) was Australia's first national tennis body. Australia has a long and successful tradition of Davis Cup competition, with the first Australasian Davis Cup crown won in 1907. Margaret Smith Court won a singl...
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National Museum of Australia - Museum stops (early) for Melbourne Cup (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... Why Australia stops for the Melbourne Cup is a free public seminar in the Museum's Studio on Friday, 31 October, from 2 to 5pm, organised by the Museum with Manning Clark House and t...
Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... The National Museum of Australia has acquired one of Australian horse racing's treasures, the 1934 Melbourne Cup won by the great chestnut champion Peter Pan. The 1934 Melbourne Cup ...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Scenes from Phar Lap's 1930 Melbourne Cup win at Flemington. Harry Telford poses with his young son, Gerald, at the p...
Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... The Melbourne Cup goes on show at the National Museum tomorrow alongside another icon - Phar Lap's heart - 75 years after the legendary horse won the prestigious race. The $80,000 cu...
18 Oct, 2007 The Canberra Raiders Senior Leadership Group (SLG) will use this years Melbourne Cup as a way of raising more funds for charity, by staging a pre-race Calcutta at the Dickson Tradies. Tickets are $20 and are available at either Raiders HQ, t...
The CFMEU Canberra Raiders will be cheering on their favourite horses today at their home base of the Dickson Tradies, as they spend the famous race day with their friends and fans at Canberraís premier race day venue. The Raiders will be at the Tradies f...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Scenes from Phar Lap's 1930 Melbourne Cup win at Flemington. Harry Telford poses with his young son, Gerald, at the p...
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> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Here he is with nine stone twelve, one hundred and thirty-six pounds, as a four year old in the Melbourne Cup of Ninet...
The attempt by gunmen to shoot Phar Lap made front page news in Melbourne. Further, it showed that Phar Lap was very much in contention for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Not until just a few hours before the Melbourne Cup was due to start was Phar Lap loaded...
Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup. As well as the three Melbourne Cup wins, Makybe Diva ...
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>Come along for a night of fun and frivolity to see the Melbourne Cup and help support Casino Beef Week 2008. Dress up - or down - to attract the eye of the judges in Fashions of the Field, enjoy a two course dinner and live music and hear Melbourne Cup ...
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